https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 00:18:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214632 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:54:55 +0000 Dandelion 2214632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M was begging at 5 months, so we started. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214483 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 07:16:23 +0000 mrsrugbee 2214483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's your baby, you know best. I personally wanted to wait until 6 mo but DD would literally SCREAM if we didn't share before 4 mo. I decided if she was "ready" she should do it herself and we went the strict Baby Led Weaning route : only finger food, and she had to feed herself (picking up and bringing it to her mouth on her own) </p> <p>I'm happy with my decision cause I really think it's easy to fill kids up on purées and end up displacing their milk intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214477 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:56:26 +0000 Bubbles 2214477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started about a week before 6 months as he was getting absolutely furious when we ate in front of him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214464 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:04:34 +0000 sorrycharlie 2214464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is the same age and I think we are going to start soon. We started my oldest at 5.5 months and she did great. My LO had a fit at dinner tonight (sitting on my lap) because my tortellini went into my mouth and bypassed hers. It was a little funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214439 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:21:08 +0000 turquoisemama 2214439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD seemed ready but when we tried apple sauce she spit it right out. I'm going to wait a little longer, but I'd say give it a try. Take a video, they make the cutest faces! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214412 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:07:23 +0000 Pepper 2214412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started purees at 5 months. He had been eating oatmeal cereal for about 2 weeks before we started giving him purees. His pediatrician said we could start, and he was really interested in food, so it was a hit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214401 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 21:29:50 +0000 msplatypus 2214401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 5 months with prunes because she was constipated and wouldn't drink juice. She loved them and is going strong at 7.5 months. My ped tried to get us to start at 4 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214393 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 21:14:22 +0000 artsyfartsy 2214393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did at 5 months because he was still hungry at daycare and I was maxed out on pumped milk! I started sending one purée a day at exactly 5 months. He loved them right away. We skipped cereal and puréed veggies and fruits. We started more BLW around 7 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214330 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 18:20:32 +0000 Foodnerd81 2214330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At her 4 month appt, My pediatrician told me we could start whenever she seemed ready. We started one week before 6 months, then backed off because I wasn't ready (she was!). Skipped cereal and went straight to soft veggies and fruit (did mostly baby led weaning with some purees). But she wasn't really chomping at the bit to start before that, I know other babies who were. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214294 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:55:44 +0000 Miss Ariel 2214294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did green beans around 4 and a half months. Although she broke our into a bad diaper rash so we waited about two weeks before trying anything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214293 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:55:39 +0000 MenagerieMama 2214293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt pretty strongly about following the AAP recommendations to wait until 6 mo - they made those recommendations for a reason! So we waited until then. Actually a few days later because I was lazy, ha! But LO loves food and would have liked to have started earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214292 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:52:59 +0000 YouGotMe 2214292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are starting tomorrow at 24 weeks. Ped. suggested to start around 5 months because she was initially ready however we ended up having to wait until her reflux was under control again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214288 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:39:14 +0000 Mamasig 2214288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 4 months with DS1 and about 4 1/2 months with DS2. They were ready and loved it. My pediatrician was fine with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214274 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:04:17 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2214274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby is 5 m, almost 6. I just started solids this week, because he is 24 weeks and I figured might as well. I waited the longest out of everyone in my moms group, it seems like actually waiting till 6 m is the exception not the rule! He was definitely meeting all the milestones, he's basically sitting up with very minimal support, he eyes and grabs for my food, made chewing motions. And he is not really a fan at all of purees. The first day I did a homemade sweet potato fry/wedge because I wanted to start of on baby led weaning but it freaked me out too much. I did so much research too! For now I am gonna do purees and see how it goes. He actually preferred playing with the wedge, purees he is meh about so far. His favorite thing was the rice cereal bowl and trying to drink it while holding it himself! Crazy boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214266 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:42:08 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2214266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, your avatar is ADORABLE! Assuming that's your lo, so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214265 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:41:36 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2214265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited until 6 months per the pedi's recommendation. But I really don't think 3 weeks is going to make a huge difference one way or the other. You could always do cereals now (we were recommended to do those first, not necessarily for nutrition, but to check for allergies in each one) and then start actual purees at 6 months. We actually did the cereal thing at 6 months and then didn't really start purees til closer to 7, but I'm pretty sure we were on the late end of things, and my daughter was a-ok with just her bottles up until then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214264 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:38:25 +0000 FaithFertility 2214264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a few days before 5 months<br /> She was solo ready chomping when we ate..... very interested!<br /> She loved it! :) Fist try was a little skeptical but after day 2 so far she loves it all!</p> <p>She just turned 6 months and honestly I would have felt bad knowing how much she likes it if we would have waited!</p> <p>Play around see if she is ready..<br /> We did rice cereal first with a little BM</p> <p>Also my Pedi is onboard with starting at 5 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/purees-at-5-months#post-2214254 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:51:32 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2214254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did anyone start purées at 5 months? I know 6 is recommended but I feel like my daughter is ready. She's 5 months, 1 week. </p>