At what age should I start feeding my daughter baby food?

Question

She drinks 4 or 5 oz. every 1 1/2 to 2 hours and some times she acts like she is still hungry. She will not take a pacifer so what should I do?

Answer 1

Cereal in between 4-5 mths & baby food at 6 mths.Wic advises not to start any foods until 6 mths but my doctor said 4-5 mths for cereal.She really is drinking to much.This happened to my son he was taking a bottle every 11/2 to 2 hours,my doc said it was way to much & he was'nt satisfied,it also was taking him way to long to get it down.He had milk allergies.We had to put him on Alimentum.Talk to your doctor & let them know how much she is eating,to find out why.Good Luck!!

Answer 2

No earlier than 4 months you can give your baby "stage 1" baby food. Start off with one jar of one kind of fruit and/or vegetable at a time to see if your baby has any allergies. I recommend Gerber organic or Earth's best. Organic baby food costs the same and there are no additives so why not. Then you can give your baby when she wakes up a six ounce bottle. Then a couple of hours later feed her some baby stage 1 oatmeal along with 1 jar of baby food and a 4 oz. bottle of formula. Your baby will start showing signs of either being full or still hungry.

Answer 3

cutting-edge concepts from ALL reliable source (the yank Academy of Pediatrics, international health employer, UNICEF, etc.) recommend waiting till round 6 months to initiate solids. No reliable source recommends 3 months. Early solids are correlated with a great determination of health disadvantages, and performance no reward. Occassionally someone toddler may be waiting slightly quicker -- 4-5 months, and some little ones are not waiting or in contact till later -- 7-9 months or more desirable. some moms make certain to attend unitl toddler is in a position to self-feed table meals -- oftentimes 7-10 months or so. (little ones oftentimes do not want solids from a dietary POV till round a 365 days, so there is not any harm in waiting.) i began at 5 a million/2 months. My daughter is now a youngster, or perhaps as she replaced right into a toddler the commonly used suggestion replaced into '4-6 months' truly than the 'round 6 months' that has been cautioned for the previous 10-12 years.

Answer 4

It's advisable to wait until 6 mos. 4 mos is kind of the old school answer. Many people start with rice cereal and add it to breast milk or formula. You can also start with high iron veggies like sweet potatoes. Cereal has very little nutrition and LOTS of iron so it can constipate easily, many people skip it for this reason. Introduce one new food every 4 or 5 days to make sure there's no allergic reaction. Berries shouldn't be introduced until much later. Good foods to start with are sweet potatoes, sweet peas, green beans, avadado. The longer you put off solids/baby food the less likely there will be an allergic reaction.

Answer 5

My daughter was a big eater. She ate every hour, on the hour, since the day she was born. Finally at three months, I asked the doctor what to do. First, he told me to add a little baby cereal into her bottle. That worked for a while, and then she still continued crying every hour for food. He told me to start her on baby food.

So I think it really just depends on what your baby's individual needs are. Just make sure you talk it over with your doctor at your next check-up. Every kid is different. Don't sweat it. It's a good thing that she has a good appetite.

Good luck!

Answer 6

My pedeatrician told me at 4 1/2 months and my son did great.

Answer 7

i sorted my little boy on solids at 4 months just little bits getting him used to it,but still giving him his usual bottles too..hes 7 months now and just as a bottle morn and night,hes has toast with his morn bottle and a full lunch ans tea and he seems very satified and sleeps all nite too..also the age will matter of your baby too how old is she??xx email me if you like x

Answer 8

they start feeding them at 4 months. put a little bit a cereal in her milk where the milk will still go through the nibble.

Answer 9

First give your breast milk until the age of two months and then stat with some quantity of baby food like cerelac from 3rd. month onwards. hope this helps...

Answer 10

put rice cereal in her bottle just about a teaspoon but not every feeding try it like once in morning and just before you but her down for the night.