M will be 6 months next week. Last night we tried some rice cereal mixed with breast milk which went ok... I feel clueless though. Should I be starting a sippy cup and giving her water with solids? She won't take a bottle so I assume she'll take issue with the sippy too...
I'm interested in doing BLW but that scares me too. Is there a resource you'd recommend?
Ack. Can I just breastfeed her forever please?
pomegranate / 3768 posts
We gave her rice cereal once or twice to try but quickly moved on to puréed veggies and fruits. We also started giving her water in a straw cup after every meal. It took her almost a month to really get a hang of the straw though. Have fun with it and take lots of videos! Their expressions are hilarious. 
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
We offer a sippy cup with water every meal. We usually have to help her with it. She doesn't really get, nor likes water really.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Breastfeed forever.
Just do what you're comfortable with. At this point, food is for fun, not nutrition. Sounds like you're doing good so far with the cereal. Maybe try a stage 1 puree next? Peas or sweet potato?
No sippy needed yet. Just offer the food until the baby doesn't seem interested anymore. That's what we did. It is nerve wracking, though! I didn't do BLW.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
We did the rice cereal for a week as per our ped's recommendation but then moved on to other veggie/fruit purees very quickly. I didn't start offering water in a straw cup right away and it took her a while to master it, but now at 10 months, she's a pro. Enjoy it - solids can be a lot of fun!
pomegranate / 3759 posts
Solids is a learning curve! Some things work and some things don't. Or it works today and not tomorrow. Keep at it and try not to get frustrated!
nectarine / 2163 posts
definitely breastfeed forever 
sometimes I wish I could still just BF, and we weaned 6 (?!?!) months ago!
we didn't give water at first. but it turned out he was a HUGE fan of solids, and ate so much that he promptly constipated himself.
after that, we made sure to give a sippy of water at each meal, and let him drink what he wanted (at first that involved offering him the sippy between mouthfuls, but now he can grab it himself).
we started with thick but smooth fruit/vege purees. when i felt comfortable with his chewing (gumming?) abilities after giving more chunky purees, I started slowly giving finger foods. this was probably around 8 months? I read the BLW cookbook, which I thought was pretty helpful!
just don't stress too much, you're most likely not going to damage the baby!!
persimmon / 1230 posts
@sslm: No advice, just want to say that I feel your pain. DS is 9 months and still does not regularly eat solids. In other words, maybe once a week. I feel so overwhelmed by it. I hate pumping at work, but wish we could just BF forever. Good luck!
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@dolphin: Haha yeah, my mom keeps telling me to take lots of photos!
@mediagirl: I was thinking of doing squash because I have one sitting on the counter that didn't get used for thanksgiving yesterday. Maybe I can mix it with some breastmilk...
@fancyfunction: Everyone keeps saying it's fun but I am soooo not looking forward to it!!!!
@Lindsay05: Thanks for the encouragement
@Penny Lane: That sounds like a good compromise between purees and BLW, maybe I will try something like that. Thanks!
@Katrocap: Sorry you're having trouble 
I definitely feel overwhelmed by it all.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@sslm: I think it is fun. R gets so excited to eat. It cracks me ups. And the faces she makes when she likes or dislikes something are totally worth it!
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@Smurfette: Maybe I will surprise myself and find it really fun!!! Just gotta get started I guess
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I reads bookby Gil Rapley on BLW and it was very very helpful. Highly recommended.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
We are trying to be relaxed about it. She seemed interested one night when's e were eating avacado, so I mushed some up and let her play in it, she started sucking it off her fingers! We fed her a little off our fingers, too. We did the same with banana. She loved both. Did sweet potato next, not as big a hit, We gave her a bit of egg this weekend, but it upset her tummy. When we first started we just did every other night. I haven't given her water, and she is stillpooping everyday.
We are just going to cook stuff and kind of mash it up. I don't want to start puréeds because I'm lazy....so we are king of doing blw I guess.... But not chip size, and we do sometimes feed her the mashed stuff on a spoon.
Aside from the egg night, it's been really fun and not stressful. I'm sure you will have a great time...just go for it! Get her naked, first though....
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@blackbird: Cool thanks! I'll look into it!
@Silva: That sounds like an approach I could get on board with... I'll remember to get her naked haha!!
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
@sslm: try banana! T loves it. And you can mash it so she doesn't really have to chew, but can still grab it and squish it. Let her suck some off your finger. It's so fun!
The poops get gross fast though. Yikes!
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
Ha, just realized my second post was super redundant. Clearly I'm excited about feeding my kid banana.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
Sadie takes a sippy fine, but won't drink water. She looks at me like, "I'm not fulled. This stuff sucks." So, I never offer it with meals anymore. Formula is mostly water, so I don't bother.
pomelo / 5628 posts
I was really scared too! But you don't have to know everything immediately. Just keep trying new things. Water isn't necessary for quite awhile as long as LO is getting lots if BM. We still don't give water at almost 9 months. We will start a bit soon just to get him familiart with the sippy before one year, but he doesn't need any additional water.
Just try lots of things. All babies like different things...
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I'm scared too....I think we will start with bananas next week. I'm going to give her a Zoli straw cup of water for practice.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
Lots of good advice above, but just wanted to add that LO never once took a bottle but when I gave her water in a zoli cup when we started solids she loved it! Food is still a little scary but at least water and straw cups are no problem!
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