feeding baby solid after 15 weeks

[julie21dave]

hi i have a little girl Ellie may and have been giving her a bit of baby rice at night at 14 weeks when can i give her other solids thanks

[julie21dave]

forgot to say she screams after 2 hours during the for a bottle she has 7oz bottles and never leaves any milk in them when is it best to give them rice last thing at night or morning 1st baby plz help

[ethanryan]

i started my son on one meal a day at 13 weeks and by 16 weeks he was having 3 meals a day. my health visitor said if he wants it let him have it. we used to also crush a rusk up into tiny bread crumb size and mix it with his bottle before bed as this filled him up. i checked my health visitor on that too and she said it was fine.

[Psychick]

Have you tried milk for hungrier fed babies?

[julie21dave]

she has been on hungery baby milk from 2 weeks

[isymcd]

I think current advise seems to be to take it slowly because of the connection they are making with food intolerances in later life. Its really hard though isn't it?? My youngest (Evie May) is 10months now but is the hugriest baby ever. How many bottles does she have during the day? I never gave mine baby rice as its horrible. What about some pureed veg?

[Beanmistriss]

Hiya, my sisters boy is 13 weeks. Shes had him on wheatabix mixed with his baby milk for about 2 weeks cos he was hungry all the time. He also has some of those baby food jars (which I think are foul). The health visitor gave her the official talk about how he was too young really etc then when she was done said that her baby was on solids from 9 weeks and if they're hungry and they need it then go ahead. Hes started sleeping right through again sine he started on food

[aims1202]

As the answers suggest there are a lot of hungry babies out there. It is normal for young babies to be very hungry and its hard work. But their digestive systems are not really ready for most solid food until they are at least 4mths old. Sometimes excessive crying can be due to the fact they cant cope with the solid food. Wheat (gluten) should only really be given at 6mths as well as dairy. A little bit of baby rice will probably be ok but if you can i would try and avoid giving her anything else until shes a bit older. Try offering her another bottle if she's still hungry after. Good luck.