When will you be starting solids?

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Will be having 4 month appointment later this month and I think we will get the go ahead to start purees/solids. I can't help but feel nervous or that baby won't want to nurse anymore. Or how to still successfully keep breastfeeding going and introducing foods 🤷‍♀️

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Pediatrician told me to try oatmeal or rice cereal at 4 months. Said iron is deprecated in breast milk at the 4 month mark. She rarely gets formula.

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Best to go off babies cues. Our little one has starting watching our mouths a lot more during our meals so we’ve just started rice cereal.
We only prepare a tiny amount and have it very watered down, other commenters are right in that they won’t eat much of it initially but it’s less about them actually eating the food and more about them experiencing different textures and tastes in the lead up to when they turn 6 months.
Never try and force the spoon, just offer. If they are turning their head away from you and keeping their mouth closed then they aren’t ready yet. Wait a few days or a week and offer again. Has worked for us so far and my first son who is 2 years old has a great relationship with food.

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My son turned 4 months on the 1st of December and so far he hasn’t really shown interest in eating and we’ve given him a few tastes of rice cereal and then apple purée but he didn’t really understand it lol. So probably closer to 5-6 months. My daughter I think we started at about 4-5 months.

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We started last week.  I make my own baby food so we started with avocado and have since added apples and bananas.  No issues with her not wanting to nurse.  We dropped down from 5 to 4 feedings a day and do solids about an hour after breast/bottle.  She drinks more since dropping a feeding so no real change in how much she’s consuming.  Right now I give her about a tablespoon of food at a time.  Sometimes she eats it all and sometimes only half and always ends up wearing half of it but at this point it’s all for fun and just to get her used to different flavors and textures

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It’s recommended by health organizations to wait until 6+ months when all signs of readiness are met and the digestive system is more mature. You don’t HAVE to wait, but it’s just easier to. 
Have you tried spoon feeding a baby with tongue thrust? The extrusion reflex? It’s a pain in the ass and almost pointless as everything just comes out anyways.

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Usually they start with rice or oatmeal baby cereal first before the jars or pouches of food.

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