https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:57:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food/page/2#post-666390 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:16:25 +0000 SugarplumsMom 666390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet potatoes. She hated it :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food/page/2#post-666381 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:14:33 +0000 LuLu Mom 666381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did rice first, really runny (she hated it) and then we did sweet potoates (she loved them!) Now we mix the rice in with the vegetables so she gets the iron that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food/page/2#post-666375 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:13:11 +0000 skibobrown 666375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did banana and avacado. We did it BLW style -- just let her have at it, but then we also introduced the spoon, which she liked a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-666255 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:33:34 +0000 hilsy85 666255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all your responses! We ended up doing sweet potato (LO was kind of meh about them) and then oatmeal which he really liked! I'm excited to try avocado and green beans next :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-666088 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:31:34 +0000 bunnylove08 666088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sweet potatoes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-666001 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:10 +0000 kml636 666001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm curious about this too. My doc said rice cereal though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-665753 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:46:53 +0000 sumer08 665753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice cereal, then oatmeal (both of which LO never really cared for). After that, we offered sweet potatoes, which he absolutely loved! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651501 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:57:14 +0000 leelee 651501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice cereal (she hated it), oatmeal (hated it), sweet potato (loved it!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651496 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:54:46 +0000 lavender 651496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oatmeal cereal </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651491 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:53:40 +0000 CottonCandy 651491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice cereal immediately constipated our LO, so we switched to Earth's Best oatmeal. I really love the Earth's Best oatmeal, and our LO handled it much better than the rice cereal. As far as purees go, we started with pears, then applesauce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651242 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:36:18 +0000 BelugaBean 651242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She had sweet potato first and loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651183 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:22:04 +0000 Penny Lane 651183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mashed banana! He loved it. Ate half in one sitting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651166 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:45:01 +0000 mamimami 651166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Avocado was my son's first food although we started organic brown rice cereal the next day. (Breakfast: cereal, lunch: veggie, dinner: veggie) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651163 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:53:45 +0000 jetsettermomma 651163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: interesting! did your LO just gum the steak? How big of a piece was it? Would love it if DS could try steak with us too :) he'll be starting solids/purees in 2 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651148 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:35:32 +0000 lovehoneybee 651148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: We'd debated starting E with steak but he grabbed a piece of roasted butternut squash off of my plate during dinner, so we just went with it. </p> <p>Our pedi green-lighted rice cereal at 4.5 months, we chose to wait until 6 months and start with vegetables. Well, he chose it, but there's a decent chance we would have offered him a vegetable to start with (or steak, or avocado, or a soft-boiled egg). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651144 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:27:03 +0000 tequiero21 651144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bananas... Then avocados.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651045 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:06:20 +0000 Weagle 651045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet potatoes, I think. We introduced foods pretty quickly and did combos pretty quickly. It's hard to remember! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651030 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:55:28 +0000 autumnlove 651030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Watermelon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-651025 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:53:54 +0000 betsyboop 651025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet potatoes! Our pediatrician advised against starting with rice cereal because of the recent arsenic news and that really freaked me out, and I didn't think LO would like oatmeal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650966 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:17:15 +0000 mrskc 650966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found this article interesting. I've been doing some research. I think we'll start with bananas or sweet potatoes. </p> <p><a href="http://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/first-foods/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/first-foods/</a></p> <p>I can't believe our babies are at the point of eating solid foods already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650957 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:12:02 +0000 Arden 650957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: They used to recommend it because they thought it was the most unlikely to cause an allergic reaction, and now they do it out of habit and tradition. Science has already proven that it isn't the best option nutritionally - but a lot of doctors aren't really up to date with this stuff, unfortunately.</p> <p>For the OP - here's a great article about first foods and why cereal may not be the best choice: <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/12/20/get-the-white-out-of-babys-first-foods.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/12/20/get-the-white-out-of-babys-first-foods.aspx</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650953 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:08:49 +0000 runsyellowlites 650953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Steak!!!! I chose meat for the iron. She LOVED IT!</p> <p>We didn't do baby cereals bc of soy &amp; wheat contamination. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650952 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:08:48 +0000 mrsjazz 650952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Avocado and she loved it. We started with veggies/fruit, skipped the cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650947 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:04:43 +0000 regberadaisy 650947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Roasted butternut squash. I chose something that was local and in season at the time.</p> <p>Ditto to @TurtleDoves: . I think rice cereal is empty calories and not sure why docs keep recommending it except for the mushy texture? If you want to stick wiht a "rice" cereal consider making your own. Take brown rice and grind it in a food processor or coffee grinder. 1/4 cup ground rice powder to 1 cup liquid (you can use formula or breastmilk or just plain water). When M got older I also used homemade chicken stock as well and added in mashed yams etc for more flavor and nutrition.</p> <p>@hilsy when I did give rice it was always more in a porridge form. Always with something else added in, some kind of vegetable puree or like I said as a porridge/congee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650942 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:02:10 +0000 Arden 650942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We won't be doing cereal of any sort. Veggies for the win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650941 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:02:09 +0000 Rubies 650941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I just introduced brown rice cereal and barley cereal (mixed with water) as a new food after she had tried different flavours of things. She ate it plain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650935 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:58:41 +0000 yellowbird 650935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet potatoes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650934 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:57:57 +0000 immabeetoo 650934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we're planning to do avocado! can't wait to start. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650916 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:49:38 +0000 lovehoneybee 650916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Butternut Squash </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-los-first-food#post-650908 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:47:00 +0000 hilsy85 650908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: yeah...to be fair, she did say "multi grain cereal"...so fun that you started solids!<br /> @Rubies: how did you use the cereals later? Did you just start making mixes with them?<br /> @T-Mom: @Mrs.B: @Sweet T: avocado was initially the first food I wanted to do with LO! </p>