The day baby starts solids
Today is the big day. It feels like it’s Christmas Day. I’m so excited. I’ve prepared for the event for the past two weeks. Everything is cleaned, and I can’t wait to see the reaction on her face. Baby Girl is officially starting solids.
I’ve been back and forth about when to start so many times now. Breastfeeding is excellent for travelling, and we’re not starting Baby Girl on solids for practical reasons.
It’s all about the reflux, which apparently often improves when babies start solids. Baby Girl has only recently turned five months, and although the standard advice is to wait until six monhts, we’ve discussed the timing with her paediatrician.
Today it is. Baby Girl’s life is about to change. The magic food will be made up of one teaspoon of baby rice and three teaspoons of expressed breast milk.
After that I guess I’ll know for sure if it really is upsetting to get dressed in clothes with arms and be awake without anyone singing nursery rhymes – or if reflux really was to blame for every little cry.
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