How old was your baby when you started them on solids?

Catherine - posted on 11/12/2010

I started at 2mos with all three of my children they are just fine the doctor told me to give it to them because they would drink to much formula in a day. It helped alot with the constant need for food. I did however only give them one jar a day usually the veggies.

CaraAnne - posted on 11/08/2010

We started our son on cereal in his bottle at 2 months, we talked to our doctor and he said we could, then at 4 months he got solids... and hes thriving on them... hes now almost 5 months... and hes started on 2nd foods... because hes just so hungry all the time... i would start your son on cereal in his bottle, just make it a little thick, you will have to cut the hole bigger in the nipple... and the earliest i would start him on solids is 4 months.... Hope this helps...

XOXO

Maryanne - posted on 11/07/2010

My youngest daughter is now 18 yrs old, she was my last baby! I was breastfeeding her when she was a newborn till 18 mths old but when she was 3 months old she was ready for solids, my other two children l have were 4 months old, which is the normal age to give then solids, my two older boys are now in their twenties, but l still remember it as it was yesterday but it is always good to check with your doctor, and not to start them with too solid, try egg custard or apple puree, no chocolate till later, don't get your baby get used to sweets at a young tender age, aslong they have natural food in their early lives which is the best!

Alisha - posted on 11/06/2010

Baby cereal 4-5 months, baby food (fruits) 6 months, veggies and fruits can be added one per week to make sure your baby is not allergic to them but that's pretty much what doctors recommend. Also, you can start feeding your child versions of what you're eating for dinner when they are 9 or 10 months old depending on interest level and if they can chew and not choke, if they choke, just puree what you're eating like mash up noodles or give them mashed potatoes and experiment. My daughter loved sweet potatoes mixed with organic yogurt! Whatever works!

Nikkole - posted on 11/05/2010

My daughter had reflux so i had to start her on rice cereal at 4weeks and she is healthy NO tummy problems nothing just dont make it really thick put mostly formula or breast milk! My little one is 4months now and we have started fruits and veggies and she LOVES them and does great with a spoon! DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR YOUR CHILD!

Michelle - posted on 11/05/2010

3 and a half months on rice cereal shes now 6mths and she loves pumpkin her fruit and potato bout to try zucchini

Imy - posted on 11/03/2010

i started my bubs on solids just before 5months old. was a bit hesitant at first but fine with it now, he loves variety. my lil porker boy! :D

Stifler's - posted on 11/02/2010

maybe your kid has reflux.

Amanda - posted on 11/02/2010

What I have read and what my doc has told me is, don't put anything solid in their bottles. it can lead to weight problems. and if you start them before they can hold their own head up it can make their digestion bad. idk my opinion is it's kinda crazy to start a newborn on anything besides milk. 3 weeks? no offense to the people who have done that it's just too soon for me.

Natalie - posted on 11/02/2010

i started my daughter on solids at 3months old. just once a day i was giving her baby rice or rusk with milk out of her bottle. she was a very hungry baby, i put her on hungry baby milk when she was 5weeks old, the health advisor was not happy with my desicion, but i felt that it was right for my child, and it satisfied her, just do what you think is right, mothers insticts as they say, dont stick to the books :)) x

Sarah - posted on 11/02/2010

he was about 3.5months.

Lindsey - posted on 11/02/2010

@ROBERTA....I think when people refer to "giving their babies solids", they're referring to putting it in their bottles...Like rice cereal in their bottles. It's a mother's choice. If you wouldn't give your child "solids" at that age, then that's your decision.

Lindsey - posted on 11/02/2010

My son was SOOOOO hungry even after being fed plenty of formula....So, I started putting RICE CEREAL in his bottle with his formula. It works like a charm. He sleeps through the night. I had him on it when he was a few days shy of being a month old.

Sharlain - posted on 11/02/2010

My baby is now 5 months old. I only give him breakfast and the rest of the day he has milk apart from bed time when i give him a bottle with a rusk in. Everyone has there own ways with there baby. I was told by health visitors not to start him on them till he was 6 months, but it never hurt my daugther who was 3 months when she started them and she is now 17 years old. Go by what you think.

Krystal - posted on 11/01/2010

My son was 5 weeks and daughter 3 weeks. My doctor recommended it =) They both have slept through the night since starting solids.

