starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

my peds said after i do all the cereals and no reaction, i can add a stage 1 fuit/veg. I asked what one specifically and she said whatever i wanted to do. I have no clue.

My friend at work started with orange colored first.

what did you start with?

Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

I did vegs first. I think I did carrots. I picked randomly. After the vegetables I did fruit.

Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

i dont think it really mattered....but def start veggie first for obvious palette pleasing reasons....what i did, was actually give both- if she enjoyed the veggie and ate it all, she got some fruit after....as far as WHAT veggie? i dont think it mattered- i remember hannah enjoying peas, sweet pots, beans the most.....

Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

I started with orange veggies first and they went over well...but your doc is right...anything you want first...fruit or veggie.

I held off on the green veggies since they tend to cause gas. When we did try them...he hated every one of them...personally I think he is biased against the color green

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my ped told me this week to continue giving her only applesauce for now due to her reflux. i think some fruits are more acidic? she told me not to worry too much with starting her on any other cereal since DD gets alot of cereal in her bottles. Its not for nourishment, just for her to sample other varieties. We'll prob make the transition to other cereals & veggies at 6 month. She's finally doing a little better with the spitting up

Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

We did veggies first. They told us to start with the "orange" veggies- sweet potato and carrots. After that, we just moved thru all the veggies before starting with fruit! And when we started with fruit, we started with apples.

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DD got "backed up" from the cereal, so the ped told me to start her on fruit first to get her back on track.

Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

We did veggies first and started with the orange ones.

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I started with sweet potato, then I did a fruit. I alternated back and forth.

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we started with green veggies first. my ped told me to start green veggies first cause they are the ones babies usually dont like, therefore if you start with the sweet veggies like carrots first or fruits it will be harder to get the lil one to like the green veggies. in the end its your choice.

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Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

My ped said no citrus - or berries - but to try things like apples, pears, bananas, plums, apricots, etc. Veggies - squash, sweet potato, corn, peas, green beans, (etd to add all the above as purees)

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Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

fruits: Applesauce, pears, bananas then peaches

I didn't do all the cereals yet though

I have yet to try the Barley

Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

I was told do veggies first than fruit. The reasoning is that you don't want them introduced to sweet before bland - they will always want sweet first. I guess I will try when the time comes.

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Re: starting fruits/vegs.. what were you told to start with?

We were told fruit first - apples, bananas, pears, peaches.

Then veggies - orange and yellow first, then green.