Hi! I was just wondering when everyone started their baby on puffs and/or cheerios......my dd is 6 1/2 months old and has been eating only cereals and fruits and veggies since she was about five months...she has developed a pretty good pincer grasp already as i (thank goodness) caught her picking up a small button on the carpet!! She has also been doing that "commando" crawl for over a month now.... are these signs that she is ready or should i wait a few more weeks? THANKS!
D., this is around the time I started puffs with my son. He had 1 or 2 teeth at this point. the puffs do melt in the mouth which is good.
Hi D., I would try the puffs first they melt in the mouth. My son is 10 months now I started him on puffs about 6 months and he still could not eat them. So I waited another month and he was fine with them. I did not start the cheerios until he was around 9 1/2 months cause they are harder and he had moe theeth by then. But you could try and se how he does all kids are different, if it does not work just keep trying. Good Luck
hi,
go ahead and start, all of my kids did between 6 and 7 months. start it off slow and in small pieces until she gets used to eating them, i would break them up and then let mine get used to the texture. my son is almost 8 months and has just started this week eating a whole one. i broke it in pieces for the past month. hope this helps
Hi D.,
I would definitely start with Puffs first b/c they break down MUCH faster than Cheerios. And all babies will have an initial reaction of gagging, or coughing b/c it's a totally new texture! My two kids did the same thing! But I tried again the next day and simply wet them slightly to take the "cruchyness" out of them. Gradually over three days or so they were both used to them and gobbled them up! I'm not sure that waiting a whole month will make it that much better. Best of luck! These are fun times!
Go for it! She's already got the means to feed herself those types of foods, so try it. Cheerios are great because they're pretty low sugar and heart healthy. I also liked the different flavored puffs that some of the baby food companies made. Have fun with this stage!
Cheerios were a HUGE part of my boys diet when they were that age. They are the perfect size for tiny hands, portable, are made with healthy ingredients and very little sugar and not very messy. You can even get organic ones to be extra healthy. the only thing I would avoid are the "teething cookies." I thought they were the messiest things I ever gave my first son and wouldn't even look at them when I had my second.
Hi D.
She is definately showing the physical signs of readiness. All babies are different so it can't hurt to try. As other Mom's have said the puffs readily disolve so go with those until you see her actually chewing. If she coughs, gags, or gets freaked out, just wait a few weeks and try again.
My son is almost 8 months old, but doesn't crawl and I haven't given him anything like this yet, he is my third so you'd think I'd be more willing to give it to him, but it makes me nervous...
Our daughter started eating puffs at eight months (she loved them even though we had to place them in her mouth one by one at first, but after a couple of weeks she started learning to pick them up herself and would at least sometimes manage to get them into her mouth!) We started Cheerios slightly later, I can't remember exactly when - probably around 9 or 10 months. She also started crawling (on her hands and knees; she skipped the "commando" crawling stage) around the same time as she started eating the puffs.
She can have cheerios. If it makes you feel better break them into small pieces. They sort of dissove in thier mouth. It is fun to watch them try new things. :)
HI D.,
All kids are different! I remember seeing a very young baby with no teeth in a carrier going to town on a bagel O. day in Panera! I was always more cautious when starting my son on solids and it freaked me out. Personally, I would try the puffs--they dissolve very easily -- and see how she does or if she's interested in them. Good luck!
Hi D.,
My son is 7-1/2 months and is doing everything your 6 month old is. I tried puffs on him a couple weeks ago and he literally was gagging on them, so after finally throwing it up, I decided to wait a little. Really freaked me out. But those puffs are so quick to dissolve, so that's the great thing. Anyway, I'd just try a puff broken up and see. I feel like most babies are ready then, for some reason both of my kids have been slow with starting solids. Good luck to you!
