Solids at 4 months??

[nicjay]

Thanks ladies, obviously I thought as much We'll be waiting I think, who knows where this came from but I must admit I had heard something about it too. Maybe it was on the news recently or something I think - not that I would do what they said LOL

Miss E I agree with you re the baby food companies too - and a lot of their food is labelled from 4 months too But I wouldn't be using it anyway, I tried it with DD1 and some of it was disgusting, she wouldn't touch it either LOL

Thanks everyone

[Taurean]

My MCHN told me 4-6 months as well. She said it's changed back recently as the trial of starting at 6 months actually saw a lot of infants experiencing issues by starting solids later. I didn't bother to question her or the 'issues' as I trust her and her judgement and I'm not fussed at all about starting my DD on solids at 4 mths if I think she's ready. It is only a guide anyway and if DD doesn't seem ready then I'll wait. Some babies are ready for solids earlier too. Both my nephews started at 4 months and they were more than ready! If you'd prefer to wait til 6 months then do that. You know what's best for your DD

[wysiwyg]

Here is a link to a post I made a while back on the exact same issue - being told that guidelines changing back to 4 months

new-guidelines-introducing-solids-earlier-than-6-months.html

My conclusion was to wait until 6 months and from then on let DD try anything apart from honey (so not to delay introducing dairy etc). Have now been doing BLS for a couple of weeks and she is not showing much interest so despite me believing showing signs earlier - wasn't as ready as I thought.

[star child]

i staretd me son on soilds at 4.5 months & nowe my daughter at 4 months.
Every child is different & parents should decide on when their child is ready,

[MantaRay]

The guidelines definitely haven't changed as has been said by the PPs.

There are a lot of things to consider when making the decision when to start, and with so much conflicting information around it is really hard to know what to do. In the end, what it came down to for me, was that the risks of starting too early far outweigh the risks of starting later. With my boys DS1 was definitely not ready before 6 months, in fact I don't think he was ready until about 9 months and I wish I hadn't tried so hard to get him to eat earlier. DS2 was more than likely ready before 6 months, but starting at 6 months with BLS worked really well for him and he has been a fantastic eater ever since (he even asked to have peas and carrots for dinner the other night!!). If only DS1 was as good!!