My little cousin's pediatrician had her parents start solids (level 1 baby purees) at 4 months, and I know some other people do rice cereal or oatmeal then but nothing else until six months. I'm curious about what our ped will say at DD's 4 month appointment next week. Sounds like the general opinion on this is changing a bit, as my cousins got different advice just 3 years ago with their first.
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wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
We attempted to start solids at 6 months, but Xander wasn't really into it. We didn't really get going until closer to 7 months and that was just rice cereal.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Adira: Whenever we start, I'll be interested to see how she does with them, too. Seems like it totally depends on the kid!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@mfa_lady: I was breastfeeding at the time, so my pediatrician gave me the go-ahead to start at 4 months, but told me I could wait if I wanted. At 6 months though, she really wanted me to start with at least some sort of cereal for the iron. But Xander used to cry when we tried to feed him solids! We ended up having daycare do it because he was more into it there with the other babies also eating.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Adira: Aw, poor guy! E is starting to watch us more closely when we put things into our mouths (she'll be four months on Saturday), but I'm not sure that'll translate into anything. We'll see what they say next week and go from there. 
pomelo / 5132 posts
We started with baby led weaning at 6 months. We didn't do purées, and we didn't do rice cereal at all. We started with cooked veggies and then added fruits, scrambled eggs, oatmeal etc. He was still breastfed.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
6 months because that's what the dr said! Started with cereals to rule out allergies and then went to veggies.
clementine / 811 posts
I said "other" but it was really close to six months. We started with avocado but I wanted to get a feel for it before his six month appt so I could ask questions.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Mrs. J: @2littlepumpkins: @HazelEyes: Thank you! We haven't made up our minds yet about BLW vs purees. Honestly, I think we'll do a bit of a combo. I want her to be able to eat what we're having when it's appropriate! Honestly, I'm guessing they'll have me wait until 6 months to start, but who knows. I'll find out next week!
persimmon / 1386 posts
She started grabbing for food at 4 months. We did BLW so I just followed her cues. Once she started grabbing for our food, we gave her food to start trying. Never did purees or cereal.
pomelo / 5132 posts
@mfa_lady: for BLW, the idea is to wait until 6 months when they can sit up. For purees, I think you could start sooner. Honestly, we loved BLW. J is such a great eater now and isn't picky at all; I like to think this is in part because he tried so much with us.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
6 months, they didn't really enjoy solids until 9.5-10 months.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Mrs. J: That's kind of what I was thinking--she's really good at sitting up in her little bumbo-esque chair now, but I feel like if we decide on BLW it might be better to wait a bit. My baby cousin is just an eating MACHINE, so it's hard not to compare! Haha. I love the try-everything mentality of BLW. I was a super picky kid and didn't really grow out of it until college, so I'd like to take steps to prevent that if possible. I know it was a pain in the neck for my parents!
grapefruit / 4418 posts
We started when dd was ready - she was almost 7 months and we did blw.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Our ped have u the go ahead to start whenever she seemed ready, at our 4 month appt, but I waited until 1 week before she turned 6 months. We skipped rice cereal and did mostly blw, with some fruit and veggie purees. She actually was into them from the start.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
I'm the minority on hellobee but we started at 4 months. DS1 practically grabbed the spoon and fed himself he was so into it. DS2 took a little longer and didn't really get into it until 5-6 months.
Eta - we started off with oatmeal, then purées, then whatever we ate.
nectarine / 2932 posts
4.5 months we started with rice cereal. We started baby food a little after 5 months.
pomelo / 5720 posts
4.5 months with DS, per his pediatricians recommendation. He took right to it and moved quicly from purees to BLW.
