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That's a great article, thank you for posting!
At our 2 month appointment our pedi told us we could start giving him rice cereal mixed with breastmilk at 4 months, but we're planning on waiting until he's at least 6 months, and starting out with egg yolks. I have zero interest in feeding him rice cereal.
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That's how I felt. Never did feed her much. I eventually started giving oatmeal and fruit for breakfast some of the time. But rice cereal doesn't even have the nutrition that cheerios do.
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I TOTALLY agree with the article. DS got a mix grain cereal for a week (at DH's insistence) before we moved on to veggies. I don't eat white rice (I opt for brown or whole grain) so I saw no reason to give it to DH. I agree totally that you should start feeding your child the way you'd want them to eat as they get older. For us that means produce and proteins, and avoiding processed foods, empty carbs and sugars, as well as juice, as much as possible.
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We avoided the white. In the end rice cereal always made our LO very sick, so we only have it to him a handful of times. Once we linked it to him getting sick we just moved onto purées.
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@Arden: This was a very interesting read! I'm totally leaning towards not starting with rice cereal, though I'm not against giving plain, rice porridge that we cook at home sometimes.
I'm interested to learn more about the egg yolk thing though. Are you planning to give V egg yolk to start? -
@shopaholic: I don't have a specific order but the first few foods we will introduce will probably be bananas, sweet potato, egg yolk, and avocado. We're doing BLW for the most part too.
Not planning on giving grains or in cultured dairy until age 1.
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Introducing raw nut butters a few months after introducing solids?! Really?!! I am deathly allergic to peanuts, so LO won't be getting any nuts for a little while, but I definitely would not give them to her now!
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@LaineysMom: A few months after 6-9 is like 12 months. I'm pretty sure the current recommendation is 12 months unless there is a history of allergies.
With your situation of course it is different since there is a family history.
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@Arden: hmm..I read it as a few months after starting, which would be 9 months. I would just caution parents about starting nuts too early.. I am the only one in my family with a nut allergy, so family history isn't necessarily indicative of certain severe allergies.
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@LaineysMom: That's true, family history certainly isn't a reliable predictor of being allergy free. In the beginning of the article it suggested starting solids between 6-9 months, hence my calculation of what "a few months later" meant.
Recent studies have been showing though that waiting longer to introduce potential allergens doesn't nessecarily make any difference in the outcome. So 12 vs 18 or 24 months might not really matter at all. I think that's why the current rec. is for 12 months.
Personally I'd introduce nuts for the first time while in the waiting room of my pediatrician's office if possible, so that he'd be there in case if a reaction.
Choosing when and how to introduce foods to your baby is such a personal and subjective decision though - I don't think there is one right timeframe or approach for everyone.
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@Arden: Got it (on the age calculation). i guess i just assumed most start at 6 months. With respect to nuts, age only matters to me bc I think that an 18 month old will likely tolerate an allergic reaction better than a 9 month old.. But that is just my lay opinion. Going into anaphylactic shock is incredibly distressing and even fatal.. I may follow your lead with introducing in the ped's office!
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@LaineysMom: I could be wrong, but I seem to recall reading recently that when potential allergens, like nuts, are introduced before or around six months of age, the chance of an allergy developing is much lower. Don't quote me on it but it's definitely worth looking into.
I avoided rice cereal completely as it seemed completely devoid of all nutritional value to me. LO started on veg purees and went from there.
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For our family, we aren't touching nuts, honey, uncultured dairy, or gluten until one year. First two for safety, second two are a personal health preference.
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I remember reading this article before we started weaning. This was the reason why I let her eat a little egg yolk early on. I regret it. She's highly allergic to eggs.
DD is now wandering around the house with a piece of corn on the cob and all is well, but she's almost 13 months old. If I did it all again, I would have categorized all foods that are common in childhood allergies.
For us, weaning was similar to the first trimester of pregnancy. Aside from getting your necessary vitamins and folic acid, sometimes you just have to eat what you can keep down -- just replace vitamins with milk/formula and keep down with whatever they actually eat.
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@Ree723: I've done some reading on this as well, but the studies aren't well controlled for variables.. At least not enough for me.
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