No grains for baby?

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Anyone else not doing grains? Exclusively breast feeding and introducing purées. I’ve read that grains require a specific enzyme in order to be able to digest which most babies do not have until 1-2 years of age. I’d rather his primary source be breast milk through 12 months as recommended with fruits veggies and proteins ...

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They actually have the enzyme starting around 6 months but not much of it.  I introduced wheat, corn, and oats because waiting until after 8 months to introduce it raises their risk of allergies and celiac disease.  I have one child that’s allergic to wheat and oats AND had celiac disease so it was important to me to reduce this risk.  
I don’t feed any of it often and stopped wheat because he developed eczema from it.  We are a grain free household though and I still felt it necessary to introduce on this timetable because it’s been very difficult for my daughter and I because we can’t have wheat.  I was doing anything possible to avoid that for him 😫

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My little ones first meal at 6 months was toast, grains are absolutely fine from 6 months

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I’ve started introducing everything, from my research and Peds recommendation to reduce risk of allergies. Her primary nutrition is still from breast milk though.

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My little one is breastfed but we do oatmeal and I make her pureed fruits and veggies. She just turned 9 months so after talking to her pediatrician I'm going to see what other foods we can introduce now

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🙋🏼‍♀️we aren’t and won’t do grains until at least 1year old. She’s exclusively breastfed and we do a fruit or veggie purée once a day if she wants it.

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We stopped. We tried oatmeal a handful of times and she projectile vomited every time. We'll try again closer to a year.

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