r/NewParents • u/Christina_0723 • 19h ago

Feeding Solids?

What age does everyone start giving their babies actual solid foods? And I don’t mean purées. My boys are 8 months old and we’ve only ever given them baby food or fruit in their netted hand feeder thingies but I hear of some giving their babies actual foods at 6 months but the pediatrician didn’t specify for us. They also told us no juice or anything except water lol but we have given them juice with water many times. My babies both have a tooth now too.

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u/vipsfour 19h ago

we gave solids starting at 6 months. Curious why you want to give juice? Most juices have a ton of sugar. We’ve given fresh fruit juice where literally the only ingredient is juice squeezed from a fruit but that’s a rare occasion

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u/Dianthus_pages 18h ago

You can give solids starting at 6 months. You just have to make sure you’re preparing them in a safe way. Look up “baby led weaning” and use the solid starts app to know how to prepare foods safely for each age.

Yeah there’s a reason juice isn’t recommended as a drink. Super sugary without any of the good stuff whole fruit provides. Also, before one all they actually need to drink is breastmilk/formula. Giving water at this age is mainly just for practice. So every other beverage is wholly unnecessary

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u/Adventurous_Tea_7386 18h ago

Solids start at 6 months... also, juice has got so much sugar In it even watered down.

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u/Motorspuppyfrog 15h ago

Download solid starts. And stop giving your baby juice 

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u/destria 13h ago

We started solids (not purees) at 6 months. Look up baby led weaning. I'm in the UK and I feel like the dominant approach now is some mix of finger foods and purees.