Can someone explain No Solids before one year philosophy?

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Anonymous wrote:bm or formula alone is not enough to satisfy most babies that long. At 6 months is when solids should be introduced

no depends. My first didn't eat but one to three spoonsful a day of puree till about 13 months. My second dropped to one bottle a day as soon as she could get her hands on food at about 51/2 months (I made up for some of the milk with lots of night nursing, but she was probably at just 15 oz of breastmilk in 24 hours at 9 months - honestly, no solids would have been better for her).

The pickiness and food think begins at age two and doesn't matter what you've fed (or haven't) before. Luckily I don't have a picky eater, but I know a super picky eater who ate anything and everything from age 6 months to age two, when voila, pickiness.

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Anonymous wrote:Just want to point out that just because a baby grabs for food doesn't mean they are ready for it...they grab for all kinds of things that are not a good idea for them to have. When teeth come in, important digestive enzymes do too and giving a 4 month old solids instead of breast milk because they reach for them does the child a disservice.

this was true with my first. he grabbed and so we started at 51/2 months, but he wouldn't really eat till closer to a year. My second grabbed, but oh then she ate. so kid by kid.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The culture where I was raised is centuries old"

What?

I suspect we have someone who fetishizes the past here.

Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just want to point out that just because a baby grabs for food doesn't mean they are ready for it...they grab for all kinds of things that are not a good idea for them to have. When teeth come in, important digestive enzymes do too and giving a 4 month old solids instead of breast milk because they reach for them does the child a disservice.

It isn't instead of, it's in addition to.

DUH.

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I EBF for 9 months before I introduced solids. I followed the advice my mom gave. We had a "solid food" introduction ceremony for it called annaprashan. It's based on the philosophy of Ayurveda to minimize allergies and build immunity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annaprashana

After that the baby ate foods we were eating but I mashed it up and did not use any chillies in it. Aside from that my kids grew up eating turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, garlic etc. in their food.

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Anonymous wrote:I EBF for 9 months before I introduced solids. I followed the advice my mom gave. We had a "solid food" introduction ceremony for it called annaprashan. It's based on the philosophy of Ayurveda to minimize allergies and build immunity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annaprashana

After that the baby ate foods we were eating but I mashed it up and did not use any chillies in it. Aside from that my kids grew up eating turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, garlic etc. in their food.




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We did the annaprasana at six months, which I think is fairly common.

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My kid grabbed a piece of papusa off my plate and began to gnaw on it at 4.5 months. I had been planning to start solids at 6 months but in that moment, I was not about to pry food out of my baby's hands and say "not until I say you're ready." I can not imagine how you actually manage to make it to your kid's first birthday without having had some food, unless you entirely exclude your kid from family meal time and continuously pry whatever morsel your child finds out of their hands. Sounds entirely unnatural to me, and unkind. Perhaps it's all just hyperbole though and people don't actually mean what they say re no solids before one.

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Anonymous wrote:HI everyone, I am the OP. I had read D-list celebrity Blossum's blog and that is where I saw her say that she had not given her baby ANY solids for 12 months. I also have been hearing more and more about no solid before 12 months on other forums and articles. I was just wondering about the thought behind it. I started solids at 6 months, but did organic purees that I made myself. I did not try the baby-led weaning thing. I don't know much about BLW.

Blossom is a certified nutjob.

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Anonymous wrote:My son started at 4 months per his pediatrician's recommendation. He took right to it and hasn't looked back. He is very healthy and LOVES veggies. Now that he is a year old he wants to feed himself and doesn't like me to help until the very end. Which is messy, but great! Thank goodness for wipes!

I hope u are not using baby wipes on your child's hands and face to clean up food! THat would be unhealthy and expensive and wasteful! Use a washable cloth with JUST WATER

Yeah, don't do that. Has anyone actually used baby wipes on your own hands? I did once. I was shocked at the chemical taste residue they left behind. You should try it yourself.
I bet there are a ton of preservatives in there to prevent those dense moist stacks from getting moldy.

On another note and more on topic, I tried a jar of baby puree once. It was nasty. Lamb and carrot, my ass. It tasted gross, and was indistinguishable with the chicken and potato. Scraped up the time for Beaba purees, ever since then.

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We did BLW and started at 6 months, but DS really didn't care about eating until 15 months (not for lack of trying, we eventually tried purees too he just didn't care). Then something at 15 months clicked and he started nursing less and wanted to eat a ton of solids. Now at 3 he is a fantastic eater, so I guess it all worked out.

So, ours wasn't really by choice but that is how it happened

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OMG Did you folks lose your copy of what to expect in the first year? Many babies are ravenous at 8-9 months. Mine were going through quarts and asking for more. It was ridiculous and the ped said "how much harder do they have to ask for solid food (before you hear them)?"

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This is another way for moms to continue their child's dependence of them. There is something wrong with the mother when she wants her child to be exclusively breastfed past the time when it isn't necessary. Some women get a lot of personal satisfaction from having their kids dependent on them. If they give them actual food when they are ready for it, they feel unnecessary.

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Just for the record, introducing solids later than six months of age is not a modern "fad." Historically, cultures around the world have introduced solids later, with many exclusively breastfeeding for up to two years of age before feeding solids.
Waiting to introduce solids is not the "fad," introducing at six months is the "fad."
The more you know!

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Zombie thread ALERT!