Digest Number 798

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All kids are different, even with the same parents.

Some really aren't ready for solids at 7 months.

(Turns out that kids who are more likely to have food

sensitivities will reject solids for longer than kids

who aren't, and it's thought that it's a protection

against developing these sensitivities.) My daughter

really wasn't into solids right at 7 mos. either, but

just in the past two weeks or so has decided that

she's ready (she's just 8 mos. now). And she won't eat

rice cereal at all any more, which is ok by me since

when we were feeding it to her she was constipated for

5 days. Yurgh.

 

I've also read:

1) feed fruits first because babies are more likely to

eat if it's something they like

 

2) feed veggies first so they get used to non-sweet

taste, and

 

3) it doesn't matter which you feed first, your baby's

tastes are inborn and they'll just eat what they'll

eat.

 

We sort of went with all of the above, alternating

introducing veggies and fruit so she gets a little of

everything. And she rejects most of it the first few

days, which is also ok - babies under a year are still

getting most of their nutrition from breast milk (or

formula) and the whole " solids " thing is mostly just

for practice and exposure to a lot of new tastes and

textures.

 

Which reminds me - some babies don't like the texture

of pureed foods, although you probably won't find any

pediatritian who will believe that. Try mashing or

using a food mill and adding less water to see if it's

a texture thing. (Or pureeing more - who knows?) Or

try slightly sweeter veggies, like peas. Kira will eat

peas and sweet potatoes (watch out for gas), but

isn't crazy about green beans, and she'll be trying

carrots today so we'll see how that goes.

 

For what it's worth, I was introduced to fruits first

and ate everything when I was little, except meat

which my parents pretty much had to force down me.

Broccoli, no problem - chicken, bleah. My husband was

on pretty much the same feeding schedule as me as a

baby and he won't eat any vegetables and very few

fresh fruits. I think we have some influence over our

kids' tastes, but maybe not as much as we'd like.

 

Good luck - take it easy and listen to your little one

- he'll tell you when he's ready, and he won't let

himself starve.

 

-kt

 

p.s. oh, one last thing - very tiny tummies! Veggies

are full of fiber, so your baby may actually be

getting full a lot sooner than you think he should. If

he eats a couple of teaspoonsful, then that's probably

plenty, unless he's still acting hungry afterwards.

 

Message: 8

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:04:24 -0500

" admartin " <admartin

Help!-7month old won't eat veggies!

 

About a month ago, I introduced my 7-month old boy to

solids by giving

him

Earth Best rice cereal, which he appeared to like but

doesn't eat a lot

of

now. About 1.5 weeks later, I gave him fresh pureed

plain organic

butternut squash that I cooked. He basically licked

it and wouldn't

eat

any more for the next 2 days. About a week later,

upon his

pediatrician's

advice, I stopped offering the squash and cooked and

pureed organic

carrots

for him. He licked them and wouldn't eat any more.

His pediatrician

told

me to just feed him rice cereal for a week and

reintroduce vegetables

to

him by giving him a green vegetable like peas or green

beans. I gave

him

fresh cooked and pureed organic green beans today, he

licked them and

that

was it!!!! His pediatrician believes that babies

should be introduced

to

veggies first and then fruit much later so that they

don't develop a

sweet

tooth. This worked perfectly for my firstborn. He

ate up everything

I

introduced to him but my second born is a different

breed. Does anyone

out

there have a veggie-loving child who was introduced to

fruit first or

does

anyone have some advice for me? I'm still

breastfeeding my son but am

worried that he will not continue to get adequate

nourishment if he

doesn't

eat something else.

 

 

 

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