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April 19, 2011 at 9:58 pm #68195AnonymousInactive
Sorry this is so long, hoping somebody has some ideas or advice.
My dd is MSPI and after months has been doing fairly well on just elimating those things from my diet. At her 6 month appt the ped wants us to start solids. I had always planned on starting around then, but wasn’t and am still not in a major hurry or anything.
She physically eats just fine, actually seems to love it.
So we gave her rice cereal, homemade. She didn’t poop for several days and was completely miserable. Seems that is a common problem for rice cereal, so waited several days for her system to clear and tried sweet potatoes. She screamed for 2 nights straight, and I mean the whole night.Waited about 2 weeks for me to catch back up on sleep and decided to try again. So we gave her carrots and she only cried for about 1-2 hours before bed. She slept fine the rest of the night. So I figured since it was only before bed and not keeping me up all night, I would do it for a few days and hopefully her system would get used to it. 5 days later and she was still doing the crying at night. Stopped food, no more crying.
Had a dr’s appt, she said try again with a green veggie. Well I had been thinking of doing peas next, but she said not to do peas since they are similar to soy beans and might cause a problem. I had heard green beans were closer and not to try those. She said to try the green beans anyway.
So they’re now ready in our garden and I am wanting to try them, but I’m scared I will be up again all night with a screaming baby.I also tried oatmeal, she hated it and wouldn’t eat any. The dr said if we can get past green beans to try a fruit then add it to the oatmeal. If not we can set up an appt with a GI.
Anyway, not sure if that is something common or if its just her. And we’re only talking 1 tablespoon of food here and how much of that could she be swallowing since half of it ends up all over the place.
Sorry this is so long. I’d appreciate any advice or what I’m doing wrong. I’m also not worried about her needing the food or anything, she’s growing fine and my older dd was on bm only for the first year.
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hellbennt 2011-04-20 12:49:39 April 20, 2011 at 12:52 pm #68207hellbenntKeymasteryou’re on the right path…
just keep trying things- I would stay away from the cereal- there is no need for it- if you want to try cereal try oatmeal or barley & make sure there aren’t any added ingredients…doesn’t matter fruit or veggie first, either. try avocado!try squash- there are so many varieties to try…orange veggies have been reported by mothers here to be hard on babies’ systems…also: try feeding in the morning so at least you have the day for screaming if it happens- no need to feed in the evening…June 25, 2011 at 10:06 pm #68571AnonymousInactiveMy dd is 7 1/2 months and had VERY SIMILAR reactions to rice cereal as well as sweet potatoes. Many of the very starchy things do not work for her (at least not yet).
I echo Laura (hellbennt) – squash worked well for us, and we did prunes pretty early in solids as well. But my baby girl LOVES her Earth’s best Oatmeal cereal (made with breastmilk). And as she tolerated solids better, we were able to do peas, which are now here favorite. They make her a bit gassy, but not uncomfortable.I started out making my own, but generally try the jarred food for the “introductory” period. However, be aware of how much “ascorbic acid” is in the foods – especially fruits. I’ve noticed that if the food has that listed as an ingredient, she tends to react more strongly.I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong. 🙂 Hopefully she is doing better since your original post! -
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