Stephanie - posted on 11/01/2010

My daughter was 3months old when we started solids - she was diagnosed as failure to thrive and i was going to do anything to get some weight on her, and it worked :)

Roberta - posted on 11/01/2010

I'm really really shocked by the number of people who have started their babies on solids so early.. some as early as THREE WEEKS?! How do you even get a three week old baby to take solids - they can't even support their own heads at that age!



The WHO guidelines regarding weaning onto solids are there for a reason - there are all sorts of health problems that become apparent in later life which can be linked to early weaning. Why would you want to risk your child's health like that?



We started Baby Led Weaning with our son exactly one week before he turned six months (Christmas Day 2009). He was able to sit up unaided and pick up his own food, get it to his own mouth. He ate a full Christmas dinner for his first meal, and none of it was pureed or forced into him. It was fantastic, and I'm so glad we did it that way.

Christa - posted on 10/31/2010

We started rice cereal with our daughter at 2 1/2 months..we "watered" it way down (with her formula) and she started being hungry less often and even sleeping through the night :) at 4 months we started giving her baby food mixed with her cereal.

Michelle - posted on 10/31/2010

I started my daughter on rice cereal at 3 months she in now six and she has a wide range of pureed fruit and vegetables.

Misti - posted on 10/30/2010

i startd solid foods with my daughter at the end of 3months. she could sit up if she was supported and i thought she was ready. 2weeks after that we had her normal doctors apt. and my doctor said it was fine to start stage one soliid foods

Keera - posted on 10/30/2010

when my son was about 6-7weeks we started feeding him cereal w/ a spoon. about 10 weeks we started giving him fruit. & about 14 weeks we started giving him veg.

Noreen - posted on 10/29/2010

It is best to atleast follow the AAP guidlines and wait until atleast 6months of age. Babies stomach's are small and it doesn't take much to fill them up. It is a myth that babies will sleep through the night when given solids, as my younger 2 didn't have solids until they were 9months and did fine, grew, and thrived. They were exclusivly breastfed until 9 months. Noah, had breastmilk and solids until a year, Abby is 13.5months and still nurses.

My 13.5month old eats 4oz of fruit for breakfast, 4oz of fruit/veggie (like squash or avacodo which is a fruit/veggie) for lunch and then has 6oz of veggies for dinner. I make her baby food. I plan on breastfeeding her until she is atleast 2.5, or if she weans herself. :)

Sarah - posted on 10/28/2010

I started giving my son cereal in his bottle at 2 1/2 months. The doctor told me I can start giving him baby food at 4 months.

Amanda - posted on 10/27/2010

do you breast feed? I started when he was 4months old.. because he started getting teeth. he is a year old now and he eats 3 meals a day. no formula. milk every now and then. I am going to wait with my daughter because it gets overwhelming to take the time and feed him a meal. in the morning.. all the time lol. but if he's ready then he's ready. wic doesn't like it but o well. ask your doc too

India - posted on 10/27/2010

my daughter started eating solids when she was about 4 months old.

Sarh - posted on 10/27/2010

I started my daughter on solids at 3 weeks old... she was a big baby from birth and breast milk alone was not doing it.
I started my son on solids at about a month old because he has reflux and the pediatrician continued to dismiss it.
Give just a little bit of rice cereal real soupy and see how he does w/it.

Kara - posted on 10/26/2010

my son was 9months old. but still to this day, hes a fussy eater. mostly just eats fruits, lol.

Kayleigh - posted on 10/26/2010

i started my lo on solids just before he turned 6 months old

Candyce - posted on 10/26/2010

He did rice at three months, then simple baby food and prechewed veggies at about four months, once he could sit up properly. But he's always been a hungry bugger. The kid's going to need to get a job soon to help pay for his food!

Krystal - posted on 10/26/2010

just over a month old =) he started out with a few spoonfuls and after a couple weeks he was eating a full jar

Lilli - posted on 10/25/2010

the time to start your baby on simple solids is around the time they can sit up on their own,, its a natural way to gauge their ability to digest food. usually between 5-7 months..

Ambyr - posted on 10/25/2010

I started both of my kids at 4 months because they were always hungry...they say six months is when you should start but I think its fine to start early.

