We thought we'd wait until Noah hit his 6 month birthday before we gave him solids, but the doctor said he was more than ready. Not only was he carefully watching everything we ate but he was opening his mouth in anticipation too. But, the biggest change was his sudden need to eat every hour and a half during the day and every three hours during the night. For the first time I felt the pain of other parents that complained of sleep deprivation. It was no fun! So, today we introduced some rice cereal to Noah...and he loved it!
The plan is to give him one tablespoon of rice cereal in the morning for one week. Then we'll add another serving in the evening. Once he's fine with that we'll introduce a vegetable. We can add something new every three days. The doctor suggested that we start with several veggies before introducing fruit. Because fruit is so sweet many babies may not be so inclined to eat veggies after trying the sweet stuff. That makes sense to me!
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