When did you start solids?

[Sam9kids]

Jenson was 1 and a half weeks off 6 months but my others were around 4 months apart from my eldest he was 12 weeks on the advise of the hv. That was near 14 yrs ago when that was the norm and hes was over 9lb born!

 

[Celesse]

We offered food to play with from about 4 months and started giving food when she 5 months, sitting up unaided and able to feed herself.

 

[bubbles123]

25 weeks and 4 days - so I voted 6 months, hope you all don't mind. And the only reason I didn't wait those extra 3 days was that I wanted to start on a Saturday so that hubby would be around to help. He's only really starting to eat about now though (we're TW with purees and offering finger foods at every meal as well).

 

[emsiee]

I started my son (whos now 12) at 4 months and will be starting my daughter whenever I think she is ready (from 4 months onwards)

 

[hivechild]

We let him play with food from around 5 months (doing BLW) but didn't really get into it until he was 6 months.

As far as Dr Sears' advice, I don't find a lot of fault with it, except there's no disclaimer for ' not seeming satisfied with milk, except when a growth spurt is responsible' because they never seem satisfied during growth spurts, so hungry at 3 months? Hungry at 4? A lot of people find that if they just increase the milk intake for a couple weeks, if that, that their LO's settle down again without the need for solids.

I know, each to their own, mummy knows best etc etc, and I can respect everyone else's decisions while also respectfully disagreeing with it, but i have yet to find a convincing argument for needing to wean before 17 weeks at the earliest, and still hold that given current research and advancements in what we know now, that it's better to wait until as close to 6 months as you can, than to not.

 

[annawrigley]

I voted 5 months because i gave him his first tastes at 4 months but he wasnt into it but started properly at 5.5 months! xxx

 

[mrsessex]

baby rice & very soft foods from 3-4 months both boys

neither any allergies or anything wrong very very healthy young men!

6 months??!!! Mine would have bitten my hands off!

 

[sun]

I started offering at 6 months, but Bun wasn't interested until 7.5 months!! (BLW) xx

 

[Rags]

Baby rice at 18 weeks - I'd already been watching him practicing his chewing whenever I was eating for 2 weeks and reaching for everyones plates for a week. I kept him on rice and my milk for a couple of weeks then introduced pureed veg, now at 26 weeks he'd eating anything I'd give him although I'm still keeping him off of things that often cause allergies (wheat, dairy, nuts etc).

 

[muddles]

Not started yet as he isn't showing signs of being ready. He was 7lb 12oz when born and was 17lb 9oz (when he was weighed at 18 weeks) but is happy on milk at the moment. Will start when he is ready though, even if that is before 6 months. He is almost sitting up by himself, but shows an interest in me doing lots of things so not using that as a sign.

 

[T-Bex]

5 and a half months for us.

 

[andbabymakes3]

Holly was about 2 weeks off 6 months, although it took her until prob 7 months before she was eating 'properly'. Until then, it was just a few bits of finger food, roasted carrot, sweet potato, banana, mango, rice cakes.

Holly was a hungry little monkey and was never satisfied! She was on 2nd centile at birth, by 3 months was on 50th, then by 6 months was on 99th...she was a hungry girl! She is now 23lbs and is around the 68th centile, so it levelled out once she was having solids.

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

6 months xx

 

[Try Rocking]

Amira was 4.5 months when I started feeding her solids, she loved it and still does! The only thing she doesn't like is broccoli unless it has cheese sauce on it lol

 

[Flutterby1982]

I've voted 6 months but I did try Emily on solids when she was about 4 and a half months but she really wasn't interested so just gave her a taste of whatever we were eating (well not everything was suitable obvs) on my finger, cottage pie was her fave! and then from two weeks ago she has been having a breakfast lunch and dinner, she doesn't eat much, sometimes only 3 spoonfuls of each if shes not sure of the flavour but she loves all the different tastes I knew she was ready when she started waking up in the night for an extra feed when she normally sleeps through, also she kept absolutely staring at me when I was eating, literally watching every mouthful I took! xx

 

[Vici]

but shows an interest in me doing lots of things so not using that as a sign.

That is so true - people think that baby trying to grab food and put it in their mouth is a sign of hunger. They do that with allsorts. They have no idea what food is, or that it will fill them up so how can grabbing food be a sign of hunger? x

 

[Morgan]

I started Austin at around 5 months. Tried to hold off until 6 months but he was draining bottles and screaming for more after every feed so introduced a little baby rice and he loved it

 

[muddles]

but shows an interest in me doing lots of things so not using that as a sign.

That is so true - people think that baby trying to grab food and put it in their mouth is a sign of hunger. They do that with allsorts. They have no idea what food is, or that it will fill them up so how can grabbing food be a sign of hunger? x

If it was a sign of him being ready to do the thing he was watching me do then in that case he is ready to straighten his hair, brush his teeth, wash the dishes, drink coffee..... oh how I can't wait for the day that he wants to wash the dishes

 

[MaybeMomSarah]

I was just on facebook, and a friend of mine has started giving her LO baby rice last week - at 9 weeks old.

Is it just me, or does this seem VERY early?

 

[Pink1981]

6 months here, with both x