Baby food ???? Advice please...

Question

For the past week or so I have been feeding my 4 month old cereal. Right now she has been getting it once a day. She's up to eating approx 5-6 tablespoon fulls and will take a 6 oz bottle with that. She has gotten pretty good about being able to swallow it and doesn't spit much back out as much as she dislikes it. 
My question is: 
Should I feed her cereal more than once a day? 
Wait until she eats more before moving on to baby food? 
Or go ahead and start baby food now in place of the cereal? (Or may be in addition to the cereal???)
Dr just said to feed her the same thing 3-5 days in a row to make sure it doesn't upset her too much and to start with veggies before fruit. L
I'm not sure what to do and can't decide- FTM. What worked for you?

Answer

A lot of your questions can be answered by it's up to you. You are on the early end of feeding solids, you don't have to introduce them until 6 months but it's ok at 4 months if you want. The vast majority of calories your baby is getting should still be milk or formula, food is just to get them used to it. If you move to other things make sure then puréed fruits and vegetables are a decent place to start, and keep in mind too much may give your baby a tummy ache. Do not give your baby salt, sugar, honey or corn syrup, juice is not recommended as well. Up until 9 months I only fed my baby 1 meal of solids and he barely touched them. After 9 months the pediatrician said to start introducing more mealtimes but that he didn't care if "the food ends up in his hair, just that he gets used to it being offered." A common saying is food before 1 is just for fun, so don't stress about it, just do what's natural.

Answer

My midwife said to start with fruits first. My LO started baby food first at 3 months with pears since it's rare for people to be allergic to and she's now eating apples, we tryed bananas but she broke out in a rash every where so we are avoiding those till she's older but only do one food at a time just for that reason

Baby food ???? Advice please...

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