At how many months does your doctor recommend starting solids? I'm always a little surprised to hear some doctors still recommend 4 months. I thought the new official recommendation was 6 months?
My ped recommends 6 months and we started at 1 week shy of that.
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GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
He said to wait 6 months, and we did. I figured there's no hurry.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
I think mine would have been ok with earlier, but I told her I absolutely wasn't doing it until 6 mos 
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrs. Yoyo: good for you! Mine was pretty adamant about 6 months 
coconut / 8498 posts
She recommended 6 months but said we could start earlier if we thought LO was ready. We started at 5.5 months.
pomelo / 5178 posts
With DD our ped recommended 4 months; with DS the recommendation was 6 months. We started at 4 months with DD and she was definitely not ready; we started at.5 months with DS but he was probably ready at 4 months.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Mine said 4 months but rice cereal only. We did not want to do rice cereal so I asked when we could start something else. She said oatmeal at 5 months and veggies/fruit at 6 months. We started a little early though because she showed she was ready.
pomelo / 5720 posts
MIne said fruits and veggies at 4 months. He said to skip the cereal/oatmeal. We started him shortly after his 4 month appointment (5.5 mos now) and he's been doing great. He was super interested in food and still waking up every 2-3 hours at night to eat which is why our pedi recommended it. I had never considered starting before 6 months but I'm glad we did. He's finally getting some decent sleep and so are we!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
My ped gave us a sheet at 4 months about them but said we could we could wait till 6 months. At 6 months, he suggested we start just giving her bites of everything we eat.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
It's not about months, it's about skills. Our first daughter didn't show interest in food until about 6 months while our second daughter was ready at 4-5 months.
Babies should be able to hold their head up independently, have a good coordinated suck, swallow, breathe. Be highly interested in foods Nd have a fair amount of trunk coordination.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: I know, I was just curious what different peds were recommending.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
She said we could start at 4 but we didn't offer solids until she turned 6 months.
pomegranate / 3890 posts
4 months but we waited til 6 months if wasnt til then that he was rready
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@regberadaisy: I was just sharing what my pediatrician and I recommended. We don't give a month, we tell parents how to assess readiness.
nectarine / 2886 posts
Ours felt LO was ready at 4 months but we didn't start until 5.5 months.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: ohhhh I like that way better! I think sometimes people start at 4 just because their ped said its OK even if their baby's not totally ready!
persimmon / 1026 posts
I agree with using a skills assessment rather than going by months. I remember our pedi asking me questions at his 4 month check-up, like does he seem interested in what we're eating? Yes, he definitely was! So she said he may be ready, but not to push it. We waited a couple weeks and then started him on pureed pears instead of going the cereal route. After one day of trying, he got the hang of eating from a spoon and using his front lip to push the food back, so I knew he was good to continue!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@regberadaisy: well I see the kid for just a few minutes, whereas they spend all their time with their child, so they should know better than I do whether their child is ready. I just give them the tools to figure it out!
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