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The solids question again!
Thanks! I second Sue's opinion.
People are going too much by the book! Children are not cars with manuals. Every kid is going t be different and react differently. Be careful in the kind of foods you introduce (just for allergies) & slowly increase the variety of foods your child gets. Sina started solids at age 4 months. Is healthy as a horse, no allergies, not obese & no problems. She wanted the food, I gave her food. She was eating table food by 8 months or so. She was not accepting babyfood maybe 2 days after I introduced regular food. On the other hand, my friend's son had no interest in solids what so ever. Today at almost 18 months, my Sina (3 months younger) handles food much better than him. He still chokes a bit on bigger foods. Nothing wrong with him. Healthy boy, no allergies or obesity either. Good luck Mona Sue wrote: I think you are over-thinking this and if a child wants solids and is ready, you should give him something. Nothing magical happens at six months. It is just a guideline. Personally, I would go by the baby and not the date on the calendar. |
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The solids question again!
Sidheag, it was you wasn't it that said on uk.p.p that someone, you thought
Akuvikate had come up with the references and determined that there was not a great deal of difference, just that 6 was better than 4? but not all that much. So ultimately my feeling is don't offer solids before 6 months, but if they are demanding solids then go with it, but within reasonable limits, i.e. after 4 months. I think I'd be giving CY's DS food if he was mine, I'd rather give carrot puree than let him eat pita bread, or paper, or..... Anne |
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The solids question again!
My DS is 5 days older than yours. He's been on solids for two weeks, ever
since he leaned over and gummed a chunk of a banana I was eating! He quickly copped on that bowls/plates and spoons meant food and started having tantrums at mealtimes because everyone else was eating and he wasn't!! He's lost the tongue thrust so thoroughly that I can spoonfeed him without using a bib. Sounds to me like your DS is ready too. Jean -- DD - June '02 DS - May '05 |
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The solids question again!
lol - yeah, pita bread wasn't my first choice and he didn't actually "eat"
any of it, just sucked it. Once it got soggy enough that any of it would break off, I took it away...I think he seems pretty open to new tastes though - didn't grimace at all. DD didn't eat any solids until around 8 mths... "Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... Sidheag, it was you wasn't it that said on uk.p.p that someone, you thought Akuvikate had come up with the references and determined that there was not a great deal of difference, just that 6 was better than 4? but not all that much. So ultimately my feeling is don't offer solids before 6 months, but if they are demanding solids then go with it, but within reasonable limits, i.e. after 4 months. I think I'd be giving CY's DS food if he was mine, I'd rather give carrot puree than let him eat pita bread, or paper, or..... Anne |
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The solids question again!
In message GzX9f.532387$xm3.258238@attbi_s21, CY
writes I calculated his age in weeks and it looks like he is 23 weeks. How do they figure the "6 month" thing? Is it 24 weeks or 6 months (eg his birthday was May 26, so he won't technically be 6 months until Nov 26th, but will be 24 weeks next week). The WHO recommendations do actually give it as 6 months practically to the day. However, if you read them, they're surprisingly flimsy - there are _no_ studies showing an advantage of waiting until 6 months as opposed to 4 months. Of course, there are physiological reasons why 6 months is likely to be better (more digestive enzymes, better head control, no tongue thrust reflex) but I really don't think a week or two in a baby who's already enjoying trying out solids is going to make a scrap of difference. All the best, Sarah -- http://www.goodenoughmummy.blogspot.com But how do we _know_ that nobody ever said on their deathbed that they wished they’d spent more time at the office? |
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The solids question again!
"Sarah Vaughan" wrote in message ... In message GzX9f.532387$xm3.258238@attbi_s21, CY writes I calculated his age in weeks and it looks like he is 23 weeks. How do they figure the "6 month" thing? Is it 24 weeks or 6 months (eg his birthday was May 26, so he won't technically be 6 months until Nov 26th, but will be 24 weeks next week). The WHO recommendations do actually give it as 6 months practically to the day. However, if you read them, they're surprisingly flimsy - there are _no_ studies showing an advantage of waiting until 6 months as opposed to 4 months. Of course, there are physiological reasons why 6 months is likely to be better (more digestive enzymes, better head control, no tongue thrust reflex) but I really don't think a week or two in a baby who's already enjoying trying out solids is going to make a scrap of difference. Yesterday as I was reading I was thinking this very thought. Its very flimsy. But how do we _know_ that nobody ever said on their deathbed that they wished they'd spent more time at the office? Every time I read this sig, I laugh, and am reminded of my father who whined to me when he was 65 that he should have spent more time with me when I was a kid instead of working. I agree with him, although compared to my friends dads who spent the weekends working on the lawn and watching football, he was a total peach. |
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