best first solids?

[mnight]

feeding solids help

On my doctors advice I started introducing solids when my baby was about 20 weeks. We've been going about three weeks now. We tried rice cereal and that went down ok. Since then we've added pumpkin and carrot, waiting 3-4 days between introducing new foods. In the last couple of days we've noticed he has had a little more gas than usual, sometimes making him a little restless when sleeping. It is then solved by giving him some gripe water. He is also not drinking as much milk.

My gut instinct says lay off the solids for a bit but I think that he will still want them as he is enjoying the extra sustenance. I know that he should be sustained by just milk until 6 months but..?

 

[Ma Ma Ape]

I'd say trust your instincts. My daughter is 6 months old and I started her with some solids 2 weeks ago. One should start with runny cereal with a spoon. Some babies may not like using a spoon because they are not used to it but it is a good idea to introduce the spoon when introducing solids. Introduce one type of solids at a time for about 3 days. Keep an eye out on vomitting, diarreah and rashes. If all seems well, then move on to another food.

 

[solidstars]

mine's starting to wake up screaming/crying sometimes in the night... i think he's teething. either that or he REALLY doesn't like peas puree.

 

[mnight]

I've been following the right process and he really likes his solids, I think it perhaps is just the change for his system, I think we'll slow it down for a couple of days and just stick with rice cereal and see how he gets on.

Not sure how I'd feel about peas puree myself:haha::haha:

 

[karmah1]

mnight

Try pureed pears, they are much easier for young digestive systems to digest and better than apples in this regard. The carrot and pumpkin might be a bit rough on his system. Another good vegetable is courgette/zuchini. Just peel, steam and puree. Rice cereal, pears, courgette and avocado were the first foods I gave my son.

 

[solidstars]

hmm maybe that's what happening with mine... too much for his young digestive system.

i'm going to try banana next (to ease his poopooing) as apples and pears = constipation (according to Chinese?)

 

[karmah1]

i'm going to try banana next (to ease his poopooing) as apples and pears = constipation (according to Chinese?)

thats interesting because all the western baby books I've read say banana can cause constipation! If your baby has constipation try pureed apricot, just buy dried apricots, soak overnight and then cook with water till soft and puree. You can mix this in with rice cereal.

 

[FutureHKmom]

Certain types of bananas you can get from wet market fruit stalls (the shorter really fat variety) are supposed to help with constipation......Try papaya for constipation.

 

[solidstars]

thanks! i'll try papaya and dried apricots too then!

dried apricots -> the ones in the packages in the supermarkets are fine right?

 

[mnight]

Thanks Karmah. We've gone back to just baby rice to see how that goes and not as large a quantity as he was having before and he seems to be getting better.

Lots of books I read said to steer clear of fruit and start them with veggies as fruit is sweeter and when you give them that first then they don't want to have the veggies - what is the reality?