Our pediatrician likes to start babies on rice cereal at four months. Gracie really liked solids so we were excited to introduce Kemp to the world of baby food. He did really well at first. Four days went by and he did better and better. Then...WHAM-OH! He got sick with a cold that we all passed around. He was sick for at least three weeks.
After his illness everything changed. He can't stand solids. I'm not sure what happened but he starts by making the most hilarious "oh gross!" faces and follows that by gagging. We stopped for a while and have been trying to think of how to handle the situation.
For one thing, we know some people dont even start rice cereal until six months, so maybe we will wait. OR, bend the rules and mix it with something sweet like bananas to see if that will interest him. He also loves puting things in his mouth, so maybe if we let him take charge and somehow feed himself... I dont know. I'm not panicking yet, but I am getting a little anxious because it would be nice to know that he is not going to have any problems switching to solids.
Any ideas or similar experiences?
2 comments:
Trevor never liked baby food so he lived on puffs and some homemade soft food for a few months. I found this recipe for sweet potato/oatmeal bars that he loved because he could feed himself but it was soft enough to eat without any teeth. If you're still worried in a few months let me know and I'll send it to you. Congratulations on your residency placement!
we mix our rice cereal with apple juice. It was the only way we could get him to eat it. Now at 10 months he is refusing to eat most baby food in favor of a chopped up version of what the other kids are eating, but he still loves his rice cereal with apple juice.
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