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1st foods question - HELP!
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mrsratz
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Pam
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1st foods question - HELP!
OK...so you wait aand wait until the moment finally arrives where you can start feeding baby solids right? Well I got the ok from the pediatrician yesterday (yes yesterday...DD has her 1st ear infection and we had to make a quick trip on a Sunday to the doctors office, but that's a whole other story) and what he told me to give her seems like a lot. I was just wondering what other's started out with.
Here's what he said:
10 tsp of cereal in the a.m. AND 10 tsp in the p.m.
a jar of fruit over the couse of a day
I should introduce a new cereal and fruit each week
Does that seem like a lot? Also DD is on a antibiotic (augmentin) for 10 days for the ear infection. Shold I wait a few days for that to get into her system before I start new foods? Dr. said I could start right away, but I don't know.
Thoughts, comments, suggestions?????
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Posted 1/7/08 8:32 AM  |
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Selden78
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Re: 1st foods question - HELP!
I dont know... I dont even know if what I am doing is correct... I started to give cearel and now he doesnt sleep at night .. dont know if they have anything to do with each other. But now he gets up at 1am instead of 4am... and I am only giving cearle in the afternoon maybe I should be giving it to him in the pm also ???
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| Posted 1/7/08 8:46 AM |
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Lucky
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Dawn
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Re: 1st foods question - HELP!
10 tsp of cereal?! We started with about 3 tsp The amount your ped is telling you seems outrageous. Make sure you make the cereal really runny. Also, in the beginning, most babies don't "love" cereal. I was lucky sometimes to get the 3 tsp in DD.
We introduced a new fruit or veggie every 4 days. The wait time is to make sure that there is no reaction so that part I understand.
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| Posted 1/7/08 9:07 AM |
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nbc188
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Re: 1st foods question - HELP!
IMO, that sounds like A LOT of food. 10 tbsp of cereal twice a day??? Our ped said 1 tbsp once a day at first, then increase to 1 tbsp twice a day (we are still at 1tbsp once a day though).
I'd definitely call back to check. Sounds like someone gave you crazy information!
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| Posted 1/7/08 9:09 AM |
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GenLCSW
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Re: 1st foods question - HELP!
That does sound like a lot. When we started Jacob on cereal, we gave him 1 tablespoon 2 times a day and a jar of veggies.
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| Posted 1/7/08 10:05 AM |
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