https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:13:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-565674 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:05:44 +0000 googly-eyes 565674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the replies ladies! I've been noticing LO drinking what seems like a lot lately (30+ oz) so it got me thinking... Guess we are ok though. LO has interest in eating but not sure about swallowing ability...and not sitting unassisted either, for sure! (Not even rolling all the way onto tummy yet unfortunately...)...so we'll keep waiting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561778 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:51:38 +0000 buffalove 561778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started at 4 months. he showed all signs of readiness and loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561772 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:48:26 +0000 Bao 561772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 5 months, but she showed signs of being ready. She sits unassisted and has really good head control. We skipped cereal and went straight to purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561760 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:42:38 +0000 winniebee 561760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 months - it had no impact on how much milk he consumed and even at 9 months he still drinks as much milk as before (and eats 3 solid meals a day). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561712 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:24:51 +0000 betsyboop 561712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 5.5 months. Our doctor suggested we start earlier but I wanted to wait until LO was as close to 6 months as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561710 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:24:02 +0000 mrsjazz 561710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 6 months. LO showed signs of interest before, but I also wanted to wait for the same reasons as @regberadaisy:. LO barely ate in the beginning, maybe one or two spoonfuls--she was more interested in our food than in her purees so we started doing a mix of baby led weaning and purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561700 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:20:55 +0000 bunnylove08 561700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started at 4 months. DD stops what shes doing and just stares at us when we're eating. She started the chewing motions too. When we started her on solids she was hooked and gets really upset when she runs out of food. I was telling my husband that we have a little foodie on our hands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561694 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:18:46 +0000 regberadaisy 561694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We offered it a week shy of 6 months. My ped reco's 6 months.<br /> By like 4.5/5 months M had all the interest signs, good head control, no tongue thrust reflux etc. But I wanted to wait as close as 6 months as possible.</p> <p>I firmly believe in food before one is just for fun as well! Although at 9.5 months now M is loving food and eats pretty much anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561597 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:45:08 +0000 mamabolt 561597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started offering just shy of six months, but she really wasn't interested until closer to 7 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561496 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:56:37 +0000 BelugaBean 561496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 4 months because she showed signs of being ready. We really just experimented though with different foods until we started more regularly feeding her every day at 5 months. </p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: This is what our pediatrician told us. He told us if she shows interest and she seems ready as far as being able to support herself well and swallow things (which he saw when he gave her the oral vaccine that day) then he said whenever we wanted to start after 4 months was fine with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561473 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:39:46 +0000 littlek 561473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started solids around 6.5 months. I waited till LO had good head control, could sit up unassisted and was interested in food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561339 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:09:50 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 561339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First daughter had no interest in food until a year. We were kind of concerned because we didn't know that it was reasonable for her to subsist on breast milk alone for that long... but I now am very familiar with the adage, "Under one, food just for fun".</p> <p>Our second daughter was completely opposite. She showed all the feeding readiness cues very strongly at 5 months and has been eating heartily since!</p> <p>I counsel parents that when their baby is showing marked interest in food, has good truncal control and is able to swallow their secretions, then they can think about feeding. I don't go by a strict age cut-off because all babies are different... just like my girls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-cerealpureessolids#post-561297 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:53:16 +0000 googly-eyes 561297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's doctor said no food til six months.</p> <p>I used to pump but now LO is exclusively FF, so no EBFing until 6 months anyway, but I think it has to do with food allergies??</p> <p>What's the norm? What did your LO do? </p>