Re: feeding babies, which food first?

[Guest guest]

I started my son on egg yolk at 4 months. He would 1 or 2 eggs yolks per

day. He really wasn't interested in any other solid foods until he was

about 9 months.

Irene

At 10:24 AM 6/22/04, you wrote:

>I would like to know what different people have fed

>their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

>What else??

>I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

>and am unsure what solids to start with.

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>Thanks!

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[Guest guest]

I started my last 2 babies on avocado , not egg yolk. I will do the same with

my present baby when the time comes (he is nearing 6 months and is not

grabbing nor eyeballing my food).

Elainie

[Guest guest]

You don't need to worry about it just yet necessarily. My baby didn't start

eating until 10 months old. Others start at 12 mo. or older. Although babies

like to grab at food and play around with it, they don't start eating in

earnest until well after 6 months.

My 14-month-old's favorite food has been my homemade sauerkraut. I puree it

in the food processor. Sometimes i mix it with ground or pureed meat. She

also likes soft, cooked veggies and she LOVES blueberries. Veggies, fruits

and meats basically. I buy her veal sausages from a good german deli. She

also likes raw yogurt. I would avoid grains, esp. glutens, as they are

constipating. I wish mine would eat egg yolk but she doesn't like it. My

first loved it.

Even though she's my second, I seemed to struggle with what to feed her

until i started eating a grain-free produce-dominated diet. She loves

everything i eat now. My 4-y.o. however is a lost cause.

Elaine

> I would like to know what different people have fed

> their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

> What else??

> I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

> and am unsure what solids to start with.

[Guest guest]

--- In , Irene Musiol <irene@q...>

wrote:

> I started my son on egg yolk at 4 months. He would 1 or 2 eggs

yolks per

> day. He really wasn't interested in any other solid foods until he

was

> about 9 months.

irene was that raw or cooked? i've been reading that it may be the

cooking that causes so many people to be allergic to eggs.

vera

[Guest guest]

some babies start eating in earnest earlier than 6 months - it

totally depends on the baby. imo, it's wrong to force a baby to eat

at some randomly chosen age (mainstream docs currently recommned 6

months - when i was a babe it was recommended to start solids at two

weeks!!!) and instead we should follow our babies cues. you'll know

when they're ready. and if they *look* ready and you give it a try

and they're not gulping solids down - don't give up. wait a few days

and try again (if they're still showing interest). it may be that

they're just curious and enjoy the new experience of feeling

something different in their mouth.

as for what to start with - i did do egg yolk (pastured/organic -

boiled for 3.5 minutes) and then moved onto typical strained foods i

either made or bought (organic baby food in a jar). i never followed

the strict rules on foods that shouldn't be introduced for fears of

allergies (except for nuts since my dh is allergic) and she hasn't

had any cereals or grains except for the odd piece of bread she's

gnawed on at restaurants. i don't buy her those teething biscuits

either.

at almost 9 months her current favorite foods are hummus and any

kids of meat. oh, and btw - she eats maybe a total of 3 tablespoons

of solids a day (that's on the high side - some days are much less)

and still nurses like a champ around the clock.

erica z

--- In , " Elaine " <itchyink@s...>

wrote:

> You don't need to worry about it just yet necessarily. My baby

didn't start

> eating until 10 months old. Others start at 12 mo. or older.

Although babies

> like to grab at food and play around with it, they don't start

eating in

> earnest until well after 6 months.

>

> My 14-month-old's favorite food has been my homemade sauerkraut. I

puree it

> in the food processor. Sometimes i mix it with ground or pureed

meat. She

> also likes soft, cooked veggies and she LOVES blueberries.

Veggies, fruits

> and meats basically. I buy her veal sausages from a good german

deli. She

> also likes raw yogurt. I would avoid grains, esp. glutens, as they

are

> constipating. I wish mine would eat egg yolk but she doesn't like

it. My

> first loved it.

>

> Even though she's my second, I seemed to struggle with what to

feed her

> until i started eating a grain-free produce-dominated diet. She

loves

> everything i eat now. My 4-y.o. however is a lost cause.

> Elaine

> > I would like to know what different people have fed

> > their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

> > What else??

> > I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

> > and am unsure what solids to start with.

[Guest guest]

The normal recommendation is to start with foods that are least likely to cause

reactions. Egg is, therefore, not recommended so early. The normal

recommendation is rice cereal mixed, pretty thinly to start with, with

breastmilk, then graduate to mixed cereals. Now that I'm somewhat anti-grain,

I'd probably use a mashed vegetable or fruit like pumpkin, banana or pear. You

don't need to buy special baby foods, just adapt the foods you and dad eat.

HTH,

Cheers,

Tas'.

Re: feeding babies, which food first?

I started my son on egg yolk at 4 months. He would 1 or 2 eggs yolks per

day. He really wasn't interested in any other solid foods until he was

about 9 months.

