We had our 4 month appt yesterday and the pediatrician said that LO can start solids anytime. I was shocked! He said that the recommendation is likely to change soon - that they're more and more telling parents 4-6 months instead of just 6+.
When did you start? What did your ped suggest?
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hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
We were planning on waiting until 6 months but we actually started at around 5 1/2 months because he seemed ready. My pediatrician said she recommends between 5 and 6 months.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
What? That's so funny, I thought the recommendation just changed from 4 months to 6 months.
Either way, at our 4 month appt our pedi also said "sometime between 5-6 months, whenever she seems ready". She's 5.5 mo now and I'm so nervous about starting!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
At DS's 2 month appointment, the pedi said we'd talk about solids at his 4 month appt. I was surprised bc I thought 6 months was when we'd discuss it. I'm kind of excited to hear what he says and start feeding DS solids. I'm hoping solids will keep DS fuller so he'll sleep better. Ha!
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Our pedi told us at his 2 month appointment that if we wanted we could start giving him rice cereal at 4 months. We planned on doing BLW, though, and skip over rice cereal/purees altogether, so we waited until he showed signs of being ready (sitting up on his own, interest in our food, watching us eat, grabbing for it, etc) to start, which for him was just at 6 months.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
Our Ped told us we could start at 4 months and when I asked about the AAP recommendation being 6 months the nurse told me no, it's 4 months. I knew I was right, but had to go home and double check myself. We just waited until about a week before 6 months anyway.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
5.5 months. DS showed signs of readiness early on and we pushed it out as far as we could.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Our pediatrician said Xander was showing all the signs of readiness at our 4 month appointment so we could start anytime but that the recommendation was to wait until 6 months. We tried at 6 months and Xander wasn't into it so we didn't REALLY get going until 6.5 months.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Our pedi said to wait till 5-6 months and when she shows signs she is ready. We started 5.5 months. Day care wanted us to start at 4-4.5 months but I said no.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We started at about 5.5 months...she was interested. We did BLW and she just played with the food for weeks
pomegranate / 3398 posts
We started at 4 1/2 months because she was ready and the Pedi said that we could start at 4 months anyway.
I was going off of her signs and my instincts over the dr anyway. May sound snobbish but after three kids you tend to know what's best without needing someone else's approval.
She's done amazingly well and is so very happy with 4 bottles of 7 to 9 oz of formula and two to three servings of baby food a day.
pomegranate / 3768 posts
Pediatrician have us green light at 4 months but I didn't start until closer to 6 months
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Started at 6 months with LO. I'll prob start around 7 months with the baby...I'm in no hurry!
coconut / 8305 posts
After 9 months when P was showing all signs of readiness. The AAP recommendation is 6 months, but I've read that most babies don't show all signs of readiness until 6-8 mths. We weren't in any rush.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
our pediatrician said to wait until 6 months so we did with both kids. we waited a little over the 6 month mark for olive since she was born 5 weeks early.
you realize that it's so much easier without solids, so i was in no rush with baby #2!
bananas / 9973 posts
After 6 months, but even now at 7+ months, we're still in the very beginning stages. I just don't think DD is interested. It's a lot of work to feed a tiny bit!
persimmon / 1223 posts
We started right around 6 months. He hated it at first but now at 7.5 months he is starting to really enjoy it.
nectarine / 2163 posts
6.5 months, because I was lazy, scared, sand we had no high chair. our doctor and well child nurse didn't say anything about solids at all, other than basically to do whatever I wanted
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