Starting LO on solids

Hi manuag,

1. Yes, you can give her water after boiling-cooling it.
2. Mash the apples completely - puree like consistency. I am sure most of the kids love apples. (Buy the red ones)
3. Try Cerelac - while mixing make sure there are no hotspots (mix it well without forming lumps)
4. Biscuits - try the soft ones and give a piece in her hand and see if she is trying to put it in her mouth
5. Raisins - soak (black ones are preferred) them overnight, just mash between fingers and give her

 

Hi manuag,

As your LO is just 6months try only cerelac stage one - Rice(initially) then wheat (available in diff flavours). start only in the morning first and then slowly increase it to twice a day and then thrice. Slowly you can start other foods like ragi, suji rawa, when she/he reaches 7-months.
Water can be given while feeding solids.
You can palce cut pieces of apple in bowl and pressure cook it without water in bowl (steam cooked).Smash it and give don`t add sugar.This is the best item i could give my baby when she was 6 months. It is easy to digest and baby loves it.
You can also give smashed banana.
All these above to be tried and given in the afternoon.
Evening food should be light and be given within 7-7.30pm (as per my own exp):hiya
Hope this will help


VaNNa:hatsoff

 

Hi,

My baby girl too is now 6 months. I started off with ragi cereal and then proceeded to veg and fruit purees (steam cooked till tender n pureed). Now that she is used to the taste of most of these, i experiment by mixing them

Fruits - pear, apple, banana, papaya
Veg - green beans, pumpkin, peas
Cereals - Cerelac wheat, cerelac wheat apple, ragi, nestum, home made brown rice

And these are the combinatios that she relishes -
Ragi n apple, pear n apple, nestum n pumpkin, peas n pear, rice n beans

Some times i take 1 scoop less than that prescribed for cerelac/nestum and then add a dollop of fruit/vegpuree to make it more nutritious. I also started giving her small amounts of home made curd and she absolutely loves the savory taste. Also as long as you are BFing, dont worry about water. Probably few sips (appox 1-2 oz) during each solid feed will do.

What kind of spoon are you using? Make sure it is gentle on baby gums so that the baby wont start hating spoon. :crazy

Hope this helped. Let me know ur baby's response.
Happy feeding!!!
Tinks

 

whatever you are giving is good continue giving that ..as other have suggested you could add apple ,banana
as long as you are bf ing don't worry water .but offer it at the end of
each solid feeding .your baby will learn to expect it .
eating solids is lot work compare to drinking milk thats why maybe the baby is fussy .once she starts recognizing the taste she will like it .
try adding pumped bf milk to the cerelac and once she accepts it slowly reduce it.