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Yet another "ready for solids?"
I know people post questions like this all the time, but...
The plan is to start Bug on solids at 6 months, which will happen in 3 and a half weeks. However I'm really beginning to wonder if it may not make sense to start a bit sooner. Why I wonder: 1. I gave her a index card to gum and drool on while I was filing yesterday, and she actually ate bits of it (proof was in her diaper this morning). 2. She's been interestedly watching us eat for a while now, but I'd say lately she's watching us avidly. Of course she reaches for lots of things, but I swear she's more interested in trying to grab what I'm eating than other things in my hands. 3. She's also pretty interested in drinking -- often if she's nursing and I grab my water bottle she pulls off to watch it and watch me drink it. 4. She's become more spit-uppy. She used to virtually never spit up, but lately does more. I read somewhere that indicates that they're over-stuffing themselves on milk to satisfy their bellies. DH and I both have environmental allergies (dust, pollen) and a slight tendency to asthma, but no family history of food allergies that I'm aware of. Part of me is reluctant to start before 6 months, but I was in the supermarket today looking at the baby food and rice cereal, thinking about how much fun it will be... Kate and the Bug, June 8 2003 |
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Yet another "ready for solids?"
Hi - Since both parents have a history of environmental allergy and there's asthma in the family history, you should follow the sequence for introducing solids to the allergic child. You see, the inheritence is for the TENDENCY to allergy, not for a specific allergy or type of allergy. Your asthma could turn into your baby's life-threatening allergy to eggs. Or to no allergy at all. My web site lists a couple of links to solids introduction sequences for the allergic child. For what it's worth, they ALL recommend waiting until your baby is SEVEN months old to begin. I've never heard of spittiness being due to needing solids, by the way. --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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Yet another "ready for solids?"
Beth Kevles wrote:
they ALL recommend waiting until your baby is SEVEN months old to begin. Seven months, or in the seventh month? Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread - substitute mailbolt |
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Hi - Since a computer crash late last year, I no longer have specific cites. But basically, what you're doing is playing roulette. It may be that you can start peanut butter at 4 months and have no problems. Or it may be that you delay solids completely until 10 months and have huge problems. But the odds are in your favor if you wait until your baby's gut has sufficiently matured, around 6-7 months, to avoid allergies. It's your first parenting test: do you do what your child wants, or do you do what's healthiest for their physical well-being? I'd certainly wait at least until the 6-month mark, regardless. --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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Yet another "ready for solids?"
Beth Kevles wrote:
It's your first parenting test: do you do what your child wants, or do you do what's healthiest for their physical well-being? I know where you're coming from, but "I have no cites but you're gambling with your child's health" really hits me wrong, and the quote above with no cites is a just a guilt trip. The only way for Kate (or I) to assess whether starting solids is appropriate is to review the literature, particularly in light of the fact that the AAP, WHO, the working links on your page *all* say 6 months, and most pediatricians (at least in my area) say 4 months is fine. Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread - substitute mailbolt |
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Yet another "ready for solids?"
"Phoebe & Allyson" wrote in message ... The only way for Kate (or I) to assess whether starting solids is appropriate is to review the literature, particularly in light of the fact that the AAP, WHO, the working links on your page *all* say 6 months, and most pediatricians (at least in my area) say 4 months is fine. Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread - substitute mailbolt Pheobe, No offence intended but it seems to me like you had your mind made up before you posted your original question. If that's the case then I understand you standing your ground so strongly but why the post in the first place then? We started Nicolas on a couple solids at about 5 months, but we also have no history of allergies on either side of our families and frankly Nicolas made more of a mess than ate anything. Yep, it was totally cute the first few times but the cuteness wore off pretty quickly because of the cleanup. If I were you I would maybe do one or two things for pictures and then let it go for awhile. It's an awfully weird kid that doesn't eventually eat, he'll have a lifetime of being able to try new things. Since you have allergies on both sides of your family why not wait and not take an unneccessary chance on restricting his diet when he is an adult. Jen |
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In ,
Beth Kevles wrote: *It's your first parenting test: do you do what your child wants, or do *you do what's healthiest for their physical well-being? Well, I think everyone agrees you do what's best for your kid - the problem is (IMO) knowing exactly what that is. I do not think there is a magic timer going off in each baby's intestinal tract causing some kind of change in the gut at exactly six months old! I think some babies are likely to be ready sooner than six months and some probably a bit later. I HOPE that the other readiness cues are in some way temporally associated with the readiness of the gut to accept solids while minimizing risk of allergies, but I don't know. -h (started one baby on solids at 4 mos, inadvertently [he just kept stealing food off our plates!!], started other baby at 6 mos but she rejected them til 8 mos!) -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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