My Daughter 5 months is it ok 2 give them baby applesauce she loves it.?

Answer 1

I would ask your ped first, but it also depends on what you have given her aside from either breastmilk or formula.

My son just turned 2 in oct. When he was little we had a public health nurse visit every month, for my piece of mind with him being our first it was all new. Public health told us to wait until 5-6 months to start feeding anything other than formula or breastmilk, he was on formula because I couldn't breastfeed him. What they told us was to start on rice baby cereal then go to barley then oatmeal then corn if we wanted, then to start on the veggies, green first like green beans then peas, then lighter coloured veggies then the orange ones carrots and sweet potatoes, until you go through most of the new veggies you are going to introduce. Then start on fruits. My sister-in-law started with the fruits and had all sorts of problems getting her son to eat any veggies. If you start with the orange veggies and the fruits your baby will get the taste of the sweeter foods and not want to eat not so sweet veggies like the beans. Corn doesn't digest anyway so I would suggest skipping it altogether until they are a little older, then you avoid possible constipation if their system isn't ready for it.
With my son we had to skip cereals with oats in them as his system wasn't ready for it. We actually had to take him to emerg one night because he was in so much pain after eating oatmeal the first time. With the Heinz cereals we were buying I had to really pay attention because all of the mixed ones have oats in them. Finger foods starting with cheerios were out of the question weather I looked at the toodler brands or the regular brands, they are all oats.

Answer 2

If your daughter seems hungry, then go ahead. My son is 5 months also and eats baby food, including applesauce, 3 times a day, nurses 5 times a day, and has a least one juice bottle a day. He started eating baby cereal at 3 months. He was just hungry. So if your daughter seems to really pay attention when your eating, gets fussy when your eating, she may be ready to eat some baby food. You don't have to buy "baby food", just get some unsweetened applesauce. But talk with your doctor first.

Answer 3

unless your family has a history of serious food allergies I would say go ahead and give her REGULAR unsweetened applesauce. The baby applesauce is usually sweetened and costs much more. You can even buy the individual containers unsweetened now and your 5month old should be able to gum it down, I would not buy the chunky kind, that might pose a choking hazard.

Answer 4

NO,.. it is better to wait until 6 months

Here is why:

Baby's intestines need to mature. The intestines are the body's filtering system, screening out potentially harmful substances and letting in healthy nutrients. In the early months, this filtering system is immature. Between four and seven months a baby's intestinal lining goes through a developmental growth spurt called closure, meaning the intestinal lining becomes more selective about what to let through. To prevent potentially-allergenic foods from entering the bloodstream, the maturing intestines secrete IgA , a protein immunoglobulin that acts like a protective paint, coating the intestines and preventing the passage of harmful allergens. In the early months, infant IgA production is low (although there is lots of IgA in human milk), and it is easier for potentially-allergenic food molecules to enter the baby's system. Once food molecules are in the blood, the immune system may produce antibodies to that food, creating a food allergy . By six to seven months of age the intestines are more mature and able to filter out more of the offending allergens. This is why it's particularly important to delay solids if there is a family history of food allergy, and especially to delay the introduction of foods to which other family members are allergic.

Answer 5

Sure. Just make sure it's the only new food she has for a week. Then try other things. HOWEVER, you might want to try the green veggies first - babies tend to like sweet stuff, and giving fruits or carrots or sweet potatoes first might make it harder to get her to try green beans or peas later. You can also change the textures of foods as you find she's ready.

Answer 6

girl yeah cause she go be ready for baby food and if she liking applesauce like that she wouldn't be a problem feeding her cause she would be happy to eat fruit and babyfood too

Answer 7

Absolutely!!! You could even give her Mott's (or any other brand) applesauce...just make sure it's the unsweetened one. Just be wary about how much you give her...applesauce can be constipating.

Answer 8

Of course. My soon to be 10 year old loved it.

You can feed her all sorts of things. It is best to start with vegetables. They develop a love for them if they are started on them early in life.

Good Luck!

Answer 9

I gave my son applesause at that age and he is happy and healthy now i just looked for ones with little or no sugar
Have fun this is such a great time
Good Luck

Answer 10

Why not? Just make sure you give her either home made or unsweetened ones. You don't want her to have too much sugar