introducing solids for DS with eczema, reflux--vegetables first?

[bovi]

Hello, I am just posting this again in a different place to get some more feedback. Sorry for being here and there 


 I am looking for some advice on introducing solids.
DS is turning 6 month old, his eczema is okaish and luckily he is about to outgrow that ugly reflux

I am giving quite some thoughts on how to go about introducing solids. I plan to introduce vegetables first as they are non acidic so should be more tolerable for a refluxer. Do you agree?

My ped gave me a leaflet stating that introducing vegetables and fruits should be two weeks apart. What do you think?

Carrot, pumkin, potatoe-- these are my choices to start. Which one should go first? or the order is not important? All other vegetables are fine? As far as I know only tomato is bad for a refluxer.

I am very openned to consider more angles to this and would appreciate to read any thoughts you might have

thanks!!
Viktoria

[Mimi 2]

Hi Viktoria,

I don't think the order of the vegetables would be too much of an issue if they are non acidic.  You could try yams first as this seems to be a common first food.  I agree about not offering tomatoes/tomato sauce until he is much older or his reflux is well under control or he out grows it.  You may even try peas or beans or any of the green veggies.  With a reflux baby, don't try to follow the schedule too much.  Follow his lead in what he is willing to eat and how much. 

If you are open, have you considered BLW?  http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=92560.0  Some reflux babies have success with this method.  DD had reflux and I did BLW with her and it was a very pleasant experience for us.

HTH

[bovi]

Hi Mimi and thanks for your answer. I have never heard of BLW till some days ago when I was going through the solid board. I dont really understand it and know noone who has followed it. for now I will do a slow non pushy puree period and then when he can actually eat non-puree food I will read again the threads because I really like the idea

DS took 2 tea spoon carrot puree (juice really) today. He obviously did not like it and his eczema look worse so carrot is no go for now. Somehow the spoon itself already makes him frustrated. He receives his Dvitamin+flour from that spoon everyday and he does not like that taste. Seems to me that he has associated the bad taste with the spoon 

Bad reaction to carrot? unexpected really, maybe I ll try potatoe next week, but first I ll give him some milk with the spoon to disassociate the bad taste

thanks again!
Viktoria

[Canwi]

It may not be the taste that was the issue, but the texture. 
Some children are very texture sensitive.  DS1 is like that.  Anything "bumpy" (eg rasperries) would send him into a crying fit and he'd refuse to eat.  But puree the same food, and down the hatch it went.

If your LO has reflux, stay away from cereals for a while.  There is a theory in the medical world that refluxers have a generalised slowing of the entire gastrointestinal tract.  The slowing at the top causes the reflux, and the slowing at the bottom causes constipation.  Cereals can cause constipation in non-reflux babies with "normal speed" gastrointestinal tracts.  So to give them to reflux babies is a bit of a game of Russian roulette.  Some will get quite constipated.  When you do introduce cereals, do it slowly.  One tablespoon for a few days, then add another and so on until you are up to whatever is recommended where you live.

I would try again with the carrot and give it a couple of days.  Or try yam or sweet potato.  Any sweeter vegetable.  Give it to him for at least one "meal" a day for about 4-5 days.  That way you really give his body time to adjust to the new food and show you whether it really does flare up his eczema, his reflux or gives him any other allergies.  Then introduce another new food.  Keep a record of when you introduce stuff so that you can see when/if reactions occur what the likely culprit is.
Babies don't seem to care if you feed them the same thing for weeks on end.

[Mimi 2]

Babies don't seem to care if you feed them the same thing for weeks on end.

This is so true.  Anyway, I agree with trying the carrots again.  A little flare-up or mild bum rash usually doesn't stop me from feeding dd/ds a new food.  It can take a few days for the body to adjust to the new food.  As for the bad taste association, you could use a different colored spoon for the meds. 

[bovi]

Thanks! I ll get a red spoon, the med spoon is blue and DS like red a lot. For the carrot, you make sense, I wont give up on it just yet and try to make a different texture, this one was almost like water - a beginner mummy's puree