Did we do solids "wrong"? - Page 2

[DevaMajka]

Originally Posted by AFWife

No wheat before 10 months, no peanuts under 2, no corn products (straight corn is find but nothing processed) under 2, no dairy under 12 months unless my ped clears yogurt at 10 months, no eggs (cooked in stuff is fine but not alone) until 12 months, no shellfish under 12 months....

From what I understand, all processed corn starts out with a bath in sulfur dioxide, which either turns into, or is seen by the body as, added sulphites.
That could be the thinking there.

[claddaghmom]

Whooo, then I'm right behind you! DD ate anything and everything she wanted. I never did babyfood with her. She ate meals with us, and raw fruit in the morning.

Although I did do happy baby puffs as snacks in the car, until I learned about the extrusion process...

Anyways, the only thing I limited was dairy as much as possible b/c dairy allergies run in my family and I was LI as a kid.

So when DD was 15 months old, she started eating some yogurt at Grandma's house. Instant rash, that we are still dealing with today...I'm knee deep in trying to explore yeast, mercury, antibiotic/chemical allergies, salicylates, etc.

If someone can tie it to her eating whatever she wanted all this time, then by golly you bet your bottom dollar we'll do nothing but some raw veggies/fruit with the next kid.

[elmh23]

The only one we hold off on is peanut butter, BUT my first had mild reactions to it from 16 months (when she first tasted it) until right after 3. The only reason I held pb off with her until then was because I felt uncomfortable with it and didn't no why. So as a result, we hold off on it with our kids until they are a bit older.

Our kids also don't get fish or shellfish but mostly because we very rarely eat it in the first place.

[slimkins]

My son's pediatrician said that the only thing we could not give him was honey. I think he said not to give straight up cow's milk until a year, but I can't remember. This was with the knowledge that we don't have really any food allergies in our family. I'm just more cautious when I give my son something that is known to be a common allergen (a small amount at first and I really watch him), but I don't deter from it.

But then again, my pediatrician said that when families use to sleep in one room everyone got up 3-4 times a night (in reference to babies STTN) and he said that in 1890 they recommended breast feeding ONLY until the age of 2- and those were the men that went on to win the war... so, he is pretty awesome when it comes to a lot of these things.

I would say you did fine.

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by claddaghmom

So when DD was 15 months old, she started eating some yogurt at Grandma's house. Instant rash, that we are still dealing with today...I'm knee deep in trying to explore yeast, mercury, antibiotic/chemical allergies, salicylates, etc.

If someone can tie it to her eating whatever she wanted all this time, then by golly you bet your bottom dollar we'll do nothing but some raw veggies/fruit with the next kid.

My guess, is that because she was older she ate more so you're getting a worse reaction, but she's older so you can treat the rash more aggressively. So net effect, is thank goodness you held off on the thing you knew there was a potentially allergy for!

[Madalyn]

My son's eaten most of that stuff too. The only thing we avoid is honey, peanuts, and seafood. My mom's super allergic to shellfish so I'll probably avoid that last one for a while. If it makes you feel any better my military pediatrician told me I should be giving my son eggs at my last appointment. Though he also told me that breastmilk doesn't have any iron in it and I need to be feeding him more iron rich foods or he'll be anemic at his 1 year appointment when they test. Then there's the gyno that told me I should just avoid having sex on cycle day 14 if I didn't want to get pregnant. So yeah I can see why you might be going doctor free by choice haha. I've liked some of my on base doctors and others have made me want to yell where did you go to med school at?!

[MaddieMay]

I think you are fine. We're very relaxed about DS and solids, so he can pretty much have whatever. I know not everyone agrees with the way we do it, so I either avoid the subject (or don't bring it up) or just shrug my shoulders and say that it works for us and it's SO EASY.