Comments on: Baby Food Stages

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:23:54 +0000

i think its okay to start them out when their stomach anit getting full and they want another bottle heck yah are more less starving babies until they are 6months old dang. i started my daughter out when she was 3 or 4months old and now she is 3years old and she is smart and nothing wrong with her. i started my son on a ceral with his milk.and just some of stage 1 baby food like bannas and he loves them,.

By: Karrie

Karrie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:39:38 +0000

I have always wondered this to, and I have had four. My older three (ages 12,9 and were given baby food around 4-5 months and I just slowly went up to the next ’stage’ every couple of months may be? Been a while. Well, I was young and just did my best, thinking that they were given baby food as a source of nutrition and they needed it. They were always big babies. Now I’m a little older and wiser and my 4th baby turned 8 months today. I breastfed exclusivley for 6 months, introduced the cereals first, a couple weeks later the 1st foods, and she is still on 2nds. Since now I know that the baby’s main source of nutrition for the 1st year is breastmilk/formula, I give her that 1st THEN the solids instead of the other way around.

By: Sabz

Sabz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:01:27 +0000

@ Marti, stage 1 is basically the first solids your baby gets, besides breastmilk or formula. AAP recommends waiting until baby is 6 months old before starting. Many start earlier and many babies don’t start until 8 or 9 months. I started my son on stage 1 foods when he was 6 months old and he did great. Just make sure your baby gets milk as the primary food, supplemented by stage 1. HTH, Sabz

By: Cate

Cate — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:48:12 +0000

Marti’s question is a good one. While all babies are different, there is no reccomended ages for beginning each of these stages.

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:24:08 +0000

hey marti, they say (in australia) that its best to start around 6months- because to much later then that the milk breast or formula doenst have the nutrients in it they need(it doesnt have enough) ad they say too early is bad as well thou I think around 4-6 months is ok but preferably closer to 6months althou my baby started at 5months , he would watch us eat and watch the food and he is a big boy..i hope this helps : P

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:49:30 +0000

Most of the people I know started their babies on cereal around 4 mos. I did a great deal of research and found that it is recommended that you wait until around 6 mos. Waiting helps to reduce the risk of developing food allegeries. My son turned 8 mos yesterday and we just started giving him foods other than breastmilk a few weeks ago. He’s doing fine and I’m glad that I waited. Babies don’t really need anything other than breastmilk (added vitamin D and iron drops) or formula for their nutrition the first year. Other foods are introduced mainly so that the baby gets used to eating foods rather than simply drinking them…

By: marti

marti — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:52:25 +0000

im confused….when exactly do you start stage one (how old should he be)?