Comments on: Those First Six Months

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods: When, What and How?

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:59:14 +0000

[...] While occasionally a pediatrician may advise parents to start their baby on solid foods sooner, the current conventional recommendation is that solid foods should be introduced sometime around six months of age. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, and the World Health Organization agrees it’s best to delay solid foods for a full six months. One Breastfeeding 1-2-3 reader shared her story of six months of exclusive breastfeeding, and updated with a report on how her son’s first tasting of solid food went! [...]

By: angela

angela — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:30:40 +0000

Thanks for the update! Sounds like he’s thriving on your milk, and as long as that’s the case he doesn’t NEED solids until he’s 12 months. It’s all for fun and experimentation now.

I found both my girls liked food a lot better when they were 8 months or so and could start picking up bits of food by themselves – soft avocado, mashed sweet potato, banana, steamed broccoli etc.

By: kressara

kressara — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:09:32 +0000

As a followup to my story, since it’s been about a month since I wrote it:

Henry’s face when he tasted the rice cereal was indeed priceless. I have a great picture in fact – his face is all screwed up in a big frown. Unfortunately, after a month of trying rice cereal, he still doesn’t like it. I can get a couple of spoonfuls in and then he’s done. For all intents and purposes, I’m still exclusively breastfeeding! I imagine we’ll try either a different grain cereal or some veggies here soon…