tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post6107683915839309949..comments2024-02-27T09:33:20.185-08:00Comments on The Duchy of Burgundy Carrots: WWBCE?Queen of Carrotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-25806182590999394162009-06-07T20:15:21.809-07:002009-06-07T20:15:21.809-07:00Sounds similar to us! We do breast milk only for 1...Sounds similar to us! We do breast milk only for 12 months due to allergies, and recommended by the doctor. Then we wait for grains until 18 months to 24 months. The doctor said I could do meat before a year if I pre-chewed it... but I just go ahead and wait til 12 months. Starting at 12 months I just limit dairy but anything that's generally healthy and not a choking hazard is good to go. I watch when introducing dairy since we have allergies to that.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253120851598570692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-43752504107148697972009-06-06T13:18:34.112-07:002009-06-06T13:18:34.112-07:00I gave up baby cereal a long time ago.
And my fir...I gave up baby cereal a long time ago.<br /><br />And my first sons first solid food was spicy "dirty rice" and sausage. At 5 months. :O So, that's not the way we normally feed them, but he was literally begging.<br /><br />We just mash up what's on the plate and stick it in the baby's mouth. I buy jarred food if it's deeply discounted and it's like dessert for them, but not a regular part of the diet. We just avoid giving them foods that are common allergens.CappuccinosMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707709617552413520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-27539780103603278722009-06-04T00:10:48.042-07:002009-06-04T00:10:48.042-07:00With number one, I was very particular. Vegetables...With number one, I was very particular. Vegetables and fruits in careful order, spaced properly. Mooshed well (with some breastmilk if needed for consistency). Then mashed a bit but still lumpy, then cut into small bits. I gradually added in meats (never puréed, always as a strip about as big as my little finger—a meatsicle... a real favourite) and then after 12 months the highly allergenic stuff. We started introducing him to solids at 6 months, but although he was interested in the concept, he didn't really take to them for a couple of months. Within a month of that though, he was having table food consistency.<br /><br />With number two, I still introduced the foods gradually, but was far less fussy about the consistency. She didn't ever get rice cereal, and nothing was really puréed. She had a similar reaction to Puggle, so by nine months was on table foods.<br /><br />Cygnet (number 3) is 9 months old. At about 7 months I realised I'd been very slack about introducing food. So we started giving him whatever seemed most appropriate of the foods we were eating. That was very hit and miss though, only when he was awake for a meal. After about a month I gave up. I've just given him whatever we're having (we don't usually have honey as part of a main, I'm not expecting an egg allergy, so I'm not avoiding it as an ingredient, and I'm still avoiding nuts). Sometimes he'll have a bowl of it, but mostly we'll just pick bits off our plates to hand to him. He is still breast fed and will be for some time to come.<br /><br />They have such a well developed gag reflex that I haven't found a need to mush or pre-chew. I do check for stones/pits if need be, and don't give round things without halving them. He has crunchy fruits and vegies as long as it's at the table and an adult is around. Temperature is probably the only thing I'm still fussy about (I guess, chilli as well... but that's less of an issue because _I'm_ such a wimp with spicy:-) ) He's eating enough solids that I'm dumping the contents of his nappies in the toilet now, rather than them being able to just be washed off.Fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753508316852358037noreply@blogger.com