4 month checkup!! Question about cereal and fruits & veggies

Seamus is now 16 1/2 lbs and 26 & 3/4 inches long!! He is in the 85% for weight and 95% for weight!

I started ceareal a week ago because we were on vacation when he turned 4 months
I started him on Oatmeal and he loved it!
The doc says I can add fruits now so we will try applesauce for the next 3 days

When you started cereal did you just start rice? I looked at the paper the doc gave me and realized it said oatmeal and barley was for 6 months. I didnt want to start rice because it can bind and he had some constipation issues in the past and I didnt want to start those again

For fruits and veggies, did you start 1 and give it 3 days to watch for a reaction, then start another?

I figured for his dinner tonight he will get 3 tbsp of cereal and about 1/2 container of applesauce

Re: 4 month checkup!! Question about cereal and fruits & veggies

I started with Rice first, but it did bind him, so I switched to Oatmeal (he was only 4 months too). He liked it so much better! No need to go back to rice if he's handling oatmeal fine.

As for fruit/veggies - I did it for 4 days. 1/2 a container in the AM and the other 1/2 in the PM. He's on his 2nd fruit now. We've done pears, sweet potatoes and now peaches.

The one thing about applesauce, the sheet from my ped said it can bind also, along w/ bananas. Maybe you can start w/ pears or peaches?

I'm going to start upping it to an entire container 2x a day. He's 5 months.

Re: 4 month checkup!! Question about cereal and fruits & veggies

We started with rice cereal but it took DD amonth to catch on to it, so she really was eating much. Once she did, we switched to oatmeal (due to binding issues). Then we started applesauce once a day, a week later we added a second serving at night. Then we switched the night serving to a veggie. Now we introduce something new once a week alternating fruit (mornings) and veggie (evenings).

At 6 months, 2x a day she eats 2 tablespoons of cereal and a full container of stage 1.

You'll figure out what works best for you. There really is no wrong way to do it as long as you wait long enough to check for allergic reactions.

Re: 4 month checkup!! Question about cereal and fruits & veggies

At 4 months we started rice cereal for about a week, then tried single grain oatmeal. We fed him 1/2-1 jar of food per day with the oatmeal. Our ped said to start with veggies. We gave each one 3 days in a row to rule out allergies. We gave him sweet potatos first, then peas, then carrots. Then we started with fruits: applesauce, pears, peaches, bananas. Now at 6 months DS is eating stage 2 foods, 1 fruit and 2 veggies per day.

Re: 4 month checkup!! Question about cereal and fruits & veggies

I started with Rice and it binded him! I gave him barley and oatmeal at 4 months no problem! We do a new food every 5 days!