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@Amber my pediatrician keeps saying that I’d have to worry about Nutrient deficiency because her stomach is so small. Did your baby ever spit up any of her bottles because she was too full?
@Rilya honestly I don’t listen to everything my pediatrician says, I take everything with a grain of salt. I went by my daughter’s readiness. She showed it right at four months, reaching for food, opening her mouth when we took bites, etc.. yes, my daughter was a happy spitter, it was awful lol. But I 100% believe starting her on solids helped her not spit up as much and by the time she was about eight months, she was completely done spitting up. Just take it slow listen to her, starting solid is a big deal and a huge step and can be nerve-racking but you got this! ☺️ but a tablespoon a day isn’t going to hurt her morning or evening and make it fun! And as she gets more comfortable with eating, increase it.
@Rilya I BELIEVE the concern pediatricians have is that moms will replace too much of the milk with purée/foods too early on. As long as you aren’t cutting her milk back in order to give her solids, it’s likely a non issue.
@Amber thank you for the peace of mind. We’ve let her taste test and she’s so interested in food. She’s always opening her mouth and even trying to lean forward sometimes for it. We haven’t cut down her bottles she’s getting 6 oz a day every 3 hours. It was originally 8 every 4 hours but she wouldn’t always drinks. Full 8 oz and then we found she was spitting up from forcing herself to eat the bottles so we cut them down to her original 6 hours but increased it to 5 bottles a day instead of 4 bottles a day
@Kelley that makes sense. She’s very interested in food and so far I haven’t noticed any crazy reactions to the foods she has tried
@Rilya absolutely!! it will always change. It’s gonna be a roller coaster the next six months! As she starts eating more solids and less formula as she gets older. But 6 ounces every three hours is great. Throw in some food and she’ll be good!😊 also don’t worry if she spits up when she eats, that will stop as she gets used to it. It’s all new!
We started weaning at 5 months as LO showed all signs of readiness. I just made sure to offer milk first then solids and slowly increased the amount teaspoon by teaspoon every week or so. As long as milk comes first and doesn’t start to decrease then LO can sample the foods they are comfortable with
The recommendation to wait until 6 months is because they’re now seeing that at 4mo the gut microbiome isn’t as ready as they previously thought and so introducing all these new products and bacteria’s can lead to IBS and other GI issues later on. That said, I can’t imagine formula is much different in terms of exposure to new and different substances. I think a lot of the comments above are justified in that it’s about assessing baby’s overall cues (bringing food to mouth, sitting unassisted, proper head control etc…) and your specific baby’s development
@Alexa agreed. All babies are different!!
We started at 4 months but only gave my son solids about an hour after he finished a bottle since that had his main nutrients. He never skipped a bottle or had less formula or breastmilk.
We started our daughter on solids at four months old! We just fed her a tablespoon a day of purée up until she was about 5 months and then we went to a half a jar, then full jar by six months…now she’s 1 and eats everything! I would definitely recommend her eating a bit more at least a tablespoon of purée a day and then slowly increase it to a half a jar and then by the time she’s six months old, full jar to get her used to eating/different textures, etc.😊