bluejaunte
06-10-2008, 08:07 AM
Our sweet 6 mo ADORES eating solids and we're trying to raise him as raw as possible. So far he's about 99% breastfed, just a few tries of solids here and there. He's had banana and pear, and gnawed on some apple core a couple of times (all organic).
The first few times he had banana there were no problems at all, barring the mini-tantrum when the bowl was finally empty. The third and fourth time, though, he was fine until about 2 hours later, when he'd start projectile vomiting until he had dry heaves. The first time he had an extremely mild fever; the second he had cold sweats. Both times he got super lethargic.
I'm guessing a sudden onset food sensitivity .. buuuut .. aren't two of the highest recommended raw foods for babies bananas and avocadoes? Don't avocadoes fall under the same risk for latex sensitivity as bananas (and mangoes)?
He loves pear, but if we want to feed him as much raw as possible and bananas and avos are BOTH out .. um .. well, at least for his parents, those two fruits are very handy for easy calories. We'll certainly try him again at least after a year, probably a bit earlier, as I hear these things can resolve themselves as the tract matures ..
Any other raw fruits that tend to get along well with babies? Any that are more calorie-dense than pear or apple?
P.S. I'm fully prepared to BF until he self-weans. I meant to exclusively BF until a year or so, but he is just so smitten with those colorful foods he sees us eat (you should see him launch himself headfirst at a salad). My two siblings and I all self-weaned before a year because solids were just too damn interesting. Maybe there's a genetic component to that?
The first few times he had banana there were no problems at all, barring the mini-tantrum when the bowl was finally empty. The third and fourth time, though, he was fine until about 2 hours later, when he'd start projectile vomiting until he had dry heaves. The first time he had an extremely mild fever; the second he had cold sweats. Both times he got super lethargic.
I'm guessing a sudden onset food sensitivity .. buuuut .. aren't two of the highest recommended raw foods for babies bananas and avocadoes? Don't avocadoes fall under the same risk for latex sensitivity as bananas (and mangoes)?
He loves pear, but if we want to feed him as much raw as possible and bananas and avos are BOTH out .. um .. well, at least for his parents, those two fruits are very handy for easy calories. We'll certainly try him again at least after a year, probably a bit earlier, as I hear these things can resolve themselves as the tract matures ..
Any other raw fruits that tend to get along well with babies? Any that are more calorie-dense than pear or apple?
P.S. I'm fully prepared to BF until he self-weans. I meant to exclusively BF until a year or so, but he is just so smitten with those colorful foods he sees us eat (you should see him launch himself headfirst at a salad). My two siblings and I all self-weaned before a year because solids were just too damn interesting. Maybe there's a genetic component to that?