When to introduce baby food?

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My son is 3 months old and I was wondering when everyone else introduced pureed fruits and veggies? I know he's not ready yet, but has great head control and I'm hoping within the next month or two he'll be sitting up on his own and ready to start with baby food/infant cereal. Ive seen some women say as early as 3 months and some not until 6 months. What does everyone recommend?

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6 months is what’s recommended.

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6 months. There’s no benefits, only risks when you start earlier than that. 
Look up “open gut/virgin gut” and other reasons why you shouldn’t start before 6 months

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Drs usually recommend waiting until 6mo. my daughter is almost 3mo now and we're not planning on starting until she's 6months.

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The best thing to do is talk to your ped. 6 months is the AAP recommendation. Before 1 is just for fun anyway.

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I waited until close to 6 months with all 3 of my kids

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talk to your pediatrician. They'll be able to tell you if your baby is ready or not.

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My daughter was 5 and a half months and I introduced baby porridge and purees.

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I believe if its just rice cereal its okay to give starting after 4 months but any other food needs to be around 6 months. also, the rice cereal is usually given to extremely hungry babies who aren't satisfied. my family has always done rice cereal around 4 months, but that doesn't mean I will. I'll be speaking to my Dr about it. so just sit down and formulate a plan with babies Dr.

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We started rice cereal at 3 months. We don't do it every day but it's just to get baby used to eating from a spoon. She's very interested in what we are eating already and grabs at plates. She's 4 months now and sits up. I plan to start other baby foods around 5 months.

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I dont know where you're seeing the you can give babies foods at 3 months, but that's highly inaccurate.  Always consult your pediatrician first and foremost. We got the okay at 4 months due to our daughter meeting all the necessary developmental milestones. But the AAP suggests waiting until 6 months so I absolutely waited. There's no need to rush into it. We did baby led weaning at 6 months but didn't start fully implementing it into our everyday life/routine until our daughter was 8/8.5 months or so.

When to introduce baby food?

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