Irene

At 10:24 AM 6/22/04, you wrote:

>I would like to know what different people have fed

>their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

>What else??

>I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

>and am unsure what solids to start with.

>

>Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

>>>Even though she's my second, I seemed to struggle with what to feed her

until i started eating a grain-free produce-dominated diet. She loves

everything i eat now. My 4-y.o. however is a lost cause.<<<

Don't give up on the 4-y.o. It'll be much, much easier to change what s/he's

eating now than when s/he's older.

Cheers,

Tas'.

[Guest guest]

They were very soft boiled. I think it is the whites that can cause

problems. I was very careful not to contaminate the yolk with whites.

Irene

At 12:18 PM 6/22/04, you wrote:

>--- In , Irene Musiol <irene@q...>

>wrote:

> > I started my son on egg yolk at 4 months. He would 1 or 2 eggs

>yolks per

> > day. He really wasn't interested in any other solid foods until he

>was

> > about 9 months.

>

>irene was that raw or cooked? i've been reading that it may be the

>cooking that causes so many people to be allergic to eggs.

>

>vera

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[Guest guest]

I think it is the whites that are the problem with allergies not the yolk.

My son wanted nothing to do with normal first foods like avacado and

banana. He wouldn't touch those until after the age of 2. And I wanted to

avoid grains because of allergy issues so I never gave him cereals. The egg

yolk seemed to work perfectly for him and he loved it. Eventually we added

pureed veggies and chopped meat when he was ready.

Irene

At 02:09 PM 6/22/04, you wrote:

>The normal recommendation is to start with foods that are least likely to

>cause reactions. Egg is, therefore, not recommended so early. The normal

>recommendation is rice cereal mixed, pretty thinly to start with, with

>breastmilk, then graduate to mixed cereals. Now that I'm somewhat

>anti-grain, I'd probably use a mashed vegetable or fruit like pumpkin,

>banana or pear. You don't need to buy special baby foods, just adapt the

>foods you and dad eat.

>

>HTH,

>Cheers,

>Tas'.

> Re: feeding babies, which food first?

>

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> I started my son on egg yolk at 4 months. He would 1 or 2 eggs yolks per

> day. He really wasn't interested in any other solid foods until he was

> about 9 months.

> Irene

>

> At 10:24 AM 6/22/04, you wrote:

> >I would like to know what different people have fed

> >their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

> >What else??

> >I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

> >and am unsure what solids to start with.

> >

> >Thanks!

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know about this whole first food thing...our daughter was

eying us eating so much at 6 months that we fed her purreed steamed

green beans, and she didn't touch another solid until about 8-10

months old. In your situation your child has been exclusively

breastfed and gotten that wonderful first start that so many of our

children don't get by delaying solids.

I have been told starting with veggies is a good way to go, then

when molars come in begin adding grains. That is not exactly what

we did however!

We started on ground brown rice cooked into a mash (just whizzed it

in a blender), some fruits (mostly what was in season, at that time

cherries, moving into berries), and cooked eggs. Our ND said he had

not seen the level of allergic response to eggs that everyone

claims, so he suggested soft cooked eggs since the whites and yolks

complement each other so nicely. From there we added meats, chicken

and salmon were favorites, and organic chicken hotdogs made life

easy for me.

We also utilized rice cakes and rice crackers which I think are a NT

no-no, as both are usually cooked at very high temperatures. Also,

occaisionally we would give yogurt.

By the time my daughter was 2-2.5 years old her diet was very broad,

including all these foods and more. We don't eat much wheat or non-

soured dairy, so that wasn't something we explored. She was

probably 3 or 4 years old when she had her first piece of cheese!

Leann

--- In , " jili424 " <jili424@c...>

wrote:

> I would like to know what different people have fed

> their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

> What else??

> I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

> and am unsure what solids to start with.

>

> Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

i remember when our son was 4. he went from trying everything to only

wanting to eat the same foods all the time.

gradually and very slowly he would try other things. now at 13 he seems

to like a lot of variety.

laura

My 4-y.o. however is a lost cause.<<<

[Guest guest]

your baby is too young for solids. wait - as most people said already -

till the child shows real interest in foods. until then, breastfeeding is

totally sufficient, even to a year and more. my baby is 15 months and

though we let her have food (meat, kimchi, fat...), it's really just for

fun and flavor - she certainly doesn't consume any large number of calories

that way.

-katja

At 01:24 PM 6/22/2004, you wrote:

>I would like to know what different people have fed

>their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

>What else??

>I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

>and am unsure what solids to start with.

>

>Thanks!

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

yes, it's the white that poses an allergy risk, not the yolk.

erica z

> > >I would like to know what different people have fed

> > >their babies. Egg yolks as NT recommends, liver?

> > >What else??

> > >I have a 24 week old baby, exclusively breast fed

> > >and am unsure what solids to start with.

> > >

> > >Thanks!

> > >

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