When you started solids...

did you DC eat everything right away?

I started DD on rice cereal for a week, than oatmeal for a week.

She seemed to LOVE the oatmeal and now really gives me a hard time with the rice cereal. She scarfs down the oatmeal and looks for more.

I started her on sweet potatoes yesterday and she barely eats any of it and spits it out, makes faces, and gets fussy.

Is this normal? Should I just be trying a few spoonfuls at first?

Re: When you started solids...

They say it takes 10 times to try a food before a baby will like a food.
I would continue with the oatmeal and eliminate the rice (I never did anything but oatmeal with Lily and she's fine ) and try the sweet potatoes for a few more days...if she still hates them, move on to something else.
At this point, eating is for practice, not nutrition, so there's no reason to make it unpleasant and force anything!

Re: When you started solids...

IDK my kids eat everything LOL. One time they didn't seem to like peas, but they were fine with them the next day.

Oh Jonah didn't like summer squash at all.

Re: When you started solids...

C & J hate fruits....they live on veggies. They seemed to like thre fruits when I started them but as soon as they got a tase for veggies they stopped eating fruits. They LOVE sweet potatoes and squash. They can't even taste bananas and apples anymore, I guess they don't like the sourish taste.

I'm going to start to introduce them again for breakfast, right now they eat yobaby yogurt for breakfast. All babies are different and like different tastes like all of us.

I'm sure she is just figuring out what she likes and doesn't!

Re: When you started solids...

I would just offer her a few spoonfulls if she doesn't seem to be wanting more.

We started cereal at 5 months and then started fruit and veggies at 6 months. DS prefers oatmeal over the other cereals. We alternate now between oatmeal and the multigrain cereal but I def see his preference for the taste of the oatmeal. From what I've heard from family my DS is a good eater because he opens his mouth wide for everything. The only thing he hasn't gone crazy over is peas and peaches. I never force him to take anything though if he isn't opening his mouth for it. I read it can take them around 10 different times trying a new food before they like it or not so don't give up trying different things.

Re: When you started solids...

Lexi eats everything and anything....Cereal wise, we have only given her oatmeal, but she's never had a problem with any of the fruits or veggies...I never alternated cereals w/ DS either, just kept with what worked...

Are you mixing the cereal with the sweet-potatoes or giving it staright ? Maybe that would make a difference