How/what are you feeding your 5-6 month old?

Question

We are just starting on cereal but I was wondering how/what you are feeding your baby.
How much?
How often?
What kind of foods/flavors?
Does your baby like the new foods you are introducing?
What are their favorites?
Sorry for all the questions but we are first time parents of twins and we just want the best for our children. THANKS!!

Answer 1

Well... I do not have a 5-6 month old currently... but I do have two daughters ages 8 and 4. With both of them at this stage we gave them the typical amount of cereal that the box recommened, then the stage 1 fruits and vegetables. The stage 1 fruits and veggies are more strained and mushy so they do not choke on them. My oldest had the biggest love for apple anything. Squash was her 2nd fave. My youngest was a beans girl and loved one called blueberry buckle.

I do agree with one of your other commenting people... always wait 2-3 days before introducing a new food , just so you can check for allergic reactions.

Good luck! You guys will do fine!

Answer 2

usually at that age it is just plain baby cereal(buy organic) they dont start much else until after a bit but make sure it is cereal first(it looks like moosh) the fruits and veggies not yet they will get a sweet flavor from them and want only that. you can ask your doctor for more info. they dont have the chewing reflex just yet so you have to make it watery or they will gag or choke

Answer 3

he's almost 6 months old. i feed him sweet potatoes and bananas. we tried the rice cereal but i couldn't get it the right consistancy (i had to had bananas b/c he wouldn't eat it plain and when i tried i just couldn't get it right so i just gave up until he can have thicker foods). he wakes up 6-8am and i give him about 1-1.5 oz of bananas and then i wait til he wants his bottle (sometimes right after food and sometimes an hour later). then about three hours later he wants a bottle. then about noonish i give him more bananas (1-1.5 ounces depends on how hungry he is). then a bottle again sometimes right after sometimes hour later. then he gets a bottle sometime in the afternoon. he gets sweet potatoes about an ounce at dinner time with a bottle. then he gets a bottle for bed.

my doc said you have two wait at least 2-3 days after introducing a new food to try another one to see if they are allergic or not. i tried peaches yesterday and he didn't really care for them...but then his sister really didn't go for them in the beginning either. so this week sometime i will try something new. probably a veggie like squash or something. i read somewhere to do one fruit then one veggie or vice versa. don't just try all fruits at the same time or all veggies mix it up for them. it worked for my daughter, although now she is at 20 months and REALLY picky with what she eats.

good luck he really likes he nanas and sweet potatoes!!

Answer 4

My son is six months and he is breastfed and bottle fed (pumped milk). He also eats solids twice a day. Usually in the morning he'll eat a fruit (applesauce, bananas, pears, etc etc) mixed with cereal (rice or oatmeal). For lunch he'll have a vegetable (green beans, garden vegetables, sweet potatoes, carrots, etc etc). All by Gerber. Occassionally he'll have a solid for dinner but he usually prefers to nurse. All babies are different though. So far he's enjoyed everything Ive given him, except for cereal alone. He'll eat it mixed with fruit, but mixed with just milk and he'll spit it right out.

I hope this helps. Have fun with your babies.

Answer 5

My daughter is almost 6 mos. and she eats about 2 oz. of cereal with fruit or veggies twice a day. She loves apples and carrots, but hates squash. I found its alot more inexpensive to just make my own. Just steam, puree, and freeze in ice cube trays. You get about 2oz. per cube. Congrats on the babies.

Answer 6

I started my kids on oragne veggies, like sweet potatoes and squash, not cereal.

Grains are actually pretty hard to digest and have very littl nutritional value.

My kids both showed they were ready by grabbing food from my plate or hands and trying to put it in their mouths.

Solids are just for experimentation in the first year. human milk (or a substitute) should be the primary source of nutrition for the first year.