5.5 months with DD and she has only recently, @ 6.5 months, taken a real interest in solids. She much prefers whole foods to purees so we are doing a combo of purees and BLW.
coconut / 8079 posts
We started with purées at 5.5 months. Then I offered tastes of things in a mesh feeder. He really liked that. He didn't really get into solids until 8.5 months.
pomegranate / 3601 posts
We were traveling with our first from 5 to nearly 7 months so we didn't start until we came back at 7 months. He then took to it right away and was on family dinners by 9 months.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
5 months. T was still hungry at daycare and I was only pumping so much so I started early. He was super ready for it too.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
So many great responses--thank you all! Sounds like every little kiddo is different. I can't wait to figure out what's best for our DD!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Ped said we could start at 4 mo w/ rice cereal or wait.. So we're waiting! And skipping rice cereal probably. I think I read that they have to sit up completely unassisted first. DD is 5 mo next week and can't sit up by herself yet so we're def gonna wait for that to happen first.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
6m with both girls; 4m is a older recommendation. Their ped is pro 6m. I don't really think solids is that necessary before one anyway so we were in no rush.
Skipped rice cereal with both. I started with homemade purees then moved into blw for both girls.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
We started oatmeal at 6 months because DS was small. Otherwise, we would have started at 5 since that's what the pedi recommends.
My BFF's pedi recommended she start purees at 4 months so she did. Maybe 4 is the new norm?
honeydew / 7463 posts
We were told at 4 months we could start with cereal or veggies/fruits. I did cereal for like a day and he wasn't too into it. Went right to fruits and veggies and he loves it. He's 7.5 months now and a fantastic eater. Oddly enough, the only food he turns down is avocado! Everything else he gobbles.
pear / 1586 posts
We started around 5 months. I was using a baby spoon to scrape the fat off the sides of a bottle of pumped milk, and gave the spoon to DS - he went crazy for it, so we started solids (rice cereal, then homemade purees) the next day. Our ped said no pressure to do it before 6 months, but that trying around 5 months was perfectly fine.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@SweetiePie: This is like my little cousin! Started eating fruit and veggie purees at 4.5 months and was eating 3x a day by 5.5 months--and loving it! Could your little guy sit up unassisted at 4 months?
honeydew / 7463 posts
@mfa_lady: yep same! By 5.5 months he was eating almost 3 full jars a day. I've cut back a little just because he's still very spit-uppy. But he just loves eating! We've also started giving him some of our food as well where it makes sense.
He couldn't sit unassisted at that time but he could sit well in the highchair. (Harnessed in).
ETA: my ped doesn't tell everyone to start at 4 mos. She bases it on few different things like interest in my own food, being able to sit assisted, etc. I will also say that I am part of the moms group with babies ranging from six months to nine months. The ones who started solids at 4 months are excellent eaters now. The ones who started at six months are still having trouble eating solids even at eight and nine months. But I know that a lot of people think that solids before one are just for fun, so it's all about what you're comfortable with. I really just tend to follow my pediatricians lead on a lot of things. If she had told me to wait until six months I would've waited until six months.
persimmon / 1313 posts
We started purees with A this week! She absolutely loves what we've given her thus far (sweet potatoes). She's been sitting up assisted for so long and grabbing at our food for the past few weeks. Our ped has no problem and you know A is a tiny person so I'm not hesitant on getting her to try solids.
pineapple / 12793 posts
We started at just before six months with DD1. Canada health recommends starting at six months. She had been ready for quite a while but I put it off as long as I could. DD2 is showing interest and could probably start soon, but I'm a rule follower.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@namaste: No way! Can't believe our babies are old enough to be eating real food. So glad to hear she loves it!
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@oliviaoblivia: You and me both, girl. I will 100% do whatever the doc tells me next week. Haha.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Our ped mentioned rice cereal at 4 months but I didn't see a need w Ds thriving on breastmilk, we started purées and a lil bit of blw at 5.5 months!
grapefruit / 4291 posts
We started at just over fiver months with Miss A but she wasn't keen on purées or being spoonfed so we did mainly blw and fed her table food. She didn't eat any great quantities of food till around fifteen months but she ate a huge variety and is still pretty good with her eating at 2.5.
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