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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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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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Akuvikate wrote:
The plan is to start Bug on solids at 6 months, which will happen in 3 and a half weeks. Caterpillar would have grabbed food off of our plates if not for paranoid vigilance in the last week or so. No index card gnawing, but she *loves* to watch people eat, and gets mad if her view is blocked. Our plan is to let her try some solids on December 7th (Grandpa and Ah-mah's birthday), which is a week after she turns 6 months old (she'll be 27 weeks old). This is contingent on her having had reliably yellow diapers for a week beforehand. She's been having nasty slimy dark-green diapers for months, despite (relatively recent) dairy elimination. Some experimentation has revealed that wheat and shellfish both trigger green diapers. Haven't tried eggs, and I don't normally eat enough soy that having it or not having it is intentional. So I need to have her system in nonreactive mode before we try anything new, so we know if it causes a reaction. So she'll have a bite or two of banana, and if she reacts to it, we'll hold off on solids for another couple of weeks, then try a different one. If she doesn't react, then she can have it for a couple of weeks, then try a second one. Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread - substitute mailbolt |
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sounds sensible, though 2 weeks seems a long time to wait before
introducing something new if there are no problems. It's only 2 weeks til Nathanael is 6 months, though he shows interest in our food, it seems more as a toy than as food, he was captivated by our carrots last night, but he didn't try to put them in his mouth. I'm half wondering if it is really worth the fuss. Caterpillar would have grabbed food off of our plates if not for paranoid vigilance in the last week or so. No index card gnawing, but she *loves* to watch people eat, and gets mad if her view is blocked. Our plan is to let her try some solids on December 7th (Grandpa and Ah-mah's birthday), which is a week after she turns 6 months old (she'll be 27 weeks old). This is contingent on her having had reliably yellow diapers for a week beforehand. She's been having nasty slimy dark-green diapers for months, despite (relatively recent) dairy elimination. Some experimentation has revealed that wheat and shellfish both trigger green diapers. Haven't tried eggs, and I don't normally eat enough soy that having it or not having it is intentional. So I need to have her system in nonreactive mode before we try anything new, so we know if it causes a reaction. So she'll have a bite or two of banana, and if she reacts to it, we'll hold off on solids for another couple of weeks, then try a different one. If she doesn't react, then she can have it for a couple of weeks, then try a second one. Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread - substitute mailbolt ----------- Anne Rogers |
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"Akuvikate" wrote in message
om... 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: [snip] 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. DD is fascinated by watching us eat and will reach for whatever we're eating. However, if we try to give it to her to eat, she pushes it away. Although she is on solids now (she's seven months), she's not showing a lot of interest in eating herself, only in watching us eat. The same goes for drinking. If I'm drinking from a cup or sports bottle, she wants to try. However, if she actually gets water in her mouth, she spits it out. I read somewhere to try giving the baby a spoon or empty cup to play with. If they're content with that, then they might be more interested in the utensils than the food itself (like dd). -- Melissa (in Los Angeles) Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03 |
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Akuvikate wrote in message
om... 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: snip JMO, but I don't think three weeks one way or the other is going to make a difference. I'd say do what makes you more comfortable. If you want to wait, then she'll certainly be just fine without solids for another 3.5 weeks. 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... It will be fun for about three meals, then the novelty will wear off and it will be just another mess to clean up. ;-) -- Cheryl S. Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 7 mo. And Jaden, 2 months Cleaning the house while your children are small is like shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing. |
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