what age should you start to feed your babie on babie food etc?

Question

yougurts, baby food

Answer 1

There was a recommendation made by the health council a few months ago that you shouldn't feed your baby any solid foods before 6 months.

They did say that if you have a hungry baby it was okay to give them a very small amount of baby rice or cereal at 4 months old, but definately not any younger than that as it can cause stomach problems in later life.

If you breastfeed your baby you should make the baby rice etc up with some of your own milk and you should try to avoid cows milk until they are a year old.

Every baby is different though so you should speak to your health visitor or community nurse to get advise more suited to your needs.

Answer 2

The comment about the Thrusting Reflex has been one of the only sane ones here! This is an important thing to watch for, you should check periodically from like 2 mos and older. Each child is different so your times will always vary. Stay away from fruits to begin with, otherwise you'll have a hard time feeding veggies and meats. Always start in color groups, your greens, yellows, oranges....those kinds of groups. Meat is something that some people don't give their children, but the protien is good for them. Most foods that you eat are fine for babies so long as you BLEND them up to a nice puree. Try not adding salts and strong spices. Eventually you'll have to give your kids the food your family eats, better to start them early and avoid rejection. Mashed potatoes, pureed squash, and small amounts of chicken breast blended with a bit of chicken stock (nice paste) works as a whole meal. Be creative! But don't mix foods until you've gone through and made sure your child doesn't have an allergy to them. Most kids take like 2 weeks to really accept a food group/item.

Answer 3

First you have to ask your doctor. Usually around 4 or 5 months. Your baby has to be able to sit and hold it's head up, also it needs to have lost the thrusting habit. Babies are born with a tongue thrust to protect themselves from choking...if you put some baby food on their tongue and it all comes back at you really quickly try again and watch the tongue...if the thrust is really fast and strong wait a week or two and try again. Usually you want to start with rice cereal mixed with formula or breast milk. Then you move to veggies .... one at a time watching for any allergic reactions etc. Then you move on to the fruit and yogurts. Check out the books What to Expect the first year and What to Expect the toddler years....they are great and will answer all your questions.

Answer 4

Whenever you feel he is ready. My son is 3 months and I have started giving him Hipp Organic First Tastes. He loves them! He also has Cow and Gate fruit museli with his morning bottle. He still has the same amount of bottle feeds as he did before but he is doing really well with his jars too. I am going to start making my own foods for him though, different veggies and soft fruits that I can put in the blender. This way is cheaper. Good luck, and enjoy it. I never thought being covered in carrot and sweetcorn could be fun but it is.

Answer 5

I started my son out on cereal at 2 weeks ... he could never hold down milk, and he ate off of a spoon like a pro. The consistency of the cereal helped fill him up. And since he started on cereal so early, we had him on 1st foods by 2 months, 2nd foods by 4 months, some table food (soft stuff) by 8 mos. Every baby's different.

Never introduce more than one new food a week though, in case of a food allergy.

Answer 6

I started mine at 12 weeks because he was showing signs of being ready, just baby rice at first only in the mornings. Then after a few weeks he started screaming in the afternoon and again at my mums suggestion I fed him rice in the afternoon as well. We soon moved on to cereals, etc. Re the no dairy before 12 months that some people have put. It isnt the case, if you are worried about a milk allergy then you can avoid dairy but you will find you need to use milk in many recipes and all the mums I know including me where on yoghurts by 4 months.

Answer 7

It depends on the baby. For example, I started eating actual food when I was four months old because I was always hungry and my mum decided solids might be the way to go. My little sister didn't start eating solids until she was six or seven months. It doesn't matter that much when you start feeding them food, if you think your baby is ready and needs something other than milk, you should give it something other than milk.

Answer 8

I waited until my children were all a year old before I tried them on yogurt, But as for baby food i usually started them around 4-6 months. It really depended on the child them selves and wether they seemed ready and interested in eatting baby food, and on how many teeth they had.

Answer 9

It is "baby" not "babie"

Start at 4-6 months, most people begin with rice cereal and then vegetables and fruits, yogurts are dairy and an allergen and can be saved for a while yet.

Answer 10

it depends on the baby to be honset, ive three kids, two boys and a girl, my boys were very hungry babies, all breastfed, but i started them on baby rice or rusks at three months, just few spoon fulls to begin with, then onto things with bit more flavor, if ur worried chat with ur health visitor, they can help u more. good luck.