Melanie - posted on 10/25/2010

I start noah at 4 months because he was still hungry after a bottle. And Hannah was 4 and a half months. With the twin i am going to wait until they are about 5 months as well. I wouldn't start him on solids just yet wait until he is at least 4 monhs.

Amber - posted on 10/25/2010

My friend started her baby at 2 months..He is 11 months now and has an eating disorder..His stomach is expanded to the size of a 2 yr olds and he weighs 35 lbs.Now that obviously doesnt happen with every baby but it still happens..The doctors say to wait until they are 5 months for a reason..Be careful

Kelina - posted on 10/24/2010

You're really not supposed to start solids until baby is 6 months, however I started my son at 5 months cause i was desperate for a little more sleep. Is he breastfed? Because if he is he's probably cluster feeding, trying to increase milk production so that he can grow. If he's bottlefed, try increasing how much formula you're giving him. Good luck!

Stephanie - posted on 10/24/2010

my son started solids at 3 months bc he has always had a very healthy appitite. now that he is 12 months old he doesn't want baby food, he wants regular food all the time so i personally feel that i did an ok job with him =) he eats anything i give him and isn't picky one bit!

Chrissy - posted on 10/23/2010

my first was 3 months and will eat anything and everything she is now 6 and asks for a carrot over choc my second was 6 months as i was told not to do her untill she was 6months she is now 28 months and lives on toast and jjunck food my baby is 5 weeks and she will be done at 3 months

Stephanie - posted on 10/23/2010

I was also told no solids before 4 months my boy jsut used to eat and eat and eat but i held him off till 4 months my boy hated farex but loved banana and a baby cereal from the baby food refertes (not sure hwo to spell it) but if i ever buy him food (only for when we go to peoples houses or he wont eat the food i make him) i buy that brand it has no added stuff to it and lists all the ingredients and what percent of them on the back i found that heinz in the from 4 months range had full cream cows milk in it and weat so i dont buy heinz at all

Kym - posted on 10/23/2010

Try putting farex in her bottle if yuu feed her formula as it will thickin it & fill her up more

Heidi - posted on 10/23/2010

i started my daughter on solids at about 4 n a half mths... i dont know what ur doc is on bout u cant give a baby custard as their first food the best is to start them on baby cereal (farax) once a day, u arent suppose to feed them b4 4 mths, i was told to just give my daughter extra bottles to cover until she was 4 mths

Stephanie - posted on 10/22/2010

I started my son at 4 months with just breakfast of baby cereal then at 5 months breakfast and dinner of veggies then at 6 months breakfast dinner & lunch of fruit all with 3x200ml bottles and 1x250 ml bottle when my son gets more teeth i plan on giving him some baby rice crackers for afternoon tea

Noreen - posted on 10/22/2010

Kaleb 6 months, Noah 9 months, Abby 9months

Kristy - posted on 10/22/2010

6 months. I was tempted to start at 4 months, but I decided to give her more formula and that seemed to help. Don't think that started your baby on solids will make them sleep better - it doesn't!

September - posted on 10/22/2010

Our son was 6 months when we started with rice cereal. 7 weeks is far too young to start solids! Here is a helpful link with more information...http://www.babycenter.com/0_introducing-...
If I were you I would just offer more breast milk or formula at this point. The most important thing is your child’s health.

Brittney - posted on 10/22/2010

my son was almost 4 months i started him because he was always hungry and couldn keep the formula down a few days after i had started hin on solids he started sleeping through the night and was so much happier

Dyiesha - posted on 10/22/2010

i started my baby on solids wen he was at the end of 5 months!

Claire - posted on 10/22/2010

My daughter is 8 months and we only give her something to taste occasionally (like once a week.) Her main source of nutrition is still breastfeeding.. and I love that.

Annabeth - posted on 10/22/2010

Okay my son is 7 weeks old tomorrow and after i feed him he still seem hungry. The doctor suggeted starting him on custard once a day just to see if he is still hungry after being fed.

Chloe-Louise - posted on 10/22/2010

I started my son on solids when he was 3 months old because even after 7oz of hungry baby milk he was still hungry

Maureen - posted on 10/22/2010

i started my baby when he was 3 months old because he was a hungry baby