(BABY FOOD) What did you introduce first?

Question

About to start.
Are you making your own or buying pre made?
If buying pre made what brand do you like?
How many servings a day? 
How much did you give each serving?

Answer

I started straight off with puréed pumpkin at 4 months at first it was about 2 teaspoons once a day then in quickly went up to a bowl full ( about the same about in a pouch) once a day because she loves it so much but Her bottle comes first and I have not decreased the amount of milk intake. I got told by my daughters health nurse their is no need to start with rice cereals because there is no health benefits and they don’t taste that nice either. She said to start with vegetables before fruit because other wise she might only like sweet food. 
So far she has had ( all puréed, a bit thicker than the pouches which I find to runny which she spits out more)
Pumpkin
Green beans
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Carrots
Avocado
Sweet potato
Sweet corn
Potato 
Beetroot
Quinoa
Banana
Blueberries
Apple
Pear
Every now and then I’ll use a pouch normally a organic no added sugar one

Answer

I started with rice cereal but I quickly switched to oatmeal once I found out there is more benefits to oatmeal than rice cereal. the brand I use is just gerber. 
For veggies/fruit I buy stage 1 (supported sitter) puree by Gerber I try to get organic but honestly I am not too picky on it if it's not organic. I usually only give her 1 serving (little container) a day at dinner time when we eat because that's when she seems the most interested in food. 
Sometimes I make my own too. I'll mash bananas or use her little mesh feeder and put some kind of fruit in it. 
I have a baby bullet but I haven't had the chance to open it up and wash it and start using it yet. :)

Answer

Following

Answer

We haven’t started yet but plan to in about a month. We are doing BLW mostly so we will feed baby softened things we eat mostly without purées. 
But we do have some reusable pouches that I plan to make some purées with. My purées will be thinned with breastmilk. 
We will offer breast first and then follow up with solids. I plan to start with things we eat a lot like avocado, bell peppers, sweet potatoes etc. 
We are going to introduce peanut butter very early on too. Then we will move to fruits and legumes. 
We aren’t going to buy canned baby food because for our lifestyle, it’s just easier to have baby eat what we eat. We plan to offer food until her seems full or disinterested.

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We started with purees. We started 2 days ago and we started with sweet potatoes. We are making it ourselves. It's so easy. Cut up a sweet potatoes pressure cook it and puree. You can add a little water to get the consistency they way you want it. And then you just know exactly what is in it. My girl absolutely loves it. We give 2 TBS twice a day. Going to try peas on Tuesday hopefully she likes them as much as the sweet potatoes. Once we go through the veggies we will start fruits.

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we are skipping baby food completely and going straight to regular food once he turns 6 months :)

Answer

Organic oatmeal mixed with breast milk.

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Organic avocado smushed with breast milk 
Organic applesauce 
Organic oats with applesauce and breast milk 
Organic banana smushed with breast milk 
BLW with chicken 
BLW with pancakes (organic made from scratch)
BLW with waffles (organic made from scratch)
Organic boiled carrots smushed with breast  milk 
BLW with Apples, bananas, and strawberry.
I’ve been doing a mix of purées and BLW with my son. However the mood moves is from day to day. I follow his cues on what he is interested in each day. And some days he just wants a bottle. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I do about 2 tablespoons of oatmeal mixed with a bit of the fruit right now, and I’m slowly weaning our the oatmeal.

(BABY FOOD) What did you introduce first?

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