feeding baby solid food?

Question

I started feeding my 4 month old rice cereal and she is doing very well with it. I wanted to try giving her some fruits/veggies next but i'm a little confused. Do I feed her the cereal and the baby food at the same meal or feed her cereal one meal and the baby food the next???? Then do I give her abottle right after? It seems like the guidlines on how to do this are a little vague.

Answer 1

I used to give my babies cereal in the morning, then a veggie in the afternoon/early evening with breastfeedings at regular intervals in between. I wouldn't breastfeed right after, I'd wait until they seemed hungry again. I waited to start veggies until closer to 6 months though. You should only introduce one veggie at a time, and wait several days to watch for any allergies until introducing another. Introduce yellow veggies first, then greens, then introduce fruits. I know it's kind of exciting to watch their reactions to these new food experiences! But there's no rush, take your time.

Answer 2

Nutritionally, all a baby needs for the first 6 months is formula and/or breast milk. Introduction of solids before this time is strictly for supplementation and should not be replacing bottles or breast feeding. She should be given her bottle first then follow up with a little cereal. She really does not need any fruits or vegetables yet, but if you want to try, offer her a couple bites after her cereal. Begin with one single fruit or veggie for several days before adding a second one. This will help identify any food sensitivities she may have at this young age. Introduction of solids before 6 months has been shown to be linked to an increase in obesity and food allergies. The more solids you feed her, the less formula/breast milk she will drink. Closer to 6 months and older, you can begin giving her a more typical meal schedule with fruit and cereal at breakfast time followed by a bottle, then veggies or veggies and fruit for lunch/dinner with bottles following. There is no need to rush into feeding solids. A young baby's digestive system is still developing and much of the solids given to babies before 6 months is not able to be fully digested nor are the nutrients able to be fully extracted and utilized.

Answer 3

My son started eating cereal at about 5 months. Only a couple of weeks later I started adding a bit of mashed fruits and vegetables (just one per day though). First I added just a tablespoon or so to the cereal and that was it. Then a little more. Then sometimes just a little fruit or veggie before cereal. Slow and steady, and not too much, especially if you have plenty of breast-milk.
I was also careful to focus more on veggies than fruit, because getting them used to the (sometimes) bitter taste of vegetables at an early age helps with getting veggies eaten later. It really worked, he's 4 now and eats almost any vegetable.

Answer 4

At such a young age your baby should be fed a bottle first, then her cereal or baby food. Especially with rice cereal because it has no fiber, it can be constipating, so getting the fluids (bottle or breast) into her tummy first will help ward off any constipation. Rice cereal continues to soak up moisture as it is digested, possibly causing constipation and/or discomfort.

Usually, at such a young age, you would just give one "meal" food at a time, not cereal and fruit at the same meal. Try cereal for breakfast and then fruit for lunch.

At her age, it's not nessasary that she get baby food at all, but if she is doing well with it, why not. Just be sure to get her formula into her first, followed by the meal, that way you know she is still getting all the nutrition she needs from her bottles.

Answer 5

It is all right to feed your baby a little cereal at the age she is, but most of her nutritional intake needs to come from formula or breastmilk. My doctor recommended starting veggies and fruits a little at a time, around five months of age. I was poking my son full of veggies and fruits, but he should have had more breastmilk at the time. Take it slow, and you will figure it out. As long as she's content, and gaining weight, she's doing all right. As far as guidelines, I would say give a bottle first, then offer a little cereal. When she's older, you can replace a bottle feeding with the solid foods, and give a little milk afterward if she wants it. Good luck to you!

Answer 6

I mixed the cereal with the fruit or veg for my kids. That way they got the iron from the cereal with the good stuff off the fruits and veggies at one feeding. Then I would offer the bottle sometimes they drank sometimes not. Oh and I always made the cereal with there milk .

Answer 7

You can do it any way that works for your daughter. I fed my children cereal and a vegetable once a day to start. From there we moved to twice a day. That finally became what is now breakfast, lunch and dinner. If they were still hungry after eating their meal, then I did give them a bottle. Your child will let you know.

I would start with vegetable before the fruit. Children have a greater appreciation for vegetables later in life if that is what they are given first.--Well, it's true in my case and everyone that I know.

Good luck

Answer 8

FEED HER ONE THING AT A SERVING. I mix the cereal into the milk for every bottle and gerber 1st foods once a day. She should not need a bottle right after once she eats enough of the baby food.

At the beginning of introducing the 1st foods, I also mixed it into the milk so he got the taste of it. It makes the transition easier. Same goes for juice. After mixing the juice into the milk, I started mixing it with water and now he drinks it alone.

Answer 9

I give my daughter cereal for breakfast, a bottle for a mid morning snack, fruit for lunch, bottle for afternoon snack, veggies for dinner and cereal before bedtime and a bottle and than she usually has a bottle at 5am and wakes up around 9am. Remember though start her on veggies and than fruits.

Answer 10

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