Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Hi Amy, http://www.aap.org/ The American Academy of Pediatrics says to wait until 6 months to introduce solids. I had the same run in with our ped and my mother. Stick to your guns...you are the mom here and you know what is best for your baby. (of course I can't find the article now...) Our ped also suggested starting with Rice cereal, but from what I understand, babies don't digest rice well until after 9 months. When I did start solids I switched to Oatmeal real quick.... I started solids at 5 1/2 months and it didn't go well so I stopped and started again 2 weeks later. He will be 9 months old on Saturday and he's just now starting to eat solids well. He still prefers either a bottle or to nurse. (He gets bottles because I have to work.) Some people say that you should be consistent in the time you feed. I don' think I've ever given Will anything at the same time 2 days in a row! We went through the stage 1 foods first. I didn't move to stage 2 until after he ate a full jar of the stage 1...that took about 2 months! Hope this helps! Patty ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Patty House 's Mommy 7/30/99 Vince's Wife 1/16/99 http://www2.ticz.com/~vphouse/ You can email 's Daddy at vphouse@... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ We cannot control the tragic things that happen to us, but we can control the way we face up to them. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Hi Amy, http://www.aap.org/ The American Academy of Pediatrics says to wait until 6 months to introduce solids. I had the same run in with our ped and my mother. Stick to your guns...you are the mom here and you know what is best for your baby. (of course I can't find the article now...) Our ped also suggested starting with Rice cereal, but from what I understand, babies don't digest rice well until after 9 months. When I did start solids I switched to Oatmeal real quick.... I started solids at 5 1/2 months and it didn't go well so I stopped and started again 2 weeks later. He will be 9 months old on Saturday and he's just now starting to eat solids well. He still prefers either a bottle or to nurse. (He gets bottles because I have to work.) Some people say that you should be consistent in the time you feed. I don' think I've ever given Will anything at the same time 2 days in a row! We went through the stage 1 foods first. I didn't move to stage 2 until after he ate a full jar of the stage 1...that took about 2 months! Hope this helps! Patty ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Patty House 's Mommy 7/30/99 Vince's Wife 1/16/99 http://www2.ticz.com/~vphouse/ You can email 's Daddy at vphouse@... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ We cannot control the tragic things that happen to us, but we can control the way we face up to them. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 , Welcome to the list. Wendi http://www.lactivist.com breastfeeding info & resources Re: Re: feeding literature hi! I'm new, my name is & I have 2 daughters (1/5/98) and Sydney (11/3/99) I didn't introduce solids to until she was 6 months old & even then it wasn't on a regular basis & she did just fine, my pediatrician couldn't give enough praise on how healthy she was and how wonderful i was for continuing bf. eventually started taking solids regularly but was ALWAYS content with just nursing, she was quite put out when i had to wean her because i was 3 months pg w/Sydney & sick as a dog! Let them get around to solids when they are receptive, after all they'll be eating solids for the rest of their lives, right? _________________________________________ Get Paid... With Your Free Email at http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=mrstc3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avoid the lines and visit avis.com for quick and easy online reservations. Enjoy a compact car nationwide for only $29 a day! Click here for more details. http://click./1/3011/0/_/410002/_/956724526/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed! http://www.lactivist.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 , Welcome to the list. Wendi http://www.lactivist.com breastfeeding info & resources Re: Re: feeding literature hi! I'm new, my name is & I have 2 daughters (1/5/98) and Sydney (11/3/99) I didn't introduce solids to until she was 6 months old & even then it wasn't on a regular basis & she did just fine, my pediatrician couldn't give enough praise on how healthy she was and how wonderful i was for continuing bf. eventually started taking solids regularly but was ALWAYS content with just nursing, she was quite put out when i had to wean her because i was 3 months pg w/Sydney & sick as a dog! Let them get around to solids when they are receptive, after all they'll be eating solids for the rest of their lives, right? _________________________________________ Get Paid... With Your Free Email at http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=mrstc3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avoid the lines and visit avis.com for quick and easy online reservations. Enjoy a compact car nationwide for only $29 a day! Click here for more details. http://click./1/3011/0/_/410002/_/956724526/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed! http://www.lactivist.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 , Welcome to the list. Wendi http://www.lactivist.com breastfeeding info & resources Re: Re: feeding literature hi! I'm new, my name is & I have 2 daughters (1/5/98) and Sydney (11/3/99) I didn't introduce solids to until she was 6 months old & even then it wasn't on a regular basis & she did just fine, my pediatrician couldn't give enough praise on how healthy she was and how wonderful i was for continuing bf. eventually started taking solids regularly but was ALWAYS content with just nursing, she was quite put out when i had to wean her because i was 3 months pg w/Sydney & sick as a dog! Let them get around to solids when they are receptive, after all they'll be eating solids for the rest of their lives, right? _________________________________________ Get Paid... With Your Free Email at http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=mrstc3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avoid the lines and visit avis.com for quick and easy online reservations. Enjoy a compact car nationwide for only $29 a day! Click here for more details. http://click./1/3011/0/_/410002/_/956724526/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed! http://www.lactivist.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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