Is it weird Baby hasn’t had a lot of food yet?

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My Pediatrician said to do one food every 3-5 days. This is supposed to be experimental and introducing phase, right? We started at 6m and she just turned 7m so it’s only been a few weeks. I see everyone else posting about SOOO much food. I don’t get it, am I going too slow? FTM, I hope I’m not doing my LO a disservice but at the same time want to follow doctor.

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Food before 1 is just for fun. My first didn’t want anything to do with food until 10 months and now he’s 23 months and eats like champ. My 7 month old wants to eat, but still pushes food out. Both off the charts in height and weight without any “food.” Follow their lead, mama. Kids are not one size fits all unlike what most doctors lead you to believe.

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I'm with you! Some people list out a toooon of things. But my daughter has mspi so I've been careful with introduction. I usually do 2-3 days though, unless you have history of allergies to be careful of.

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I mean we started at four months so we have had a lot of time to do introductions. Some same to introduce eggs and peanuts early now but we just did eggs for the first time yesterday at 7 months. I’m still mentally adjusting so like 6 months in my mind. Which I think is early enough. But we have a pretty big list even with us really sticking to just a few foods in the beginning. Oatmeal, peas, green beans, carrots, squash, beets, apples, bananas, pears, mangos, avocado, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, prunes, plums (not sure if they would of caused anything bc they are essentially prunes) quinoa, millet, zucchini, cinnamon, eggs. Thinking of doing red beans next or chickpeas, then start with small tastes of peanut butter. My mother thinks it’s strange that I’m doing mixes this early with things other than oatmeal but idk if she just doesn’t remember it if things have changed since starting solids with her kids. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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We started at 5 months with baby oatmeal. Did that once a day for two weeks then started a second feeding of veggies. He’s almost 7 months and has had carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash and peas( hates peas made him very gassy and constipated so none of that for a while). Just started adding fruit to morning oatmeal. So far applesauce is a hit going to start banana tomorrow.
Going slow and not rushing it. Don’t see a point. I make all his food so I have broccoli and zucchini waiting for him to try once we get through the initial 5 days of bananas. 
Side note: I do one new food every 5 days unless, like the peas, I notice an adverse reaction sooner. 
I don’t see a point in rushing it. He’s doing great with two servings a day and it’s really helping him put on the weight which is comforting since he’s always been on the low percentile.

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My little guys takes it sometimes and doesn’t others. I’m not concerned at all. This is my 4th and he will eat when he wants to. No big deal, they’re all different.

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We started at 4.5 months so we already introduced a bunch of things. Now she is 7 months and pretty much eats anything that’s soft enough for her to chew with her gums. She developed the pincer grasp and was able to “chew” and swallow pretty quickly. She screams if she sees us eating because she wants some lol 
But the other little girl I nanny since she was born did not pick up on it quickly and was on purées until she was 8-9 months old which is completely okay. Every baby is different! So don’t stress and just keep doing what you think your baby can handle ☺️

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My daughter’s tongue thrust reflex is still pretty prominent, so she hasn’t tried much🤷🏻‍♀️ food before one is just for fun, so I wouldn’t worry too much!

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Everyone is different and some people started their babies on food earlier, my little guy has been eating a new food every 3-5 days since month 4. So that’s probably why you’re seeing other people and how many foods they’ve tried. All in good time.

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Honestly I would just follow your doctors advice unless you’re comfortable with giving her more. The 3-5 day rule is smart as it allows you to see if she has any sort of adverse reactions to anything. And since you started at 6 months it makes sense you’ve only done a few. Even if you were to give her more you would still want to wait at least three days to see for any reactions (at least in my opinion) 
If it makes you feel better I feel bad as well as I am just not comfortable with ideas like baby led weaning (fear of choking) so I constantly have a guilty feeling that my boy is missing out on something but I know we’ll get there in our own time.

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Yeah we started later (she wasn’t fully sitting up until 6 months) and have started on a couple foods but she doesn’t really eat that much. Maybe 1 1/2 oz of food max then she gets bored lol

Is it weird Baby hasn’t had a lot of food yet?

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