OK, my doctor has given me the ok to start my son on solids. So how does this work? Does he still get his formula too or just the stage one of the baby food? I probably should have asked the doctor but it slipped my mind.
2007-01-03 16:08:03 · 17 answers · asked by LP's Mommy, RN 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
You still want to give the same amount of formula. When you first start solids, your baby will probably only take a couple spoonfuls of cereal at a time. At this time, it's more to let him practice chewing and getting used to how solid food feels in his mouth that for actual nutrition. He'll still be dependent on his formula for most of his nutrition for a while yet.
Don't forget to only introduce one type of food every few days, to check for allergies. The most common food to start out with is rice cereal. If he tries that and doesn't have a bad reaction to it, then you can move on to another food. Just don't be surprised if he only eats a couple bites at a time. This is a new experience for him.
Good luck.
2007-01-03 16:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a nanny of an 18 month old and went through this with him not too long ago. What we did was get the infant cereal that's fortified with iron and add about 3 tsp. to every 200 mL of milk/formula. Then after a month of that, we started mixing even more cereal into the milk to make it into an oatmeal/porridge consistency. This was only for the midday bottle. At breakfast time, he was given stage 1 fruits, and in the evening, stage 1 veggies or dinners. At about 1 year, we switched him to 2 % milk, and started feeding him milk with breakfast and his nap. Good luck!
2007-01-04 00:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by gidget2523 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
give your baby the same amount of fluids as normal. pick a time of day, just once a day for a few days to offer something solid... Rice baby cereal is the best to start with. use formula to mix and at first it should be very runny. as your baby gets used to it you can make it thicker. right now you just want to teach your baby how to eat from a spoon. you are not really worried about how much he eats. he should still get the majority of his nutrition from his formula for several months yet. I'm assuming that your baby is about 6 months old now if the doctor just told you to start solids. If you still have questions please contact your pediatrician. They can give you a feeding chart. Also you may be able to find some online. just search for infant feeding charts.
2007-01-04 00:16:38 · answer #3 · answered by froggymommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is 9 months old. Until your baby is a year old, formula should be the main source of food. I feed my daughter a bottle in the morning with cereal. I feed her solid food for lunch with a small bottle afterwards and I feed her solid food for dinner with a small bottle afterwards. I also give her formula and fruit an veggies for snacks in between. If your son is a picky eater like my daughter...you can buy the enfamil vitamin drops, they work too...check this website out http://www.babycenter.com/baby
2007-01-04 00:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by apye1984 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you start with rice cereal. Mix it with breast milk or formula to a thin consistancy for one feeding a day. There should be directions on the box. Follow up with a nurse or a bottle. After doing that for a couple days, try other grained cereals, cereals mixed with fruit, then the baby food in jars (or homemade processor!).
A baby needs breastmilk/formula for the first year of life, but is not nutritionally necessary after age one.
Good luck!
2007-01-04 00:14:33 · answer #5 · answered by Margie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could probably call your Dr. Back in the morning and ask, but you do keep him on formula, you ween him off the formula slowly, and actually its recomended that you keep him on formula until he's a year, and then switch to homo milk for another year. They need the fats for their brains to properly develop. I think you start with the breakfast. But maybe try the heinz baby food website. There may be a guide. Good luck.
2007-01-04 00:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your baby is under one year old you need to give him formula still also. This is VERY important. Give him a scheduled breakfast lunch and dinner feeding of the solids then give him formula for every feeding in between.
2007-01-04 00:19:55 · answer #7 · answered by JustAmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give him a little bit of food ( as much as he will take) once a day to start. you will still have to give him his formula because he needs it's nutrition. After a months or so you can increase to two solids a day, but he will still need his formula.
2007-01-04 00:12:41 · answer #8 · answered by Lucky 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep him on formula, but if you want you can mix those baby cereals in it. A baby should stay on formula (or breast milk) until they are about a year. Gerber has a newsletter on feeding your baby that is good. But here's a tip 100% juice is the same thing as expensive "baby juices" And plain old gram crackers are just as good and not as expensive as their special baby cookies. Good luck!!
2007-01-04 00:14:26 · answer #9 · answered by aimeeme_g 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He still gets his formula as well. He will continue on formula until he turns 1. Then he will switch to whole milk. But yes you're just adding solids to his daily diet. DO NOT take away his formula. It contains essential building blocks for your child's health & development.
2007-01-04 00:12:28 · answer #10 · answered by Crimson Fire 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