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« on: November 14, 2005, 18:29:04 pm »
Hi - My dd is almost 6 months old (5 months 3 weeks) and still not on solids.  Everyone thinks I am absolutely insane waiting this long but she just recently started looking interested in what we are eating and her head is not wobbly at all.  So all I know at this point is to start with rice cereal and have it be really runny at first then thicken the consistency.  Do I offer cereal just once a day?  And do I do it before or after a bottle?  When do I start other foods and do I start veg first or fruit or does it matter?  Really I am utterly clueless so any advice would be appreciated!  THANKS!!!!

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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2005, 19:21:05 pm »
Hi again... Ximena is on solids since 5 mo. I started with morning rice, but what really or lets say who really helped me besides my ped was  a person of this forum "notenoughshelfspace" and her meal plan. Send a private message to her and ask her for her meal planner. It is a 2 month meal planner and it is very good.  Also I reccomend you "First Meals" by Annabel Karmel book if you wanna meke your own baby food. Hope this helps and good luck.
P.S. I think your Lucy is such a cute baby and she looks really really pretty in the beach, I really love her sqeezable legs. (I saw her vacation picture).
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2005, 19:33:18 pm »
I can only tell you what worked for us.

We started by offering rice cereal once a day.  We did it before one of his bottles (simply because he's such a greedy guts we were sure it wouldn't affect the amount of milk he took after!)  I think most tend to do it afterwards. 
After a couple of days we actually went on to adding a bit of fruit to the rice (think we started with apple and pear first).  Just pureed it and mixed it in.  Again some say to start with veggies first so as not to start them off with a sweet tooth.
We just went on from then slowly but consistently.  He was quite soon on to 3 'meals' a day.  We introduced a new food about every 3/4 days.  Once he had tried most basic fruit and veg we became a bit slacker and I must admit we sometimes introduced new things each day.  But he never showed any bad reactions to anything.

Now we're onto 3 big meals a day - veg, fruit, meat, dairy, in fact anything he's allowed to get his hands on!!!  He just LOVES his food. 

I found it a really exciting and amazing time getting him on to solids.  I think the best advice is to do just do it slowly and consistently. 

Have fun.

By the way, I saw your other post about wondering whether Lucy was too fat.  I know everyone else said it but I'll say it as well - she is ADORABLE.  The photos are just soooooo cute.  She'll love you for that when she's older.  Actually Daniel was just the same.  He now weighs 25 lb and is so healthy and happy.  When people comment on his size I just say something like 'yeah, we are so happy that he loves his food.  He's growing up into a big strong boy...'  He's not crawling yet (25lb is a lot of weight to carry around though :oops: ) but when he does I almost dread seeing his rolls begin to disappear. I've become very fond of them!

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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2005, 20:05:21 pm »
More than happy to give you my plan, ( thank you for the compliments by the way) PM me your e-mail.
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2005, 23:53:24 pm »
Daniela and Hazel - Thanks so much for your advice!  I did pm "notenoughshelfspace" so that will be great to have a plan laid out.  Everyone has a different opinion of how to introduce solids so I guess there really is no right way besides go slow and introduce something new every 3/4 days.  Also thanks to both of you for complimenting my little chunky girl!  She really is just delicious and squeezable!  Lucy has cheeks like Daniel's!!!  Sooooo cute!

Well, I will let you know how we go!  Thanks again!