Intro to Solids

Well, at our 4 month check-up the doctor gave us the go ahead to try solids. So I introduced rice cereal to Evelyn. Due to her acid reflux, we put rice cereal in her bottle....so she kind of already knows what it tastes like. We tried the rice cereal once every other day. But she spit most of it out and started to stop wanting the bottle and only the cereal. Therefore we have decided to hold off on solids right now.

Our GI specialist told me something very interesting that I thought I should share. He said that solid foods shouldn't be a major source of food for a child under a year. The formula/breast milk should be and that introducing solids to an infant is just so they learn how to use a spoon and eat thicker foods. That way at 1 years old they don't starve because they don't know how to eat. He said not to rush into new foods. To take it slowly and give very little at a time. This way the infant gets what she needs from the milk and just has fun with the spoon.

This has made me feel much better and more relaxed about introducing solids. I think we are going to wait until Evelyn is 6 months before I try the food again. Maybe she will be ready by then.