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by Tritch  (November 2006) (rank 158th) |
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hi everyone,
We are having a problem introducing baby cereal to Lyliana. She is 51/2 months now and she is showing all the signs of being ready to eat solid foods.she sits on her own, she watches us when we eat and tried to get our food,
she is very interested in it, but she wont eat her food. She will open her mouth for the spoon but when she tastes it she spits it out. then she refuses to open her mouth for more. We tried twice about a week apart and she did the same thing both times. Is it that she is not ready for food yet or is it that she doesn't like the cereal? We have only tried rice cereal because its the easiest to digest, Should we try a different kind, like oatmeal, or should we wait a few weeks and try the rice cereal again for the third time?
Please help. Cheers Darren
Maybe try waiting for a bit. With my daughter, we didn't start feeding her solids until she was about 6 or 7 months old. (rice cereal) All the health care professionals i spoke with told me that babies usually can't digest that kind of thing until they are older, even if it seems they are ready, their little tummies can't handle it. Which would explain why she only has one bite and then won't eat any more. Oatmeal is definitely not easily digested, so you might want to wait until she is between 9 and 12 months for that. I know from experience with the oat meal....wait as long as you can or it will make her sick. (it did with my daughter).
