How many months should a baby be when you start giving them stage 2 foods and juice?

Answer 1

There is no "set" guideline for age regarding this, however, 9 mos is a pretty good approximate for you. You need to make sure that your baby is doing well "gumming" and swallowing all of his/her stage 1 foods and make sure to keep up with allergy info b/c there are lots of new things in stage 2 foods that aren't in stage 1! Good luck~!

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Answer 2

I'm not really going to answer your question, but have something on-target to say.

There used to be no such thing as stages, when it concerned baby food. That was a marketing gimick cooked up by baby food companies. And, I wish people weren't so sucked-in by marketing gimicks.

Baby food is, and always has been, far more expensive than the food you buy to feed yourself. If you really want to be smart, take portions of the food you cook for the rest of the family, and put in a blender for baby. Reduce the amount of salt in your cooking, because adults can add salt at the table, and kids don't need it. You can freeze blended portions of foods in ice cube trays, remove from trays when frozen, and store in freezer containers or zip lock bags for future use.

What infants can or can't eat depends entirely on when they grow teeth, and how many teeth they have. Soft fruits (bananas, melons) cut in small pieces can be gummed. Just ask an old person who's lost their teeth.

Lastly, when you start on juice, dilute it with water.

Answer 3

Stage 2 should be after they've gotten used to the idea of eating cereals and stage 1. Doctors usually recommend starting them on those first foods between 4 and 6 months. Once they've got the hang of eating, you can move to stage 2.

Answer 4

Hopefully you will by pass the juice until at least one if never. It is generally full of calories, lacking in nutrient and fiber and unnecessary. If you insist on giving your child juice there is only one form that will give your child benefit. Fresh juice from a juicer with less fruit used than veggies. Dilute this juice with water.

In regards to food stages, I made my daughters food and will be making my sons food when he is ready. I never went by a "stage" guideline as I just mashed or pureed everything until she began incorporating foods off of my plate. I adjusted the texture as she showed readiness. She didn't have any teeth when she started eating grilled chicken. I just pulled it apart to a "shredded texture" and she gummed it happily.

Answer 5

I started the 2 nd foods with my now 6 month old when he was 5 month old. I still give him 2 nds and baby cereal and we have just started finger foods( but very small amounts) . I still do not give him any type of juices but with my other children I started by the time they were 8 months with juice and it was not very often as it causes really bad tooth decay. I gave them half juice half water when I started them on juice and only gave it to them from a tippy cup. I hope this has helped.

Answer 6

My son was 6 months when we started on stage 2.

Answer 7

u cant go by age.... they reccomend giving stage 2 n juice when the baby is able to sit on their own. so i would assume 6 months. stage 1 n rice cereal is for when the baby sits with a lil bit of support from mommy or daddy about 4 months, stage 2 n juice is for independent sitters about 6 months, stage 3 is for crawlers about 8 months, n the gerbers graduates is for babies learning to walk... hope that was helpful

Answer 8

i forgot but i think it was 4 months