Is it true that you should dtart your baby on Vegatables first, so they dont get used to the?

Question

sweetness of the fruits, and then reject the vegatables?

Answer 1

i didn't find that was true in my case (i have a 9 month old) - mine didn't and still doesn't like the veggies (i did wait before introducing the fruit)....good luck!

(i've been "sneaking" veggies in other ways though - like the gerber chicken and broccoli and things like that)

Answer 2

Yes, that's what I did too. Also, you're suppose to avoid starting with sweet potatoes and carrots, because of the sweetness. Another thing the doctor told me was to feed each first veggie for a few days at a time. Example: green beans days 1-3, peas days 4-6, and so on. After they've tried each, then you can rotate between them.

Answer 3

That is what i have always been told and that is what i have done with all 5 of mine.... Just remember to start out on ceral first then just introduce the veggie one at a time to make sure there is no allergic reaction to them.... Do the same with the fruit and avoid mixed fruits till you have tried them all seperatly that way you know which fruit is causing your child a problem... Good luck

Answer 4

this is something my pediatrician suggested. I started with squash and worked out from there. Basically when starting with solids you want to make sure you get in as many colours of veggies and fruits as possible....meaning the most variety. My son eats three times a day at least and usually he starts his morning with fruit and cereal then veggies for his other two meals one of those containing a meat and is quite content with that.

Answer 5

my daughters pediatrician recommended giving veggies first. It worked GREAT..my daughter LOVED the peas and the green beans etc...after she was well routined in eating these i started offereing sweet potaoes..then peaches...appels..etc...and she actually preferred the veggies. Now she is almost 4 years old and if i take her to mcdonalds with her cousins...while they all get happy meals she begs for a salad. She LOVES her veggies. I don't know if it was because of the pediatricians recommendations or not but if i have another baby im gonna do it the same way =)

Answer 6

I don't know about that I thought they wanted you to start them out on veggys because they are less likely to have a reaction to the veggies where more children are alergic to furits. Although my son reather veggies then the fruits and refused to eat the meats LOL. He is almost 2 now and still wants to eat veggies over anything else but likes fresh fruit rather then the baby mush fruit.

Answer 7

I don't thinks so. Babies are born with a preference for sweet - Breastmilk is very sweet and they get that first, right? Whatever you give your baby in what order doesn't really matter. She will naturally prefer fruit.

You should start with rice cereal, though. Then move on to fruit and veggies - meat is last.

Answer 8

I think it's a load of hooey. :-)

With my first, I started him with rice cereal at 6 months. Then I think we did sweet potatoes next. Applesauce, bananas and carrots were early foods for him too. He is a PICKY eater now. (Almost 8 years old.) Will hardly even try new things. The only fruit he'll eat is white grapes and he'll drink apple juice.

I started both my girls with mashed bananas and then avocados and sweet potatoes. (Skipped the cereal all together.) They are GREAT eaters. They will try most anything. They eat a wide variety of foods. The often eat vegetables such as carots, celery, califlower and bell peppers for snacks, as well as apples and bananas. They LOVE salads.

Answer 9

I have been told this my many people as well and for my son it was the truth. Once he tasted fruit he does not want to eat veggies. I have to trick him. I start to give him the bottle and then give him a spoonful of veggies. He laughs because I tease him and say "Mommy fooled you!" He is 8 months old.

Answer 10

I grew up with babies getting started on rice cereal first, adding a little baby applesauce, and then adding the vegetables at lunch time and dinner time.

That's what I did with my kids, and its what people in my family did. The reasoning was always to let the baby get used to having something like rice cereal on a spoon first (using the cereal, figuring out how to swallow it, etc.) and add applesauce for a little balance and taste.

Baby rice cereal and applesauce are easy for a baby's new digestive system. Vegetables may not be quite as gentle on their system. (When a child gets diarrhea pediatricians usually advice a diet of rice and applesauce or other bland foods only.)

My babies (and others I know) just kind of went with the vegetables when the time came, although each baby has his/her favorite vegetables and vegetables he/she won't eat.

The idea of getting them started on vegetables first may make sense, and maybe I was wrong all those years (and maybe all those family members of mine were wrong too), but it still makes sense to me to aim for the easily digested foods first and introduce the vegetables (being careful even then not to introduce any vegetable that is "too harsh") next.

These are issues you should talk to your pediatrician about.

(Note: Don't forget, too, that the infant who doesn't seem to like strained peas but who may like sweet potatos may like the foods designed for older babies when he's old enough. There is also the point in your babies' development when you can give him/her some diced up vegetables that you've prepared yourself. My point is just because one baby doesn't like one vegetable at one point in his life it doesn't mean he'll never like vegetables.)

Answer 11

I was told to start with veggies not only because of the sweetness of fruits, but because they are harsher and most have more acid than veggies. Veggies are softer on their little tummies and prepare for the harsher fruits.