My lo had solids for the first time tonight, yay! She loved the part where she would open her mouth and food would go in.... but then she didn't understand how to swallow it so she spit it out.
Did your lo know how to eat, or did it take a lot of time and practice?
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
We've been giving LO bits of banana and butternut squash...She loves it! Or, she's learning to love it...She still has that "WTF" look on her face when there's food in her mouth. LOL.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
I'd say it took him three days to get fully up to speed ... but after that, he has been finishing practically every bite!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
The LO seemed to eat solids fine right away, which was cool. It took her a while longer to get into the next step, finger foods. She didn't want to pick stuff up for a while.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@Mrs. Yoyo: awesome, good to know my lo might actually get food in her belly some day.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
@artbee: She swollows half and smooshes half out. But I've been giving her, literally, just 2-3 baby spoonfuls and that's it. I'm just trying to get her to taste things. Her 6-month appt. is this Friday so after Friday we'll start to get serious.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@Andrea: my lo already wanted to hold her own spoon, so I'm hoping she'll also want to hold her own food.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
aww. SO cute. Even 5 months after we introduced solids, LO isn't the best eater. She probably eats a total of 3-5 ounces/day.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@Rubies: Make sure you take some videos of her eating!!
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Oh, and we haven't been doing it every day. Once Dr. gives the goahead, then I'll make it a daily thing. I've got BNsquash, pear, and sweet potato pureed and frozen in the freezer just waiting to be eaten!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@artbee: that must be a good sign! no, my LO didn't want to grab anything for a while. but once she did, she was done with purees. that was a pretty short phase.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@chopsuey119: my doctor said babies don't need solids until they're one. We feed them for our own amusement and their nutrition is from formula and breastmilk.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@artbee: i gave her puffs starting at 8 months i think.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@artbee: Yeah I heard that too! 
It used to stress me out (I used to try to force her to eat more). Now I just give her as much as she'll take. (usually 5-7 bites)
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Two books that I've been reading/studying:
1) Sprout Right: Nutrition from Tummy to Todder (by Lianne Phillipson-Webb, Canadian author)
2) Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense (by Ellyn Satter)
Both are really good.
pomegranate / 3980 posts
My little one had some issues the first time we fed her solids but she was also only 3 months old.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Solids are ever evolving in my opinion. My son mastered being fed and swallowing in about a week at 5.5 months. Now he's self -feeding and that's a whole new set of challenges.
persimmon / 1255 posts
We started solids @ 6 months and she was more than ready to chow down on just about anything we gave her. We did rice cereal for about 3 days before we started introducing her to other purees.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
She started solids a month ago at Christmas and just this weekend really got the hang of it and started grabbing the spoon and opening her mouth!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
He's 9 months old and we still struggle with it. Luckily he is actually starting to show interest in foods when we are eating and actually opens his little mouth like a little baby bird when we give him food now. We are working on him actually eating more at each sitting since at most he will eat about 2oz at a time.
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