It's always nice when a baby who's just started
eating solid foods shows a real appetite for them.
Not exact matches
However, seeing that some babies usually
show eagerness to
eat solid foods after around four months, the ideal time for introducing
solid food would be between the fourth and sixth months.
Does she
show interest in
solid foods, say, by watching you when you
eat and opening her mouth or moving it as if chewing along?
The problem with this situation is that mothers for years wanted to start with cereal as the first
solid food because to them cereal was a r - e-a-l
solid and
showed that their babies had «graduated» to
eating solids.
For a start, don't try giving your baby
solid foods until he or she seems to be ready, which is often when the baby is
showing some interest in what you're
eating and in putting things in his mouth.
I wish i can post a video of my chat with my cutie, he will be four months in less than 3 days from this writing and although he has been on formula since he was born, i felt like introducing something
solid even if he has to
eat it once per day, i have read so much about babies and
solid food and have made a hell of research and gone through so many baby
food, reading every content and realized that the best bet is from six months.However research also
showed me that in between 4plus that a baby is good to go, have been thinking about the best
solid to start with until i saw the above content, sure i will start with rice cereal if not cimilac anyway.
Although, she does
eat a variety of
solid foods and enjoys them, she is also not
showing any signs of stopping breastfeeding.
Between 6 - 7 months Jones was happy
eating once a day, but Stevie started
showing increased interest for
food twice a day after about 3 weeks of starting
solids.
A baby is generally ready to
eat solid foods when he can sit up by himself; grasp something small between his thumb and first finger; has a couple of teeth; and
shows interest in
eating solid foods.
Check out more information on Baby Led Weaning and look for the following indicators that your baby is ready for
solid foods: can hold their own head up, doesn't push the
food out of their mouth with their tongue,
shows an interest in the
foods that you
eat.
If your baby is around this age, can sit up well with support, and
shows interest in the
foods he sees you
eating, it's probably a good time to venture into feeding your baby
solid food.
When your baby starts
showing interest in
food like this, it can be a sign that she's ready to start
eating solid foods herself.
Or your baby may have started
showing some strange (or even alarming) physical symptoms now that she's
eating solid foods.
Introducing
solids has been fun and fulfilling for the whole family, as we let go of our expectations of how a baby should
eat, put safe «adult»
foods in front of her, and let her
show us how and what she wants to
eat.
Your baby's probably
showing more signs that she's ready for
solids — from a weaker tongue - thrust reflex (when your baby pushes out her tongue when something is placed on it) to a keener interest in the
foods you and others are
eating.
Some studies have
shown that
eating the exact same
food, except made in a soup instead of as
solid food, makes people feel more satisfied and
eat significantly fewer calories, simply because the stomach fills with more water.
His research
shows that people typically make adjustments to
eat fewer calories over the course of a day after
eating a
solid food like jelly beans, but not after drinking the same amount of calories in a glass of soda.