4mo do i give baby food yet?

• Answers (9)

  Answered at 1:37 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: vadasmom
  
  you can keep her on cereal if its not harming her. and she aint choking. if shes having a rought time swallowing it then milkor water it down a bit
• Answered at 1:38 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: gdiamante
  
  For a breastfed baby, wait till six months.
• Answered at 1:52 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: nwdeserangel
  
  Depends on your baby! The experts say that you should breastfeed exclusively until you baby is 6 months old, because a baby's digestive system isn't mature enough to handle real food yet. My LO started showing interest in food at 4 months. He would eat a little baby food, but mostly still breastfed.
  If your baby isn't showing any interest in real food, stick with breatfeeding until she does.
• Answered at 1:53 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: KatieCrandall
  
  Don't ask people on here for advice with thios kinda stuff, you'll get a million different opinions and none of us really know what is best for your baby. Discuss with your doctor what your baby is ready for. Good luck!
• Answered at 2:01 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: hinson7169
  
  I agree 6months that when I started my son
• Answered at 9:04 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: Krysta622
  
  AAP recommends no sooner then 6 mos.
• Answered at 9:35 AM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: degsyuna
  
  You should ask your doctor. Mine recommends waiting until 6 months regardless of whether your baby is breastfed or formula fed.
• Answered at 1:33 PM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: klbnkndsmm
  
  My son was breastfed but at about three and half months i would add a little rice cereal in his bottle (with breastmilk of course) once a day. He didn't seem to be getting quite enough and with the cereal he got his belly full and would then sleep all night. I would't start spoon feeding your baby cereal yet or giving other kinds of food but i really don't think that a little cereal in milk will hurt but talk to your dr first. all babies or different but that worked for us and he did fine!
• Answered at 10:04 PM on Nov. 22, 2008 by: MissHeidi0304
  
  KatieCrandle up there has it right, everyone on here gets uptight with this answer. LOL my son is 15 weeks old and in the 4 days he has been eating about 42 to 45 onces of formula a day, so you are darn right we started to introduce cereal to him. It's in his bottle, just a spoonfull, a few times a day and we have spoon fed him....the formula on a spoon cause it's not like we are feeding them thick oatmeal all of the sudden once a day in the last few days to get him used to that reflex of using his tongue. So next week when he is 4 months we wil see how his progress is. I don't feel all babies are going to be text book babies and not eat "baby food" until they are exactly 6 months, they are all special in their own developmental needs and milestones.

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