I decided to wait till she was eating more in quantity before I went the homemade route as that’s a lot of time and energy to be wasting most of it. I was not making homemade food at this point since she only was just starting to eat and eating very little. I didn’t go this route as she doesn’t have bottles consistently but I have heard very good things. There is also an option to add these allergens to the baby’s bottles in a powder form, called Ready, Set, Food. There is conflicting advice on this but we decided this was the best route for us, after researching and talking it over with our pediatrician. We were told to introduce allergens (Dairy, Egg and Nuts) early, so we made sure to expose Aurora to each of these at least once per week and have continued that to now. The 3 day rule is because sometimes they don’t show an allergy right away. We started with one ingredient foods and continued the food one to two times per day for 3 days to make sure that she didn’t have an allergy. So far the only food she very much hasn’t liked is plain greek yogurt! But if I mix in a fruit, she loves it! The first attempt was pretty good! She seemed interested and surprised and would open up her mouth for more. We sat her in a baby Bumbo seat and started with only purées. She was holding her head up well but could not sit up unassisted. We first tried solids at exactly 4 months. I haven’t tried it yet but so many friends rave about it! I also heard that Feeding Littles, an online tutorial, is very useful in helpings parents to navigate the best solid food choices for their little ones. My babygroup leader and my pediatrician never seemed to say the same thing! I however polled a lot of other moms and did some of my own research to come up with what I felt was a suitable time to start for Aurora. There are so many options, methods and conflicting advice out there that I was overwhelmed. After working so hard to master breastfeeding, introducing solids was a little intimidating.
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