https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 23:03:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-991355 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:37:38 +0000 lomom 991355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: following too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-991352 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:36:09 +0000 hilsy85 991352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 5 months with one meal (breakfast). Around 6 we added dinner, but didn't stress if we missed it. Around 7.5/8 months, I added lunch. We started with purees and introduced finger foods around 7 months, but it took him about a month to really get them. I would try not to stress about how much he is actually consuming, although it's hard, since at his age when he first starts solids it's mainly for taste and practice. And have fun with it! Don't be afraid to try cool combos or just give him what you're eating, pureed if necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-991333 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:27:14 +0000 Kemma 991333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really enjoyed reading the BLW book as it made a lot of sense to me and was a nice counter to the standard advice in New Zealand.</p> <p>We started with a lunch meal when A was just over five months but I didn't stress if we skipped a day or she didn't really eat anything. Once we hit seven months I added in a small breakfast and then started giving her table food for dinner a couple of weeks later. Now that A is almost ten months she eats three meals a day of mainly table or finger food and has dropped her lunchtime nursing session.</p> <p>For the most part I've just followed LO's lead and she's naturally worked herself in to a feeding routine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990845 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:18:02 +0000 sheskrafty 990845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990799 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:58:47 +0000 Adira 990799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Thanks for the info!! I guess I'll have to actually talk to the daycare about this when we get closer. I know they provide food when the children are older, but not sure if they have purees or not.</p> <p>@mediagirl: Thanks for the link! That guide looks great!!</p> <p>@Crisark: Thanks for sharing your experience!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990777 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:49:08 +0000 Crisark 990777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a bit off the new "norm" maybe because of having two other LO's before this one. However, I followed her queues to me that she was ready.<br /> She started cereal in the morning 2 weeks ago (more so due to reflux) and she was 3 1/2 months old.<br /> Sunday we started her on baby food once a day. I started with the orange veggies so she's had Squash and loves it. She will get carrots on Tuesday and then Sweet Potatoes on Friday. Then I will start the green veggies and then fruits.<br /> 4 months is when the dr 'releases' them to start solids around where I am. But, in all honesty, I don't need a dr to tell me when my child is ready. This isn't my first rodeo.<br /> She was leaning in and watching us when we ate and was showing interest for a while now. She has done beautifully with the cereal and now with the squash.<br /> I will switch to a new baby food flavor every fourth day. That gives her body three full days to decide if it's going to agree with her or not before switching to something else.<br /> I know I'm not in the majority here with process but I really couldn't care less.<br /> To each their own, I followed my instinct and my baby's signs of readiness and at 4 months she's happy as can be with cereal in the morning and baby food in the evening for now.<br /> Do what feels right. And try not to be influenced by everything everyone else says. Use it as resource tools but follow you and your baby's readiness. </p> <p>That's just my opinion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990731 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:35:00 +0000 pinkcupcake 990731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wholesomebabyfood.com was a great resource. I also bought Cooking for Baby off Amazon (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1416599185/ref=aw_1st_sims_6?pi=SY115" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1416599185/ref=aw_1st_sims_6?pi=SY115</a>) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990724 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:33:37 +0000 matador84 990724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I downloaded the moms on call book to my phone through the kindle app. i cannot even tell you how many times i've looked back to it for feeding questions and more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990722 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:32:48 +0000 mediagirl 990722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I googled this a lot. I ended up using the Babycenter guide as my resource. <a href="http://bit.ly/18Z9xLG" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/18Z9xLG</a></p> <p>We started with dinner at home. We stuck with one meal for a while until we were really ready, then we sent one meal (snack) to daycare and continued with dinner at home. As she showed signs of readiness, we added more food. </p> <p>My biggest concern was always making sure she was still getting enough milk while eating her meals in that first year. I always breastfed or gave bottle first, then offered the solid 1/2 hour later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990700 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:27:49 +0000 Mrsbells 990700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really liked the site @sorrycharlie: suggested, very useful information there </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990670 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:20:44 +0000 edelweiss 990670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had no idea what i was doing. i did read the baby led weaning book, but knew that was going to be of limited use because daycare does not do BLW.</p> <p>i started with oatmeal cereal and adding formula or puree to it. daycare told me i could make it chunkier/thicker than the directions on the box (which is 1 TBS cereal to 3-4 TBS of liquid and creates a very very loose mixture). </p> <p>in terms of schedule, we do BLW for breakfast and dinner, and daycare gives him solids 2x/day with the other babies (at 7:45 and 11:30). i didn't decide this, it's just their schedule and i don't have a problem with it.</p> <p>for the solids that i send to daycare, i mix 1 TBS cereal with 2 TBS or so of puree, and if necessary thin it out with formula. he gets two mixtures like that per day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990669 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:20:00 +0000 Smurfette 990669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990659 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:16:50 +0000 cascademom 990659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wholesome Baby Food is an awesome start. We did cereals at first with little success. Once we got to purees, he responded a lot better to them. LO's 11 months old and eats everything. We're still working on chewing though. We stopped doing purees a couple of weeks ago since he wasn't interested in them anymore. Now, I try and get some food prepared when I get home for him to eat in addition to his bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990645 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:12:38 +0000 DillonLion 990645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: We had them do a green veggie for breakfast starting in month 6 (after a bottle). In month 7 I started offering a dinner at home. This month I'm asking them to do a breakfast and a lunch at daycare (always after a bottle). </p> <p>They have purees there, so that part is really easy for us. If they didn't. I'd send one for breakfast and one for lunch each day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990628 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:09:03 +0000 Adira 990628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Thanks for the detailed response! I'm so scared, haha. I'm also not positive how to go about it with daycare - I guess I'll have to work it out with them, because presumably he'll be having breakfast and lunch there and just dinner at home.</p> <p>@sorrycharlie: Thanks for the link! I'll have to check it out! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990621 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:06:20 +0000 sotofamilia 990621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following - same question! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990616 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:05:24 +0000 DillonLion 990616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was very overwhelming to me as well! I didn't do a ton of reading on it. </p> <p>Here's how we did it:<br /> 6 months: Breakfast<br /> 7 months: Breakfast and dinner<br /> 8 months: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner<br /> Once she's 9 months, I'll probably work in some more snacks as necessary. </p> <p>Mostly just purees here (started with green veggies, then orange, then fruits) I've offered solids here and there (small piece of avocado, strawberries in a mesh feeder, etc.)</p> <p>I've started working in a few puff-type snacks lately to help with her grasping between thumb and forefinger. She's almost 8.5 months now. </p> <p>There's really no wrong way to do it (except for avoiding high allergen foods). See what your child likes and go with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990614 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:05:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 990614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/" rel="nofollow">http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/</a> :)</p> <p>I was terrified too! but honestly, it's so fun. just start slow and tell yourself it's play time - and as you both get the hang of it, it'll slowly become actual meal time ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-afraid-of-solids-suggest-a-good-bookwebsite-i-can-follow#post-990597 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:00:25 +0000 Adira 990597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander's 5 months, so we'll be starting solids soon, and I'm scared! I feel like I have noooo idea what I'm doing! Suggest a good book or website that you felt was helpful!</p> <p>Particularly, I'm interested in knowing how much we should be feeding, maybe month-by-month. I plan to start with doing just solids at dinner, but at what point do you introduce a second meal and then a third? And how much are they expected to eat? Help me! :) </p>