Best first food for a baby with intolerance?

[amyandelle]

Well, I have still been holding of because I am terrified of Meadow having a severe allergic response to solids like Elle did. However she is really so ready and I am going to go ahead and start very very very slowly.

So, what should I give her as a first food? Our ped said rice cereal since it is the least allergenic thing I can try (per his opinion). I know how everyone here feels about rice cereal so please don't flame me the only reason I am considering it is because I want to give her something that the chance of an allergic response is slim KWIM? Ok so, if not rice cereal what? Avocado? Sweet potato?

Thanks!!
Amy

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[Trillian]

Our Dr. told us that pears are one of the least allergenic foods.

[BakingMama]

Ds is allergic to rice, among other things, and I only found this out b/c of reactions through my breastmilk when he was very young. I didn't start grains with ds until around 1 year old and he doesn't eat much now.

Ds first food was local, organic summer squash - cooked. He liked it and tolerated it well. We then moved on to give him local, organic zuchinni. That went well too. I wanted his first food to be a vegetable. He really liked and preferred veggies early on which I attributed to when I introduced them and that they are easy to chew (when cooked).

Good luck.

[mclisa]

There are recommendations out there for meats as the first foods. Stick to turkey and chicken as beef and pork occur more often as meat allergies.

I've also heard pears.

[blissful_maia]

I have heard the pears thing too, and also what a pp said about there being a recommendation for meat being a first food with a hx of allergies. We used avocado as a first food...

[ainh]

Based on my highly allergic kiddo, I would say pears or zucchini. DS loves zucchini and likes pear applesauce alright too.

Check out the Joneja allergen scale too:
http://www.hallpublications.com/title2_sample1.html

[williamsmommy2002]

We did pears, sweet potatoes and organic brown rice cereal for ds2. Ds1 had no reactions to those foods. Ds1 had a reaction to avocados so I wouldn't do them.