Starting Solids - what to give?
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Topic: Starting Solids - what to give?
Posted By: RoSee
Subject: Starting Solids - what to give?
Date Posted: 05 August 2009 at 11:25pm
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Hi everyone,
I started giving Ty solids yesterday, just 1 - 2 teaspoons a day. I'm giving him baby rice but seriously... its horrible! Haha I really don't know what I should be giving him first but baby rice is nothing to be very enthusiastic about! He's eating it fine, screwing his face up a bit (like you would if someone was trying to feed you soggy cardboard). It's what plunket recommended but what did you all start your bubs on? And how often is it ok to introduce a new flavour? Thanks!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 1:20am
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My Callum hated baby rice too. I reckon it looks like wallpaper paste! I wouldn't eat it so don't blame him  I started him on pureed pumpkin (butternut squash) and then pureed apple because that's what we had in the house at the time. I introduced a new food every few days - carrots, kumara, pears, banana, avacado, papaya were all a hit here.
I make up batches of stuff each week, or every few days, freeze in ice cube trays and then keep free-flow in the freezer. Banana, avacado and papaya (paw paw) are great coz you don't need to cook/puree them, you can just mash  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Leahsmummy
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 8:20am
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We started on pureed apple which she loved...... -------------   
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 8:24am
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I made my own baby rice with wholemeal rice, much sweeter & definitely a nicer texture.
Just ground up 2T which gives 1/4c & make this like porridge with 1c water & it keeps in the fridge for up to 72 hours Then I just started adding pears to it & then a week later switched it out for apples. Only other baby food he's had is pumpkin. But he has either porridge or pancakes with us in the morning & bits of what ever is going for dinner. I keep the mid day meal to the rice & fruit puree or pumpkin. I didn't start solids here until 6 months old so have been able to do a mix of finger food & purees. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 10:08am
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We started with pureed pear (apple did funny things to her poos, and the rice didn't really agree with her either) and squashed banana. Then pumkin and kumera, and introduced a new one every week or so. -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 3:45pm
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I started with these things all pureed:
Apple Pear Pumpkin Kumera Carrot Once DD had tried these things i then started mixing them She has also had potato/silverbeet/carrot -------------  
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 4:04pm
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I read somewhere the best thing to start with is pear and progress from there.
------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: QHX
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 6:57pm
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I have also just started my baby on solids, and have found this website really helpful http://wholesomebabyfood.com/ - http://wholesomebabyfood.com/ I seem to be referencing it every other day at the moment. |
Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 11:03pm
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Thanks everyone :-) I gave Ty some pears instead of wallpaper paste (hehe!) and he LOVED them!
That website is awesome QHX ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 12:37pm
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Yay for pears! It's so exciting when they start eating "real" food eh Go Ty! ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 08 August 2009 at 9:43am
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That is the website I've used too. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 09 August 2009 at 1:30am
Me too! It's so glorious! -------------   
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Aliasmum wrote:Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 09 August 2009 at 9:17am
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We started on apple and pear, then introduced baby rice, at first he screwed his face up, so I added some pears or apple to it and made sure it was nice and warm, after that he LOVED it. So you could try that? ------------- |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 09 August 2009 at 11:46am
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I started with pureed pears, then kumara and went from there.
I've only ever used the rice to thicken up fruit purees. ------------- 
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Posted By: workingMom
Date Posted: 12 August 2009 at 1:05pm
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I tried all sorts of things, and noticed that my baby liked to change things often. Easy things are
avocado (very good first food due to vitamins and nutrients) banana pumpkin (very good first food too) portridge (mixed with meat and vege then pureed) I also tried ready food in supermarkets like Watties and Only Organic. My baby liked Only Organic and hated Watties. In the Organic range, she liked Wild Rice with Pumpkin, Pureed Pear. |