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JoyfulLady -> Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:22:40 PM)

My son will be 7 months next week....He's formula fed.
At about 4 1/2 months we started him on rice cereal, he did fine and loved it.
Since that time, he's had sweet potatoes, bananas, carrots, peaches and applesauce. Everything was just great.
Recently, I started making my own baby food, and here's the problem: First I tried avacodo, twice. Both times he promptly puked it all, (along with his previous meal of formula [:'(]).
I waited a month, and yesterday I made: Homemade baby cereal, a pea/carrot blend, and green beans. All pureed of course. For each meal, I've tried one of these things, just gaging his response to know if he'd like it. With EVERY one, the very first bite makes him gag. The second bite triggers an enormous puke. [:'(]
I'm at a loss!! Does this mean he doesn't like the food? Or that he's not ready for that particular thing? Or what???



Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:26:03 PM)

Does he do it just for homemade food, or also for store bought jarred stuff? The texture of the two is quite different and it could just be triggering his gag reflex. Or he could just not like it... What happens if you give him those foods whole? Or in one of those mesh baby "feeders"?



3cappuccinosmom -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:29:26 PM)

Maybe you just hit on a bunch of foods with tastes/textures that he's not ready for? The first list, which he did well with are all "sweeter" foods. He might need more time to get used to the green foods.

Go back to the basics for a while, and see what happens. [:)]



manda59 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:32:15 PM)

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ORIGINAL: JoyfulLady
First I tried avacodo, twice. Both times he promptly puked it all, (along with his previous meal of formula [:'(]).




How long before his "meal" did he have the last bottle/cup of formula?



PrincessDonna -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:33:22 PM)

I'd stick with what you know works for a while and then try other stuff again, maybe in a month or two.

Food at this age is about experimenting and discovering new textures, not so much about nutrition. He should still be getting most of that from his formula. I'm sure you know that, but thought I'd mention it.[:D]



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:44:03 PM)

our first two kids we did the whole baby food thing.....then with #3 and 4 we did more child led solids....it was so much easier!!! I would just stick to what you know until he reaches out for or shows interest in other things.



JoyfulLady -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 1:56:49 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mrs.Wifey

Does he do it just for homemade food, or also for store bought jarred stuff? The texture of the two is quite different and it could just be triggering his gag reflex. Or he could just not like it... What happens if you give him those foods whole? Or in one of those mesh baby "feeders"?


So far he's only done it for my homemade stuff. I've tried to get it as close as possible to same texture, but I'm sure it is different. The only thing I've tried giving him "whole" is green beans cooked soft....he promptly throws them on the floor every time. [:D]
ETA: He also gets whole "baby mum-mum" crackers and he loves those.

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How long before his "meal" did he have the last bottle/cup of formula?


About an hour.

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I would just stick to what you know until he reaches out for or shows interest in other things.


The thing is, he wants/shows interest in *everything* my husband and I eat! lol

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Food at this age is about experimenting and discovering new textures, not so much about nutrition. He should still be getting most of that from his formula. I'm sure you know that, but thought I'd mention it.


Yep, I do know that. [:)]

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I'd stick with what you know works for a while and then try other stuff again, maybe in a month or two.


Ok....I'll do that for a while. I was just worried if he didn't get more [green] veggies, he wouldn't ever get a taste for them and would always hate them. Maybe that's silly reasoning though.



Sideways -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:02:51 PM)

Don't worry to much about him never liking greens, just try to introduce them at regular intervals and don't make a big deal about it at this stage. If he's a picky eater when he's a big boy, then it'll be a different can of worms.

