Hello everyone. My baby girl just turned 9 months old and I was wondering when all of you started your little ones on #3 foods. It seems like she is ready to move on to those - but I just want to hear from all of you. She does have a doc's appt in early August so I was also going to check then.
Thank you everyone for your wonderful advice!
I took the baby to the doctor's yesterday. The doctor actually stated that Sammie is ready for table foods! WOW! That I can certainly move onto #3's. She told me we can also mash up what we are eating and feed it to her. All I have to do is make sure that she can "gum" her food since she only has one itsy bitsy tooth. :) AND we still have to avoid eggs, shell fish, peanuts, etc....
Thank you all again!
I would go ahead and try them. The pieces of food are very small and tender. If she has started the chewing motions, she's probably ready. Just give her small bites and see what happens.
My son started #3s at 8 months and loves them!
It is fine to give it to her. She is allowed anything at this point. Meat, dairy like yougurt and cheese and veggies and fruit, pasta. She can even try your food if it is cut small enough and wants it. My friends child was eating mostly their food at this age mine could not stand real food and really disliked stage 3's. We went from 2's to real food at about 15 months. They did not like the texture but every child is different.
I'll be honest, my son skipped #3 foods. He went straight to soft table foods (bananas, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, ravioli, etc). He didn't care for the #3 foods at all.
Jenn
If you think she is ready, I'd let her try some. I would say that my son was eating them around that age. They basically have more of a taste to them, they aren't as bland as the stage 1 and 2 foods. They are also thicker so make sure she can swallow that kind of consistency. The only other thing to consider is allergies, some of the stage 3 foods have different combinations of foods that she might not have tried before, so make sure if you try a food with something new in it you wait the standard 3 days till you give her anything else new. Its a good thing to also try some of table foods at that age if you haven't already, my son loved those meat sticks!
My son was also born in Oct.'06. He is eating stage 3 foods now and a lot of table food. It's up to you if you think she's ready. Just keep an eye on how she does with it.
My daugheter will be 11mths old and she is actually eating less baby food right now and feeding herself. I started giving her 3rd foods at 8mths because she was able to chew and she liked them. Now that she has started feeding herself regular food she wants nothing to do with baby food. Just go with what she is ready for...only you know!!
Hi Everyone,
I am new to Mamasource, and Morgantown. I also have a 9 month old daughter, born in October '06! I have been wondering how much to feed her, as well. She currently has zero teeth and is eating stage 2 foods. We have tried fruits in a "Munchkin" feeder and she seems to like it. I guess I'm just not sure what to feed her beyond stage 2 if she doesn't have any teeth. My daughter does have food allergies (dairy, corn), so I have to be very cautious as to what is mixed in the jar foods.
Thanks!!
H.
It isn't really an exact science. Actually I made nearly all of my kids' baby food so we didn't have the little jars with numbers to tell us when to switch. I just continued adding new combinations and allowing more "chunks" and texture to the baby food that I made as they got older, had more teeth, and seemed able to handle minimal chewing. We just went gradually to soft table foods until they ate only table foods. As another person reminded, allow some time between foods if they are new to check for allergies. Otherwise, moving to #3 foods shouldn't be a big deal and you can do it whenever you feel your baby is ready.
