re: "DELAYED" SOLIDS (6m+) support and info

Liam is 9 months now and still refuses solids. The food will touch his mouth and he will make a disgusted face and gag although nothing is in his mouth.

His pedi said if he isn't eating even a little by one year she can refer me to a specialist that deals with stuff like this, she said he may have issues with textures.

The only thing I have actually gotten him to eat a bit of without freaking out is a cookie.

Quoting Lady Anon:" Liam is 9 months now and still refuses solids. The food will touch his mouth and he will make a disgusted ... [snip!] ... he may have issues with textures. The only thing I have actually gotten him to eat a bit of without freaking out is a cookie."

food before one is just for fun, as they say.
I didn't even OFFER food before 12m for my oldest and he still wasn't very interested until closer to 18m. He lost his gag reflex around 12.5m old when I caught him eating one of my granola bars. lol I had given them to him to play with because he liked how the package crinkled and made noise and eventually after a few weeks of playing, I guess the package finally came open.

there's no reason to worry yet or even think about a specialist before 18m.

<blockquote><b>Quoting dream:</b>" food before one is just for fun, as they say. I didn't even OFFER food before 12m for my oldest and ... [snip!] ... of playing, I guess the package finally came open. there's no reason to worry yet or even think about a specialist before 18m."</blockquote>




I'm honestly not to worried. Its just so crazy how, for lack of a better term,dramatic he gets.

Quoting Lady Anon:" <blockquote><b>Quoting dream:</b>" food before one is just for fun, as they say. I ... [snip!] ... 18m."</blockquote> I'm honestly not to worried. Its just so crazy how, for lack of a better term,dramatic he gets."

you mean about NOT wanting the food? lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting dream:</b>" you mean about NOT wanting the food? lol"</blockquote>




Yes! The disgusted faces he makes and the gagging he does before food even enters his mouth. Lol. He's a goof.

I need to be judge-y and vent for a second. Here's really the only place I can do it.

I'm not talking about people that need to give their babies solids for medical reasons (I believe it can help with reflux?), I'm talking about the people that do it for stupid reasons.

"my baby is showing an interest in everything I eat, they grab for my food and lick their lips". So? My 4 month old tries grabbing my can of Brisk. Does that mean I'm going to let him have some? Of course not, because he's not ready for it.

"my doctor said I can when my baby turns 4 months" Doctors should not be indicators of when your baby is ready for solids. Your baby should be. I've heard of some pretty wonky advice from doctors, so just because they say it's okay doesn't mean you should do it.

"they eat so often, I can't get anything done" That's what babies do, they eat. They have small tummies that need to be fed often.

"they'll sleep better if I give them cereal in a bottle" Wrong. After a certain point waking in the middle of the night becomes habit and they'll do it whether or not they have cereal in their bottles.

And not only all that, but cereal is completely useless. It doesn't benefit baby in any way.

Again, yes I know I'm judging, but I don't really care. Parents don't let their babies be babies anymore. They're pushing them to grow up faster than they should be and it makes me sad.

Quoting Love Wedge +2:" I need to be judge-y and vent for a second. Here's really the only place I can do it. I'm not talking ... [snip!] ... don't let their babies be babies anymore. They're pushing them to grow up faster than they should be and it makes me sad."

I hear ya.

Quoting Love Wedge +2:" I need to be judge-y and vent for a second. Here's really the only place I can do it. I'm not talking ... [snip!] ... don't let their babies be babies anymore. They're pushing them to grow up faster than they should be and it makes me sad."

I agree. I had to give cereal around 4 months for reflux, and it helped alot but if it wasnt for that I wouldnt have.

I have a Healthy Baby nurse come to my place every couple weeks. A worker with the region came with her today and asked when I was thinking of starting solids. I told her that Bub's pedi said I shouldn't start them until his adjusted age of 6 months, so we've got a good 4 months before I even think of it.

I said I would rather start with veggies instead of cereal, because from what I've read it's just completely unnecessary. That all it really is, is iron and starch, and that he is getting his iron from me.

She told me that BF doesn't really give him much iron and I should look into iron enriched cereals, once I decide to start him on solids.

How true is that? Do I really need to give him cereal? I gave my daughter some when she was a baby and she didn't really like it. I also would like to avoid wasting money on it if I don't have to.

The iron in breastmilk is highly digestible<blockquote><b>Quoting Love Wedge +2:</b>" I have a Healthy Baby nurse come to my place every couple weeks. A worker with the region came with her ... [snip!] ... some when she was a baby and she didn't really like it. I also would like to avoid wasting money on it if I don't have to."</blockquote>




The iron in breastmilk is highly digestible. so while Cereal in formula may have "more", Most of it is not usable by the body, or passes through without being absorbed. Your milk is perfect for your baby   My daughter has had perfect iron levels and has never had any iron enriched food. Many healthy vegetables have iron in them also  

Quoting Kara-lynn:" The iron in breastmilk is highly digestible<blockquote><b>Quoting Love Wedge +2:</b>" ... [snip!] ... has had perfect iron levels and has never had any iron enriched food. Many healthy vegetables have iron in them also  "

I have a Baby Bullet so I'll be making his food and I'll know exactly what's in it.

If I ate foods with lots of iron, would it pass through my milk?

Quoting Love Wedge +2:" I have a Healthy Baby nurse come to my place every couple weeks. A worker with the region came with her ... [snip!] ... some when she was a baby and she didn't really like it. I also would like to avoid wasting money on it if I don't have to."

it's true that there is "less" iron in breastmilk than in "iron-enriched" baby foods / cereals, etc. However, a baby is able to digest almost ALL of the iron from breastmilk, so they still get all the iron they need. More info here:
http://kellymom.com/nutrition/vitamins/iron/

Quoting Love Wedge +2:" I have a Baby Bullet so I'll be making his food and I'll know exactly what's in it. If I ate foods with lots of iron, would it pass through my milk?"

yes, kind of. but you don't need to eat anything "special". there is plenty of digestible iron in breastmilk as long as you have a "normal/ healthy" diet anyway.

I'm frustrated.
My mother-in-law asks me DAILY when am I going to give my baby cereal.
When I tell her that I'm not giving any solids until atleast 6 months she looks at me like I've lost my mind.
She also loves to tell me how my husband was getting cereal in his bottle at 2 months and slept all through the night.
I just say ok and try to change the subject but I'm getting really tired of hearing it.
Any advice on how to get her to just stop already?
Let me also add that she is VERY easily offended and takes everything personally if I don't want to do it her way.

Quoting Holly Marie Read:" I'm frustrated. My mother-in-law asks me DAILY when am I going to give my baby cereal. When I tell her ... [snip!] ... already? Let me also add that she is VERY easily offended and takes everything personally if I don't want to do it her way. "

"I appreciate your thoughts and opinions, but I have decided to wait to give *baby* any solids until she's older."

That's all I can think of lol.

I'm lucky when it comes to family. Most know that my kids are my kids and what I say goes, no arguments.