My son is funny; he had pureed vegetables and fruit as a baby, but promptly rejected anything pureed right at the week he turned one year. Now as a toddler he loves vegetables, but has shown limited interest in fruit. My doc said not to freak out about it, and just continue to put different fruits in front of him every so often. Now, when Nathan sees his big cousin eating blueberries and grapes, then he suddenly wants some. [:)]

Seriously though, I did an experiment once and put two bowls in front of Nathan (15 months), one had snack (junk) food cheese crackers, the other had broccoli. He completely finished the broccoli before even picking at the cheese crackers. [:D]



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:05:37 PM)

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Ok....I'll do that for a while. I was just worried if he didn't get more [green] veggies, he wouldn't ever get a taste for them and would always hate them. Maybe that's silly reasoning though.

like i said, my third and fourth were more "child led"....#3's first food was a grilled cheese sandwich that someone at church gave her and she gobbled up before I got back into the room. Before that she showed no interest in foods at all!!! (she was about 8.5 mo). #4 showed no interest til about 13-14mo. His first food was his birthday cake.....lol. Neither one of them are "traumatized" or "hate veggies" because they weren't first. In fact they both love veggies!!!



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:16:04 PM)

oh btw...the other day I heard a news story about something...haven't had a chance to really look it up online though and find anything to back it up. Basically though they were saying that research has found that if the mom eats veggies when pregnant (or when nursing) then the kids/babies will have a taste for eating veggies...because they get it in utero and in the milk and are familiar with the taste of them.

It was actually a really cool story....it was on discovery channel I think...they were talking about how certain strong smells are familiar to the baby as soon as they are born, like that of the mom and the dad, etc. Pretty cool!!!



Sideways -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:23:35 PM)

Oh, certainly. My husband is friends with a lady at work with two kids. She normally likes spicy foods, but thought she was supposed to avoid them during pregnancy. She did avoid them the first pregnancy but decided to scrap that idea for the second.

The first child is highly sensitive to spicy foods and doesn't like them. The second child can have tears streaming down his face from the heat of the food, but still be asking for more. (Now, it might be wise to avoid spicy stuff during nursing, but I suppose it depends how on the baby reacts.)



3cappuccinosmom -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:24:41 PM)

My kids we also did "child led" solids, and they are just fine with veggies. Some they like more than others, and it totally depends on the day whether they really want them or not (which applies to pretty much any food for them).
But they all *love* frozen peas. "Green ice". [8D]

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The thing is, he wants/shows interest in *everything* my husband and I eat! lol


Maybe you could separate a little of your food out before you salt it, and if he does show interest, give him a bite or two? He should be able to manage small bites of food mashed with a fork.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:36:04 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Sideways

Oh, certainly. My husband is friends with a lady at work with two kids. She normally likes spicy foods, but thought she was supposed to avoid them during pregnancy. She did avoid them the first pregnancy but decided to scrap that idea for the second.

The first child is highly sensitive to spicy foods and doesn't like them. The second child can have tears streaming down his face from the heat of the food, but still be asking for more. (Now, it might be wise to avoid spicy stuff during nursing, but I suppose it depends how on the baby reacts.)

lol...funny how that worked out huh!!!!



Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 2:46:36 PM)

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Maybe you could separate a little of your food out before you salt it, and if he does show interest, give him a bite or two? He should be able to manage small bites of food mashed with a fork.


That's basically what we did at that age. Gabby did get some jars of stage 2/3 food but for the most part we did child led solids. Now she eats ALL "table" food, although not always what we are eating. She loves curry and lentils, lol.



manda59 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 3:14:03 PM)

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ORIGINAL: JoyfulLady
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How long before his "meal" did he have the last bottle/cup of formula?

About an hour.


How many fluid ounces?

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The thing is, he wants/shows interest in *everything* my husband and I eat! lol


Then how about letting him have little bits of that, rather than pureeing it? Neither of mine ever had pureed food, only mashed, and/or bits.

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Ok....I'll do that for a while. I was just worried if he didn't get more [green] veggies, he wouldn't ever get a taste for them and would always hate them. Maybe that's silly reasoning though.


My ds didn't like veg at all when he was a baby, but loved salad as a toddler, and as an older child ate all sorts of veg.

My dd on the other hands loved veg as a baby and toddler, but then as an older child decided that she didn't like many veg at all.



JoyfulLady -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 3:25:39 PM)

Thank you for all the responses!! [:)]

As far as him getting what we eat....we have mostly meat dishes. I didn't think he was old enough to have meat yet?

