Feedings

Hi everyone,

Just a quick question. Caden is 6 months old and really isnt interested in
food... he has about 3-4 spoons of food every 3 days, the rest of the time
he just nurses.

I don't see any need to push him to eat, but alot of people are asking me
why he doesnt eat more solids and he *should* be eating more because he
needs it.

he isn't under wight, nor is he unhealthy in anyway.

Do i need to push the soilds more, or can I leave him?

TIA

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Leanne
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Before you were conceived I wanted you,
Before you were born I loved you,
Before you were here an hour I would die for you,
This is the miracle of life.

"Leanne" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

Just a quick question. Caden is 6 months old and really isnt interested in
food... he has about 3-4 spoons of food every 3 days, the rest of the time
he just nurses.

I don't see any need to push him to eat, but alot of people are asking me
why he doesnt eat more solids and he *should* be eating more because he
needs it.

he isn't under wight, nor is he unhealthy in anyway.

Do i need to push the soilds more, or can I leave him?

I would wait a bit until he shows more signs of being ready for solids.

There's no law that says they have to start on solids *by* 6 mo (and people
often try to tell you that they should start solids at 4 mo which goes
against the WHO recommendations of exclusive bf for 6 mo).

There is a theory that the stores of iron in their bodies are depleted by
this age and so you *have* to start solids, but I hear this mostly from baby
food (and formula) manufacturers. I also know plenty of kids who's iron
levels are fine even though they were not big on eating solids even at 9 and
10 mo.

FWIW DD didn't start solids until 5.5 mo when she swiped a piece of
watermelon from DH's hand and gave it a really good gumming before we could
prise it off her (not what I had intended to start her on). We took this as
a sign she was ready for solids and began with a few teaspoons of rice
cereal which was pretty much all she got for a few weeks. This link lists
foods and the times for their introduction for children who may have
allergies but I found it useful to follow even though we don't have a
genetic history of allergies in our family:
http://www.hallpublications.com/title2_sample2.html

HTH
Amanda

--
DD 15th August 2002
1 tiny angel Nov 2003
DS 20th August 2004

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:26:40 +0930, "Leanne"
scribbled:

Hi everyone,

Just a quick question. Caden is 6 months old and really isnt interested in
food... he has about 3-4 spoons of food every 3 days, the rest of the time
he just nurses.

I don't see any need to push him to eat, but alot of people are asking me
why he doesnt eat more solids and he *should* be eating more because he
needs it.

he isn't under wight, nor is he unhealthy in anyway.

Do i need to push the soilds more, or can I leave him?

TIA

If he's not getting hungry a lot more often, why do they think he
"needs" solids?

Fwiw, my dd2 is a few days shy of 7 months and we haven't bothered
with solids at all. She's on formula, but she's content with the
bottles so I don't see any reason to rush.

In case you haven't figured it out, I'd leave him be :-)

Nan

Leanne wrote:
Hi everyone,

Just a quick question. Caden is 6 months old and really isnt
interested in food... he has about 3-4 spoons of food every 3 days,
the rest of the time he just nurses.

I don't see any need to push him to eat, but alot of people are
asking me why he doesnt eat more solids and he *should* be eating
more because he needs it.

he isn't under wight, nor is he unhealthy in anyway.

Do i need to push the soilds more, or can I leave him?

TIA

I would leave him till he seems more interested. I didn't start DD on
solids till she was 6 months, and then it was more 'cos I was pressured in
to it, than because she wanted/needed it. And ever since, I have regretted
it - she didn't like me pressuring her. It wasn't till she weaned herself
at 14 months that she really became interested in food at all.

Cathy
DD 8 Jan 03
EDD 8 Dec 04

My experience with DS was similar to Cathy's. I thought he 'had' to have
solids at six months because that is just what you are 'supposed' to do.
I wasted all kinds of money on baby
food and rice cereal which he hated and never wanted to eat. He really
hasn't been interested in solid food at all until recently (he is 15
mos. old) and now he eats when he wants to eat and I don't pressure him.
My advice would be don't bother unless he shows some signs that he is
ready and wants to eat, he will be just fine on formula or breastmilk.
It can't hurt to offer but it isn't mandatory for him to have solid food
if he doesn't want it, IMO.

Wendy

Leanne wrote:
Hi everyone,

Just a quick question. Caden is 6 months old and really isnt
interested in food... he has about 3-4 spoons of food every 3 days,
the rest of the time he just nurses.

I don't see any need to push him to eat, but alot of people are
asking me why he doesnt eat more solids and he *should* be eating
more because he needs it.

he isn't under wight, nor is he unhealthy in anyway.

Do i need to push the soilds more, or can I leave him?


IMO I would not push solids. I would (and did) offer solids regularly but I
did not push him to eat.

My first son didn't want solids until he was about 10 months old, although I
offered almost every day. It was very frustrating to listen to those people
that were just sure he *needed* solids and that he had to have them, or that
something was wrong with him (or more to the point me for not getting him to
eat ;-).

When people would start in with the 'he needs solids' and similar they'd
generally stop when I'd respond with the plain clear truth. They were just
talking from preconceptions they had in their head, not from the facts of
the baby before their eyes. So when they'd insist he wasn't getting enough
with just milk I'd say "Look at him. Doesn't he look like he's getting
enough?" Luckily he was a big baby. He was also content, never asked for
food, and was offered food regularly.

His ped wasn't concerned in the least btw. We did have his iron levels
checked at 9mo to be on the safe side.

--
Nikki

says...
My experience with DS was similar to Cathy's. I thought he 'had' to have
solids at six months because that is just what you are 'supposed' to do.
I wasted all kinds of money on baby
food and rice cereal which he hated and never wanted to eat.

OTOH, my little greedy-boy showed interest at 4months - but i've never
given him "baby food". I just steam fruit & veges and mash with a fork
- none of this straining etc. At 6months, he is almost bursting when he
sees real food coming in his direction - yum

He has fruit & cereal for breakfast, boobs for daytime, and veges for
dinner. Sometimes he might have a cracker during the day, but i'm not
sure how much he actually eats, and how much gets into the carpet

Thanks for all the information. At this point, I offer him food everyday, he
likes to play with it, but thats about it. He will eat banana and seems to
like it, but not very much of it.

I'll just keep offering, but wont push it.

Thanks again.

--
Leanne
--------------------------------
Before you were conceived I wanted you,
Before you were born I loved you,
Before you were here an hour I would die for you,
This is the miracle of life.

Don't push, he's perfect!
--

Jamie
Earth Angels:
Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03
Addison Grace, 9/30/04

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