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First solid foods for babies
Hello, all...
Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks |
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First solid foods for babies
First foods my daughters got were rice cereal (very low allergenic)
then I started them in with fruits and vegetables (finely pureed, no added anything, cooked at home). Young developing systems need different foods and tastes than adult systems. Aramanth On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 22:22:02 -0500, Stan Marks wrote: Hello, all... Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks |
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First foods my daughters got were rice cereal (very low allergenic)
then I started them in with fruits and vegetables (finely pureed, no added anything, cooked at home). Young developing systems need different foods and tastes than adult systems. Aramanth On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 22:22:02 -0500, Stan Marks wrote: Hello, all... Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks |
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I don't think that cereals are a 'bad' choice for baby's first food.
Aramanth suggested rice cereal and that was what both of my children started on. Vegetables (sweeter vegetables like carrots are better introduced after other 'non-sweet' veggies) should be next, then fruits last. Meats are in there somewhere, maybe after veggies. With my kids, I noticed that they always liked the sweeter fruits and veggies best, so we tried to get them used to other tastes first. Also, I bought baby food in jars for my first child, but got smart with the second and never bought a jar of baby food fruit or veggies for him. I bought no-salt added veggies and used a mini food processor (Sunbeam Oscar) to puree them. Much cheaper and easier to do. I also gave him fresh veggies and fruit besides the canned. -- Linda 296/208/160 LC since Oct. 13, 2003 http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html "Stan Marks" wrote in message ... Hello, all... Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks |
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First solid foods for babies
I don't think that cereals are a 'bad' choice for baby's first food. Aramanth suggested rice cereal and that was what both of my children started on. Vegetables (sweeter vegetables like carrots are better introduced after other 'non-sweet' veggies) should be next, then fruits last. Meats are in there somewhere, maybe after veggies. With my kids, I noticed that they always liked the sweeter fruits and veggies best, so we tried to get them used to other tastes first. Also, I bought baby food in jars for my first child, but got smart with the second and never bought a jar of baby food fruit or veggies for him. I bought no-salt added veggies and used a mini food processor (Sunbeam Oscar) to puree them. Much cheaper and easier to do. I also gave him fresh veggies and fruit besides the canned. Were you at all concerned with the pesticides or other chemicals in the fresh veggies and fruits that are taken out with the jarred processed kind? I considered making Morgan's foods, but was warned against it. Morgan is 4 1/2 months old. I will try to NOT introduce solids until she is 6 months along. I will begin with Rice Cereal and then move on to veggies and fruits. She will continue to breastfeed. Meat will be introduced when she is a year old. Of course that may change.......lol! ~Carol Ann www.lowcarblosers.com ~ Home of the FREE Monthly Weightloss Challenge http://tinyurl.com/33uk7 ---Recent Pictures of Morgan born 3.24.04 |
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I don't think that cereals are a 'bad' choice for baby's first food. Aramanth suggested rice cereal and that was what both of my children started on. Vegetables (sweeter vegetables like carrots are better introduced after other 'non-sweet' veggies) should be next, then fruits last. Meats are in there somewhere, maybe after veggies. With my kids, I noticed that they always liked the sweeter fruits and veggies best, so we tried to get them used to other tastes first. Also, I bought baby food in jars for my first child, but got smart with the second and never bought a jar of baby food fruit or veggies for him. I bought no-salt added veggies and used a mini food processor (Sunbeam Oscar) to puree them. Much cheaper and easier to do. I also gave him fresh veggies and fruit besides the canned. Were you at all concerned with the pesticides or other chemicals in the fresh veggies and fruits that are taken out with the jarred processed kind? I considered making Morgan's foods, but was warned against it. Morgan is 4 1/2 months old. I will try to NOT introduce solids until she is 6 months along. I will begin with Rice Cereal and then move on to veggies and fruits. She will continue to breastfeed. Meat will be introduced when she is a year old. Of course that may change.......lol! ~Carol Ann www.lowcarblosers.com ~ Home of the FREE Monthly Weightloss Challenge http://tinyurl.com/33uk7 ---Recent Pictures of Morgan born 3.24.04 |
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First solid foods for babies
Stan Marks wrote:
Hello, all... Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks Hi Stan, I have three children and breastfed them as well. Did you know being breastfed means they are less likely to be overweight when they are older? I fed mine on demand and carried that philosophy over to their solid foods. I never ever cajoled them into eating. I knew by that time (about six months) they would eat if they were hungry and would refuse if they weren't. Of course, they soon progressed to stealing food off my plate, or off the floor :-)I think the "clean your plate" idea is what gets a lot of us into weight problems. Your baby at this age is still going to get most of his calories from breastmilk, anyway. The solids are mostly for learning at first. Here's is a link for you http://www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ/solids.html They don't tell you what to start with but I agree that rice cereal is a good start. I started bananas early too because when you mash them they are a lot like breast milk, which by the way is very sweet. Donna |
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First solid foods for babies
"Stan Marks" wrote in message
... Hello, all... Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks My very first solid food was bites of a BBQ beef sandwich the folks were eating. I never got 'baby food' or any of that other crap, they just minced up portions of their food for me. I thank them for that to this day because I'm sure that's why I never became habitualized to a really poor diet. I simply got fat from too large potions sizes of good stuff...as well as a very lengthy illness. So that being said, let your baby smell everything you eat. If he reacts, feed him a few bites and let him tell YOU what he's ready for :-) -- Peace, Pen -- Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats! http://www.pawbreakers.com |
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First solid foods for babies
"Stan Marks" wrote in message
... Hello, all... Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated. TIA, Stan Marks My very first solid food was bites of a BBQ beef sandwich the folks were eating. I never got 'baby food' or any of that other crap, they just minced up portions of their food for me. I thank them for that to this day because I'm sure that's why I never became habitualized to a really poor diet. I simply got fat from too large potions sizes of good stuff...as well as a very lengthy illness. So that being said, let your baby smell everything you eat. If he reacts, feed him a few bites and let him tell YOU what he's ready for :-) -- Peace, Pen -- Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats! http://www.pawbreakers.com |
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First solid foods for babies
"Ignoramus18740" wrote in message ... In article , Lady o' the house wrote: I think that it is vaulable to not teach children to depend on sweet taste too much. Wholeheartedly agree with this statement. -- Peace, Pen -- Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats! http://www.pawbreakers.com i |
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