Oh, and to answer Manda's question, he drinks 6-8 oz at a time. I don't remember what that specific meal was in ounces, but it would have been 6-8.



manda59 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 3:45:35 PM)

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ORIGINAL: JoyfulLady
Thank you for all the responses!! [:)]

As far as him getting what we eat....we have mostly meat dishes. I didn't think he was old enough to have meat yet?


Mine had chicken at 6 months. Very finely chopped.

What do you have with your meat dishes?

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Oh, and to answer Manda's question, he drinks 6-8 oz at a time. I don't remember what that specific meal was in ounces, but it would have been 6-8.


Others may disagree, but it might be that that is a little too much for him only an hour before solids.



Yetto1997 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 4:18:46 PM)

I fed my son jarred baby foods until about one year, then gave him bits of whatever my husband and I were having. He took to it with no problems.

Although I'm not sure what exactly "child-led" foods are. I've never heard of that before.

"I have nothing else to add except that I agree with Manda" [:D] about maybe too many ounces of formula before his meal?



JoyfulLady -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 4:20:52 PM)

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Others may disagree, but it might be that that is a little too much for him only an hour before solids


You may be right. This isn't the case every time either. Usually his bottle feeding is 2 or more hours before the solid feeding.

The main meat we eat is chicken and beef (ground beef and steak). We'll eat roast chicken, grilled steak, and lots of casserole type dishes made with ground meat or shredded chicken.
OH, I think you may be asking what we eat as sides.....well, veggies, rice, biscuits, or potatoes would be the most common.



MamaMilty -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 6:09:11 PM)

Yep, count us with the child-led solids. We would sit our babies in their highchair at dinner with a sippy of water and let them "ask" for whatever looked good from our plates. I offered bites and put bits on the tray. Like others mentioned, it's not so much about nutrition at this stage.

Can he hold his own bottle or have you given a cup yet? Maybe you could try to let him eat solids 1st and then finish up with a bottle after?

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"....#3's first food was a grilled cheese sandwich that someone at church gave her and she gobbled up before I got back into the room. Before that she showed no interest in foods at all!!!


LOL, Tanner ate my whole grilled cheese when I went to the ladies room at a restaurant when he was that age.

Oh! and another thought, mine liked peas first 'cuz they are sweet. And no matter what you feed them, they will decide what they eat and don't eat as toddlers...you really can't control that. One of mine went from an adventurous eater to extremely suspicious of all food overnight!



manda59 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 6:34:59 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MamaMilty
Can he hold his own bottle or have you given a cup yet? Maybe you could try to let him eat solids 1st and then finish up with a bottle after?


That's sort of what I was thinking too.

How many bottles is he having per day?



JoyfulLady -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 7:02:04 PM)

He doesn't hold his own bottle yet, and I've just started recently teaching him to drink water from a regular cup or sippy cup.
The way supper usually times out, he has solids then finishes up with a bottle...the other meals end up being between bottles.


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How many bottles is he having per day?


4-6, eating somewhere between 30-36 ounces each day.



Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/12/2008 11:31:35 PM)

When you brown your ground beef just set some aside for him. His pincher grasp may not be real good yet, but it will give him a chance to practice. I would just put it on his tray and let him have at it. We used to give Gabby strips of our steak to gnaw on while we ate, or finely chopped chicken. The list I had from WIC had meats and tofu starting in the 7-9 month range, so he should be fine.



3cappuccinosmom -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 7:34:24 AM)

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She loves curry and lentils, lol.


Mine too. They're the first babies I've ever met who do.
[:D]



manda59 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 10:24:05 AM)

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ORIGINAL: JoyfulLady
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How many bottles is he having per day?

4-6, eating somewhere between 30-36 ounces each day.



You may find that it may help to juggle the times of the bottles, and maybe offer slightly less formula, or offer it after the solids.

If it will help to have somethng to compare, round about that age, my dd had a bottle at around 7.15am, another at midday, a third at around 3.30pm and a fourth at 6.30pm, with her solids about 2 hours after the first 3 feeds, with a cup of very diluted juice or water. She was having 5-6 US Fl oz of formula at each feed.



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