i'm sure my pediatrician will tell me all about this in 9 days, at our 6m appointment, but I am going grocery shopping tomorrow and I want to pick some up some puffs & melts. Is it too early? Can you tell i'm excited?
Also: are there any other starter food you'd recommend.? We're not BLW ...just want him to practice his Pincer Grasp & ...its fun to introduce new things and see baby's reaction.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Our doctor talked about puffs at our 4 month appointment! We're not starting solids until 6 months though so it will be a while for us.
nectarine / 2132 posts
the day he turned 6 months! diced sweet potato is a great food to practice their pincer grasp because it's firm enough for them to grab but soft enough it mashes when they gum it.
coconut / 8475 posts
@travelgirl1: wow! We started purees about 3 weeks ago at a little over 5m, even though my doctor said to start at 4m. But man...that seemed early.
We plan to go full blown at 6m though:)
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
We added those in once she was doing well with soft foods. I think we waited until 7.5 months.
coconut / 8475 posts
@jmarionsmith: do you just bake it the regular way then dice it? or do you cut the cubes from the raw potatoes and then boil the cubes?
nectarine / 2132 posts
i cut it into cubes (small like the size of your pinky nail), which is super annoying bc sweet potato can be hard to cut through raw! but it cooks much faster. and then i just microwave it 6-8 minutes. you'll know its done when you can smash a piece easily between your fingers. i hope that helps. my LO loooves sweet potatoes!
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I started giving them to DD soon after 6 months, but she wasn't good enough with her pincher grasp until later to actually eat them effectively. When she was little, she used to just eat them like a bird, directly out of my hand. She still loves to eat like a bird, if I let her do it!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
12 months and my son wasn't a fan of either. Cheerios though, he liked.
coconut / 8475 posts
@skibobrown: was it puffs or yogurt melts that you tried a little after 6m?
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
We started around 6 months, she still can't pick them up on her own and I broke them in half for a while but she is getting much better at 7 months old.
pomegranate / 3917 posts
Hmmm.....I didn't even think about these yet. C's grab and pinching is unreal, but I still feel like I would be scared with her putting these in her mouth, do they dissolve/melt or need chewing?!
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@TurtleDoves: Yeah my doctor was pushing at 4 but we decided to hang on until 6 and then go for purees... she was going on about cheerios and puffs. But now I'm totally excited to get started : )
coconut / 8475 posts
@Beebug: yeah they melt...the puffs kind of stick around but the yogurt melts (and there are fruit and veggie melts) just melt. I would have some a few years back when I use to babysit a 9m old 
persimmon / 1026 posts
We waited until he was crawling with belly off the ground, so a little after 7.5 months. He gagged on yogurt melts and it completely scared me so I haven't bought them since. Puffs on the other hand - he's obsessed with! And they melt so fast that I've never had to worry about them.
nectarine / 2217 posts
we've never tried puffs or melts (LO is 10.5 months), but he really likes rice krispies!
they are tiny, but stick to his fingers 
might be a little small for a 6 month old, but something to keep in mind for later! they are cheap, and it takes them a while to eat a small handful (less empty carbs for baby) hehehehee
i want to try melts! haven't seen them at the grocery store here, though. might not be looking clearly enough.
papaya / 10560 posts
we started puffs about 6.5 months...DS has had two teeth since about 5-6 months and i was afraid he would choke...but has done great!
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
We did puffs around 8 months bc we needed some snacks to occupy her during a cross-country flight. We did Cheerios around 7 months.
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