What should baby’s first food be?

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I’m a first time mom. Daughter is almost 5 months. Pediatrician has encouraged us to begin solids and she is showing classic signs of being ready. She had a terrible reaction to rice cereal several weeks ago (seemed like it really upset her tummy) so now I feel worried about what to try next. What foods would be safe and gentle on tummy?

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We were told to skip rice cereal. Use oat or barley or I forget the other one. Any but rice. We never used cereal on it's own. We waited months and used it to cut fruits when we introduced those. Straight apple gave her diarrhea and straight banana constipated her. Using oat cereal to cut them kept her poo regular.
We started with veggies. As per pediatrician. If you start with fruits they get used to the sweeter flavors and don't want anything else. We started with green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, avocados. One at a time for 4 days to a week. Watch for immediate reactions (can even just be a simple rash around the mouth) and delayed reaction (diarrhea/constipation, tummy troubles period, rashes.) After 4 days to a week, you can add another new food. Repeat. Once you have a list of things you know they're okay with you can mix things. Like green beans/bananas/blueberries, carrots/apples/pears. Avocado/blueberries.

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Rice cereal is so awful, it has no nutritional value. We did oatmeal and mixed in fruit purée like blueberries. We also did puréed bananas and avocados. Around 7 months though we switched to BLW and it was the best thing ever. I was super scared of it but oh man it makes life a lot easier. Look up feeding littles on IG! Lots of great info!

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My kiddos first meal at almost 6 months was toast, avocado, scrambled eggs, and shredded cheese

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My daughter is a multi-allergic and we tried to choose the most gentle solid foods to begin with since her allergic symptoms were stomach ache, diarrhea, vomiting and reflux.
The most gentle things also suggested by our nutritionist were zucchini, quinoa, raspberry and banana (if baby is not constipated easily).
To my surprise the nutritionist told me that oat is actually not that great for many people's stomach eventho it's often considered gentle cause it's healthy in other ways.
Sone things you just need to try and see. Raspberry was supposed to be gentle and hardly causing allergies, but my daughter was really allergic to it. Avocado and other stone fruits (mango, plum, apricot) are usually not recommended for people with a sensitive gut, but for our surprise, our daughter tolerates all of them.
Cooking the food, putting the food in the oven with high temperatures (more than 200°C) and freezing the food can help with how easily baby tolerates the food. This is a common tip with allergies but can help with a sensitive stomach as well. 🤗

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Sweet potato should be pretty easy on the tummy

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We pushed a lot of vegetables and non sweet foods first so my daughter would not get a preference for sweet. Green beans, carrots,squash, peas were some of her first foods then we jumped into blw and she eats pretty much everything off our plates

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Fruit and veggie purées, oatmeal, and/or soft foods like scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes. Small pieces if you try finger foods.

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We did sweet potatoe puree and apple sauce

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My girl is 4.5 months and just the other night she tried a little bit of bananas and she seemed to like it. 
The next night we did a little baby oatmeal with breastmilk and she really liked it!

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My sons almost 6 months and he hasn’t had cereals and he won’t, we’re doing BLW we’ll probably start with some fruits

What should baby’s first food be?

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