Starting purees.

Good day mom's and mom's-to-be!

Today's topic is all about when Finn started on purees. *Please be mindful that what worked for Finley may not work with all babies, always make sure to talk to you doctor before giving your child any sort of foods.*

Lets get started, when Finley was about 2-months old I noticed that every morning he was beyond hungry! He would spend ALL morning latched onto my boob lmao. Literally. He would wake up every morning around 8am and would nurse, he would get off the boob and be good for about 20 minutes or so and have to be right back on nursing again. He would do this off and on ALL morning, making it so hard to get anything done or go anywhere. I looked for advice on mom groups and all the feedback I got was "He's just cluster feeding, it's normal" so I left it at that. A couple weeks later I started my Google research about it and all that I could find was that they don't recommend food until the age of 4-6months. I turned to my mom group again and asked if anyone had fed their baby purees at 3-months old, or what was the youngest they've fed their babies, which got an intense amount of backlash. I dealt with this for a month and a half when I just couldn't do it anymore, my nipples were raw and I honestly didn't think I was producing enough for him. (even though he was such a little chunker aha)

Devin and I agreed that at 3 1/2-months old we would start Finley on vegetable purees, we made an appointment with his doctor and she informed us that he could only have a couple spoon fulls once a day and to keep an eye out on how much he was eating as giving food to early to babies can lead to diabetes. We were mindful, took her advice and started Finley with his first ever puree, carrots!

He absolutely loved it! Over the moon loved it! He wasn't the best at actually keeping the food IN his mouth, but you could tell he loved the taste of it. This changed our morning routine a bit, but I can assure you it was for the better. Finley would wake up, nurse and then we would go to the kitchen and I would feed him some puree. I was so happy with our decision because our mornings flowed so much more smoothly, Finn was able to hold off till lunch before needing to nurse again which meant that we were able to play more and go out in the mornings instead of being stuck at home doing nothing.

All this to say, just because something is right for another baby doesn't mean it's right for yours. And honestly, as much as those mom groups say they are so supportive and understanding, none of them really are lol. Do what your gut tells you, talk to your doctor, do your research and make educated decisions for your child. If you make a mistake, so what? We all do, that's essentially what parenting is. Just making a bunch of choices for this tiny human and hoping they are the rights ones and won't come back to bite you in the ass later on :P

Have a great day! (:

From one mom to another.

Just-A-Mom