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EAT => Feeding Solid Food => Topic started by: cwolff on November 10, 2005, 17:58:41 pm
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As I understand it, I can introduce a new few every 3-4 days provided there's not a reaction. So when introducing, do I give it to her separately, or can I mix it in her cereal? And should I not give her some of the other foods I've already introduced? Like for instance, I know she loves pears, and if I give them to her she will definitely eat them. But now I want to introduce peas. So should I give her peas alone, peas in cereal or peas and pears together? I'm afraid by mixing she may not get the true flavor of the new food. I'm just a bit confused on this whole thing. So many choices. Thanks for any help.
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I tried introducing new foods like this:
alone for 2 days - if he liked it we'd continue for 4 days. If not I'd try to mix it with one of his favourites for the other 2 days.
In the beginning I would rotate vegi than fruit. If he didn't like it I would go back to a favourite for the last two days before introducing something else. I tried introducing a new food right away but I think it was a little overwhelming for him.
Found out early he didn't like fruit on its own. So I'd intro a new fruit alone, didn't like it. Next day try again. Didn't like it. Third day mix it with a favourite e.g. 2 squash 1 apple. I now find he'll eat almost anything if it's disguised just so. We just did califlower. Hated it until it was mixed with carrot.
Hope this helps :)
I also intro new foods after he's eaten his cereal. This way he gets something and doesn't go hungry.
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Since my son's digestive system was sensative to solid foods, I always mixed the new food in to his oatmeal. For example, I would offer peas mixed in oatmeal for 3-4 days for breakfast and if no reaction, I would then move peas up to the dinnertime meal. Then I would introduce a new food, like peaches, mixed in to his cereal for breakfast the next day. If no reaction to the peaches, then I knew I could offer them at either breakfast or lunch, etc.
Initially, I always mixed the new food in to his cereal so he was basically eating flavored oatmeal every day. Now that he is well established on solids, I sometimes mix them together and sometimes not. Tonight for dinner, he had oatmeal mixed with peas & brown rice followed by a portion of pureed apples. Now he seems to like the solids either way but in the beginning he preferred them always mixed with the oatmeal. I think it is because I used breastmilk with the oatmeal and it tasted more familiar to him. In the beginning, the texture of solid foods really threw him! :)
Best of luck!
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THat's great, thanks both of you. I really like your ideas, and I think I will try both to see which works best for us.