When did your baby start eating cereal/food

[kelliestarr]

At what age did you baby first start cereal/food?

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0%

 (0) 

Less than 1 month

7%

 (1) 

1 month

7%

 (1) 

2 months

15%

 (2) 

3 months

23%

 (3) 

4 months

7%

 (1) 

5 months

38%

 (5) 

6 months

0%

 (0) 

7 months

13 Members voted

[dnikki0928]

I'm probably going to sound like a bad mom, but DS was eating  8oz bottles every two hours at a month old...not kidding. We started giving him cereal in a bottle and it still wasn't enough, so then we did spoon feeding of thin cereal at night only. After that things were MUCH better lol =)

[mamaofonetrying42]

Our dr. say we could start at 4month and stage one food. But we started Hunter at 3m with cereal and apples......

[Diane1003]

Our pediatrician was hard core about not starting until the baby was 6 months.  It had something to do with food allergies.  I can't remember exactly - he said to deter from food allergies.  I cheated and started my son maybe 2 weeks before he was exactly 6 months.  You always hear stories of babies choaking on the food or whatever but our son did just fine - no choaking and took the food well.  It's a personal choice if you ask me.  the ladies i work with were on my case EVERY DAY to give my son food earlier than what our dr was recommending.  

[JoyRenee]

I didn't vote. My youngest daughter didn't eat baby food. She started eating table food around 9-10 months old.

[jesslee83]

we started alex on cereal(unsuccessfully) at around 8 weeks....b/c he wasn't getting enough...but around 10 weeks, and since then(he's 12 weeks tomorrow), he's been eating cereal, and at dinner time, he gets a few spoons of veggies and fruits with a 4 oz bottle or 6 oz depending on how much he eats from the spoon...

yea i took him to the er yesterday, and i knew i had to answer the food question, and omg the dr practically screamed at me...of course that's after the b**** of a nurse kept making snooty comments about me having his bink in my mouth...better there than the floor, cos that particular hospital aint' exactly the cleanest...i just looked @ her and said, well he's MINE, so i guess we'll be ok and gave her the absolute sweetest smile i could...i even heard her complaining to the other nurses, and omg wth it's my kid right? same deal as kissing him ;) irrelevant but thought i'd share lol sry bout that...

[worriedbabe]

my babies started to eat at different stages...but all before 6 months. they do say don't start them until 6 months due to links with food allergies. but some babies are not satisfied by milk feeds alone before this. i have 3 boys and the eldest needed food at 3 months, the others 4 and 5 months. oh, and by the way, none of them have any allergies. i'd say if your baby's hungry and not satisfied after milk feeds...feed them food!

[Grandmatobe]

Back when my daughters were little, the doctors recommended cereal at 2 months in the bottle.  Times have changed (I guess), and they now are recommending 4-6 months to start cereal, and to avoid putting it in the bottle.  My daughter tried spoon feeding my granddaughter rice cereal at 4 months, but she got very colicky.  She stopped for a few weeks and tried again around 5 months, using oatmeal instead of rice cereal.  She did very well, but lately, she isn't eating very good (she is 7 1/2 months and has had diarrhea, so that could be contributing).

Every doctor has their own opinion and much of probably depends on how "old school" they are......Babies don't "need" anything other than breastmilk or formula for the first year, as far as nutrition goes, but if they are extra hungry, they should be able to start getting additional food by 4-6 months.