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Starting solids....
We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to
formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a crapload better than rice cereal too. So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best? |
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The main reason for starting with one of those cereals is because some
babies' iron stores are getting low around the six month mark, supposedly anyway. So for iron, I offered several of my babies meat first. Some things are inherently less allergenic than others, but other people here are more knowledgeable on that point than I. For Lorelei, I more or less just started letting her eat what she wanted off my plate. My other kids liked the cereals and they are convenient so I tried them with her, but she didn't care for them. I may try them again later since I have several boxes. Leslie |
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... We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a crapload better than rice cereal too. So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best? We started DD on banana, but what we didn't know at the time is that banana can be extremely constipating, especially to a gut that isn't used to solid food - rice cereal is constipating too. Avocado is a good first food that isn't constipating. Sweet potato sounds fine to me too, pumpkin is another one that makes a good puree. What does your family eat a lot of? -- Amy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ My blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/querer-hijo-querer-hija/ |
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Hi -- My web site includes a link to a good sequence for introducing solids to the allergic child. You might find it helpful. The first solids should probably be foods that include iron, whether it's a cereal or a meat. Other than that, news articles recently suggest that you forget about bland things and give the baby flavors that YOU would be interested in eating. Aim for a varied, healthy diet. Enjoy! That first bite is worth videotaping. --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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... We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a crapload better than rice cereal too. So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best? I started with rice cereal, but I didn't know that it would be so constipating. So I switched to oatmeal and barley. shrug My girls liked it so I fed it to them. You don't have to start cereal, but sometimes the iron stores are beginning to drop and iron fortified cereal is an easy way to get it in them. DD1 was/is anemic so the cereal was good for her. You can start with veggies if you prefer. It doesn't really matter. Some parents don't even mess with pureed foods and go to table foods that can be cut into tiny pieces. Keep in mind the potential allergens and go from there. Bannas are constipating and so are apples. Green beans gave my daughters horrible gas and they were so uncomfortable that I stopped grean beans and waited until their digestive systems were more mature. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a crapload better than rice cereal too. My DD loved sweet potato first. If you try banana, realize that it stains clothing/bibs/washcloths very badly. -Patty, mom of 1+2 |
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: We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to : formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start : with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is : better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at : a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be : inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet : potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a : crapload better than rice cereal too. : So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best? I think bananas is constipating. You should start with something else, and introduce it slowly to let the digestive system adapt. I like the idea of sweet potato. I would also recommend squash or plums. Larry |
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Child wrote:
We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a crapload better than rice cereal too. So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best? Hunter started solids so late I went straight to table food. Luke started at 6 months. I used the babyfood jars for the first few weeks because it was easy and I could send them to the sitter. After he had a round of about 10 new foods with no reaction I started offering him mashed single item table foods at home and continued with the jars at the sitters until he was about 9 mos. Some time around 8mos he started getting whatever we were eating even if the foods were mixed (like soups and casseroles). I started with fruits and vegetables. In no particular order. He is not at high risk of allergies. When we started cereal he had regular oatmeal I cooked for us all and cream of wheat at the sitters as her family ate that a lot. He handled textures well but some kids need the puree longer then others just on a developmental note but I think earlier exposure to textures (if starting solids at 6mos) is a good thing as long as the child can handle it. I thought starting solids was fun and Luke adored them so that was a treat for me. Hunter could have cared less - sucked all the joy out of it, lol. -- Nikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 EDD 4/06 |
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Cereal is convenient for practice (which is mainly what the first food
is for anyway) as you can make it up in little tiny amounts. Our kids liked barley cereal better than rice. Both come with added iron. A high-fiber food like sweet potato can be hard on their bottoms, we found -- our kids liked it by eight or ten months, but we had to limit quantities or they got awful diaper rash. For that reason it seems an odd first choice of solids to me (though the reaction my kids had may well be uncommon, don't know). I am pretty sure it wasn't an allergic reaction, since they could eat a substantial chunk without any problem. If you mix the cereal with expressed breastmilk it will be sweeter and more familiar-tasting, but it isn't really necessary when feeding the small quantities most folks start with. I usually just used water. The later you put off starting solids, the less time you usually need to spend spoon-feeding them, which is a good thing from my point of view. My daughters went mostly to table foods and feeding themselves by eight or nine months, having started at just after six months. They seldom had baby food. I bought a jar here and there for my son as a matter of convenience, but he didn't really take to solids much anyway until nine or ten months. |
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