When do your start feeding 6 month old Stage 1 vegetables? He doesn't have his 6 mo check up until almost 7 mo

Question

He has been on fruit & cereal 2 times a day. Also when do they get the vegetables??

Answer 1

You can start feeding your baby fruits and vegetables at the same time, as long as they are pureed finely enough. If the food is stage one, it should be fine to introduce to your baby just as you did with fruits- there's no need to wait. :)

Answer 2

Go ahead and start now. Give him the cereal first thing in the morning, the fruit maybe a bit before lunch, and then the vegetables in the late afternoon. Watch out for Squash though...it gives most babies terrible gas. Try sweet potatoes first possibly. When I first introduced solids to my 7 month old (she was 6 mo. when I started anything more than cereal) she rejected all but sweet potatoes. Remember to give him the same veg. for atleast 3 days in a row to make sure he doesn't have an allergy! Have fun! This is an exciting time :)

Answer 3

They should actually get the veggies first just to ensure that they dont become too attactched to the sweet taste of the fruit. But you can start feeding him veggies. Just do then one at a time to allow for food allergies to settle if there are any. and to find out what he likes. But you can start now you dont have to wait for the doc. Good Luck.

Answer 4

You can do veggies now...

Answer 5

There is no reason to delay vegetables

There is no reason to offer infant cereal which is over processed garbage filled with oils, synthetic vitamins and chemicals to improve "mouth feel".

There is no reason to introduce solids before 6 months or later.

There is no reason to puree food, nor buy babyfood, nor even offer particularly soft food. There is no reason to limit spices (excluding salt and sugar).

http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html

Understanding the baby’s motivation
This approach to introducing solids offers a baby the opportunity to discover what other foods have to offer as part of finding out about the world around him. It utilises his desire to explore and experiment, and to mimic the activities of others. Allowing the baby to set the pace of each meal, and maintaining an emphasis on play and exploration rather than on eating, enables the transition to solid foods to take place as naturally as possible. This is because it would appear that what motivates babies to make this transition is curiosity, not hunger.

There is no reason for mealtimes to coincide with the baby's milk feeds. Indeed, thinking of (milk) feeding and the introduction to solid foods as two separate activities will allow a more relaxed approach and make the experience more enjoyable for both parents and child.

Won't he choke?
Many parents worry about babies choking. However, there is good reason to believe that babies are at less risk of choking if they are in control of what goes into their mouth than if they are spoon fed. This is because babies are not capable of intentionally moving food to the back of their throats until after they have learnt to chew. And they do not develop the ability to chew until after they have developed the ability to reach out and grab things. Thus, a very young baby cannot easily put himself at risk because he cannot get the food into his mouth in the first place. On the other hand, the action used to suck food off a spoon tends to take the food straight to the back of the mouth, causing gagging. This means that spoon feeding has its own potential to lead to choking – and makes the giving of lumpy foods with a spoon especially dangerous.

It appears that a baby's general development keeps pace with the development of his ability to manage food in his mouth, and to digest it. A baby who is struggling to get food into his mouth is probably not quite ready to eat it. It is important to resist the temptation to 'help' the baby in these circumstances since his own developmental abilities are what ensure that the transition to solid feeding takes place at the right pace for him. This process is also what keeps him safe from choking on small pieces of food, since, if he is not yet able to pick up small objects using his finger and thumb, he will not be able to get, for example, a pea or a raisin into his mouth. Once he is able to do this, he will have developed the necessary oral skills to deal with it. Putting foods into a baby's mouth for him overrides this natural protection and increases the risk of choking.

Tipping a baby backwards or lying him down to feed him solid foods is dangerous. A baby who is handling food should always be supported in an upright position. In this way, food which he is not yet able to swallow, or does not wish to swallow, will fall forward out of his mouth, not backwards into his throat.

Adopting a baby-led approach doesn't mean abandoning all the common sense rules of safety. While it is very unlikely that a young baby would succeed in picking up a peanut, for example, accidents can and will happen on rare occasions – however the baby is fed. Rules of safety which apply in other play situations should therefore be adhered to when eating is in progress.

Won't he start eating solids too early?
The babies who participated in the research were allowed to begin at four months. But they were not able to feed themselves before six months. Some of the younger babies picked food up and took it to their mouths; some even chewed it, but none swallowed it. Their own development decided for them when the time was right. Part of the reason for this study was to show (based on a theory of self-feeding) that babies are not ready for solid foods before six months. It would seem that we have spent all these years working out that six months is the right age when and babies have known it all along!

It seems reasonable to predict that, if parents choose to provide babies with the opportunity to pick up and eat solid foods from birth, they will still not achieve it until around six months. The principle is the same as putting a newborn baby on the floor to play: he is being provided with the opportunity to walk but will not do so until about one year – because his own development stops him. But: everything depends on the baby being in control. Food must not be put into his mouth for him. Since it is very tempting to do this, it is probably safer to recommend that babies should not be given the opportunity to eat solid foods before six months.