Life is spinning by like a merry-go-round on hyper speed. Somtimes it’s so much fun I can hardly contain myself and somtimes I think I might be sick. This Saturday was one of those sick types of days with 4 soccer games, orchestra and selling cubscout popcorn in between. But these kids are so amazing, it’s worth a little craziness to let them have opportunities to build their talents and relationships.
This week we also got to celebrate some boys and there will be more boy birthdays to come this month.
And Grant is already 5 months old and has a tooth! He’s such a happy little sweetie.
He is VERY interested in food. Today he grabbed Heidi’s peanut butter sandwich and shoved it in his mouth. She got it all out and rinsed his mouth out. ( I was pretty proud of her instincts–She’s only 11.) Thankfully peanut allergies do not run in our family. I usually wait to introduce solids until my babies are 9 months old. He has teeth and can sit up unassisted for short periods of time. He weighs 18lbs and is average in size for 5 months old. He seems satisfied with nursing, but is very curious about eating food and has tried more than once to eat things off our plates. Would you start introducing foods?
You might give it a try, since he’s so interested. You can keep it really low-key and not give him much or push him to accept it. But if he’s trying to steal food, he’s ready to start!
I would start introducing food. I usually let my babies decide when to wean, when to eat. My lil’ monster is almost 9 months and he started food at 6 1/2 months. My first started at 5 months and my middle child started at 4 months.
They were curious and milk was no longer satisfying them.
My daughter started showing interest in food around that age too. It was just curiosity. We let her taste things, or gave her a lick and that was all she wanted. She lost interest in food until over a year old.
I remember my little brother on the other hand, chowing down at 5-6 months. He was 10lbs at birth. He’s still always hungry as a matter of fact!
With that much curiosity I would! My son would open his mouth when he saw food and we got the okay to start cereal at 4 months! He was so happy!
You have such a great family, Angela, but that Grant takes the cake (and probably will enjoy trying some too!) What a cutie!
My grandson will be 6 months the end of October and he LOVES watching everyone eating and tries to grab their food..so my daughter feeds him pear sauce that we made from our pear trees…and also organic baby pablum…and organic sweet potatoes….he loves to suck on watermelon and cucumbers…especially while he is teething (still no teeth)…drooling horribly. I would try since he is SO interested. My daughter only gives about two tsp. at each feeding and it’s only three times a day…the rest is goats milk…as she is not nursing anymore.
Oh yeah, if he’s interested at 5 months, go for it. Two of mine were that way, the first I held off until 6 months but it was harder to keep her away from food than just go with it. Eating should not be hard! Check out Weston Price Foundation for info on starting babies on solids, should be a major emphasis on protein and fat! (Good fats like coconut oil, lard etc) That is what they need to grow big healthy brains and muscles. There are plenty of “good” carbs in breastmilk, adding cereal or grains just sets the stage for diabetes later on.
I would definitely start on solids if he’s showing that much interest. You don’t have to start with cereal–you could start with veggies (some pediatricians recommend starting with sweet potatoes, etc.), and you could even mix it with breastmilk (that’s what I did to get more of it into my kiddoes). You don’t have to do much and could even keep it to once a day. Like Lisa, I followed each baby’s lead (to a degree) in regard to when to introduce solids, and each baby weaned herself (around a year old).