What can you feed a baby

Question

I'm still currently breastfeeding my 4 month and 7 day year old, but I want to set up the game and start rice cereal or baby food what do you mommies suggest?

Answer

Can only feed breastmilk and/or formula until 6 months

Answer

Six months. From for Dr Sears:
The intestines are the body’s filtering system, screening out potentially harmful substances and letting in healthy nutrients. In the early months, this filtering system is immature. Between four and seven months a baby’s intestinal lining goes through a developmental growth spurt called closure, meaning the intestinal lining becomes more selective about what to let through. To prevent potentially-allergenic foods from entering the bloodstream, the maturing intestines secrete IgA , a protein immunoglobulin that acts like a protective paint, coating the intestines and preventing the passage of harmful allergens. In the early months, infant IgA production is low (although there is lots of IgA in human milk), and it is easier for potentially-allergenic food molecules to enter the baby’s system. Once food molecules are in the blood, the immune system may produce antibodies to that food, creating a food allergy. By six to seven months of age the intestines are more mature and able to filter out more of the offending allergens. This is why it’s particularly important to delay introducing solid foods if there is a family history of food allergy, and especially to delay the introduction of foods to which other family members are allergic.

Answer

It is best to wait until 6 months. Talk with baby's doctor and maybe you can start with cereal now but I wouldn't start anything until talking with the dr.

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