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amother
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 Thu, Sep 02 2021, 7:54 am
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My baby is about 7 months old. I gave her solids for the first time a couple weeks ago. She really doesn't like it and barely swallows anything. I'm not in a rush to give her real food at all. Some of my kids ate food a lot later than this. The problem is I feel like my baby is hungry sometimes since she's going through a growth spurt and wants to nurse all day. She did have major surgery a couple months ago and it's now catching up on her weight. Any ideas to help her ease into eating real food a little bit. (I'm not interested in supplementing with formula so don't want suggestions for that)
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amother
Antiquewhite
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Thu, Sep 02 2021, 8:06 am
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Are you doing baby led weaning? If not look it up. Just keep offering different foods. It’s new and takes time for baby adjust.
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amother
Almond
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Thu, Sep 02 2021, 8:16 am
Just the standard suggestions, sorry if you're already doing it.... Try about fifteen minutes after a breast (or bottle) feed so she's happy. Let her play with the food (yes, it gets messy).
I started on purees but at 5 months, so I'm not sure if you always need to start with purees especially if older. By six months I needed to introduce finger food for my baby to be interested. Now at 9 months, I always give her food she can hold while I spoon feed the mushier stuff, otherwise she gets bored.
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amother
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Thu, Sep 02 2021, 8:24 am
| amother [ Antiquewhite ] wrote: | | Are you doing baby led weaning? If not look it up. Just keep offering different foods. It’s new and takes time for baby adjust. |
I'm not sure what baby led weaning is. By my other kids I was not so on top of introducing one thing at once. I just kind of give whatever we have that's soft. I am just careful that she basically has mostly organic food and whole grains. I usually nurse until at least 18 months so she gets that as well.
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amother
Bluebonnet
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Thu, Sep 02 2021, 9:53 am
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My last baby skipped the puree stage and went straight for real food. I gave her finger foods that she could do herself-pieces of soft foods like banana, avocado, cheese and I can't remember what else. But that's the idea behind baby led weaning that they want to be independent and to let them choose that they want to eat.
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miami85
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Thu, Sep 02 2021, 10:25 am
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Most of my kids hated the purees and I went straight to real foods--challah, cheerios, banana, applesauce (real kind, not baby). I took a lot of my baby foods and made muffins with them and my kids liked that.
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amother
NeonBlue
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Thu, Sep 02 2021, 10:51 am
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Check for tongue and lip tie
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