https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 17:47:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8/page/2#post-2161545 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 03:17:02 +0000 miramira 2161545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months. Started with mashed &amp; finger foods; no rice cereal or puree. I'm struggling to understand why some paediatricians go against WHO recommendations of starting 'complementary foods' at 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8/page/2#post-2161509 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 22:31:31 +0000 QBbride 2161509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: I didn't give anything before 6 months and we skipped rice cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8/page/2#post-2161484 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:30:57 +0000 MrsRcCar 2161484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N started at 6 months.<br /> E started at 10 months+, but he has some other major feeding issues so we are still getting the hang of solids at almost 15 months. </p> <p>Everyone's kids are so different, good luck. :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8/page/2#post-2161453 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:56:32 +0000 lilteacherbee 2161453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5.5 months with purées. We never did rice cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161449 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:51:58 +0000 Kemma 2161449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at just over fiver months with Miss A but she wasn't keen on purées or being spoonfed so we did mainly blw and fed her table food. She didn't eat any great quantities of food till around fifteen months but she ate a huge variety and is still pretty good with her eating at 2.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161413 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:24:06 +0000 lawbee11 2161413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months, but even then she really wasn't that into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161403 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:09:38 +0000 mrsjyw 2161403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ped mentioned rice cereal at 4 months but I didn't see a need w Ds thriving on breastmilk, we started purées and a lil bit of blw at 5.5 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161399 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:05:15 +0000 mfa_lady 2161399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: You and me both, girl. I will 100% do whatever the doc tells me next week. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161398 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:04:38 +0000 mfa_lady 2161398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@namaste: No way! Can't believe our babies are old enough to be eating real food. So glad to hear she loves it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161355 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:00:41 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2161355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at just before six months with DD1. Canada health recommends starting at six months. She had been ready for quite a while but I put it off as long as I could. DD2 is showing interest and could probably start soon, but I'm a rule follower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161312 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:51:32 +0000 littleblessings 2161312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months with my DD and almost a year with my DS </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161243 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:12:50 +0000 namaste 2161243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started purees with A this week! She absolutely loves what we've given her thus far (sweet potatoes). She's been sitting up assisted for so long and grabbing at our food for the past few weeks. Our ped has no problem and you know A is a tiny person so I'm not hesitant on getting her to try solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161149 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:02:47 +0000 SweetiePie 2161149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: yep same! By 5.5 months he was eating almost 3 full jars a day. I've cut back a little just because he's still very spit-uppy. But he just loves eating! We've also started giving him some of our food as well where it makes sense. </p> <p>He couldn't sit unassisted at that time but he could sit well in the highchair. (Harnessed in).</p> <p>ETA: my ped doesn't tell everyone to start at 4 mos. She bases it on few different things like interest in my own food, being able to sit assisted, etc. I will also say that I am part of the moms group with babies ranging from six months to nine months. The ones who started solids at 4 months are excellent eaters now. The ones who started at six months are still having trouble eating solids even at eight and nine months. But I know that a lot of people think that solids before one are just for fun, so it's all about what you're comfortable with. I really just tend to follow my pediatricians lead on a lot of things. If she had told me to wait until six months I would've waited until six months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161133 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:56:34 +0000 mfa_lady 2161133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: This is like my little cousin! Started eating fruit and veggie purees at 4.5 months and was eating 3x a day by 5.5 months--and loving it! Could your little guy sit up unassisted at 4 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161129 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:54:19 +0000 jape14 2161129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 5 months. I was using a baby spoon to scrape the fat off the sides of a bottle of pumped milk, and gave the spoon to DS - he went crazy for it, so we started solids (rice cereal, then homemade purees) the next day. Our ped said no pressure to do it before 6 months, but that trying around 5 months was perfectly fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161107 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:32:55 +0000 SweetiePie 2161107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were told at 4 months we could start with cereal or veggies/fruits. I did cereal for like a day and he wasn't too into it. Went right to fruits and veggies and he loves it. He's 7.5 months now and a fantastic eater. Oddly enough, the only food he turns down is avocado! Everything else he gobbles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161095 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:18:52 +0000 Alivoo01 2161095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started oatmeal at 6 months because DS was small. Otherwise, we would have started at 5 since that's what the pedi recommends.</p> <p>My BFF's pedi recommended she start purees at 4 months so she did. Maybe 4 is the new norm? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161075 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:03:19 +0000 Smurfette 2161075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5.5 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161065 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:54:06 +0000 regberadaisy 2161065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6m with both girls; 4m is a older recommendation. Their ped is pro 6m. I don't really think solids is that necessary before one anyway so we were in no rush.</p> <p>Skipped rice cereal with both. I started with homemade purees then moved into blw for both girls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161035 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:42:24 +0000 snowjewelz 2161035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ped said we could start at 4 mo w/ rice cereal or wait.. So we're waiting! And skipping rice cereal probably. I think I read that they have to sit up completely unassisted first. DD is 5 mo next week and can't sit up by herself yet so we're def gonna wait for that to happen first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161023 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:34:30 +0000 mfa_lady 2161023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many great responses--thank you all! Sounds like every little kiddo is different. I can't wait to figure out what's best for our DD! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161010 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:27:13 +0000 artsyfartsy 2161010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 months. T was still hungry at daycare and I was only pumping so much so I started early. He was super ready for it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161006 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:25:46 +0000 Pumuckl 2161006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were traveling with our first from 5 to nearly 7 months so we didn't start until we came back at 7 months. He then took to it right away and was on family dinners by 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2161000 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:24:26 +0000 jhd 2161000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with purées at 5.5 months. Then I offered tastes of things in a mesh feeder. He really liked that. He didn't really get into solids until 8.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2160996 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:19:20 +0000 blackbird 2160996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 5.5 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2160960 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:53:03 +0000 bushelandapeck 2160960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4.5 months with DS, per his pediatricians recommendation. He took right to it and moved quicly from purees to BLW.<br /> 5.5 months with DD and she has only recently, @ 6.5 months, taken a real interest in solids. She much prefers whole foods to purees so we are doing a combo of purees and BLW. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2160958 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:50:37 +0000 Littlebit 2160958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4.5 months we started with rice cereal. We started baby food a little after 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2160957 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:49:44 +0000 Mamasig 2160957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the minority on hellobee but we started at 4 months. DS1 practically grabbed the spoon and fed himself he was so into it. DS2 took a little longer and didn't really get into it until 5-6 months.</p> <p>Eta - we started off with oatmeal, then purées, then whatever we ate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2160950 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:47:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2160950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ped have u the go ahead to start whenever she seemed ready, at our 4 month appt, but I waited until 1 week before she turned 6 months. We skipped rice cereal and did mostly blw, with some fruit and veggie purees. She actually was into them from the start. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-solids-8#post-2160914 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:34:03 +0000 catomd00 2160914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started when dd was ready - she was almost 7 months and we did blw. </p>