when can i start solid food to my 5 month old baby???

I think its the right time for you to start solid food on..But first start by semisolid...Then gradually change on to solid food if the baby is not feeling much of difficulty with it...

It depends on the baby and the pediatrician recmmendations. If you are drying up then I would suggest supplementing with formula. If your baby seems to be starving, always crying a lot after a feeding, not willing to let go, he is indeed needing something more. You may have something lacking in your diet causing you to dry up. I would check with your physician. Try very thin, almost runny, baby rice cereal as a supplement if you feel you need to.

I started my children on baby rice when they were 4 months old. It made my life so much easier, because they definitely were wanting food at that point. If your milk is drying up and the injections didn't work, then I would suggest starting your child on solid food and supplementing with formula if you're still not producing enough milk. I don't think there's any set time limit as to when you can start your child on solids. My health visitor told me any time after 4 months was good and because my children needed it, thats when we started. Go by what your child is telling you, not what your husband and your mother tells you. Your child is the best indicator of what they need.

I know the modern thing is not to give a baby solid food until they are about 6 months old, but take it from grandma! First, that is a guideline, not a law! Second, every child is different. Third, what is the fashion today won't be tommorow. I gave my babies cereal in their milk long before they were six months old! When they started acting like the milk wasn't enough, then I gave them something a bit more solid. I know doctors know more about a lot of things now, than they did years ago, but they are also finding out that some of the old mothers' methods (like chicken noodle soup for colds and honey for coughs) were right on!. Grandma says give that some food! Add a little rice cereal to that milk!

I started my son on solids between 5-6 months and he did fine with it, but I also started him earlier on cereal at 8 weeks so thats why i started earlier with the solids. Id start your baby on them if your milk supply isnt enough, the baby will do great with it. Just be sure to start your baby on vegetables first so they dont like just the sweet stuff down the line.

I nursed my son for a year. At four months he was still just barely making it 2 hrs before he was starving again so my doctor suggested I start giving him a little cereal mixed in one bottle a day. It can be a little inconveniet because you have to pump and stay ahead of the system a little and my little guy was just always so hungry that I felt like I cut him off in order to pump when he would have actually eaten more. But it was a wonderful thing I did for him. He even started sleeping through the night when I started it. Then at 6 months the doctor okayed me to introduce yellow veggies to him. Some moms worry that introducing a bottle or food from a spoon will make them no longer want to nurse...... I have never found that to be true among all the nursing moms I know. Pumping in order to supplement with cereal will also help increase you milk production.

My baby is 5 months old and I started her on baby cereal last week. I knew she was ready because she would stare at us while we were eating and make chewing motions while watching us! She would also try to grab food off my plate and put it in her mouth when she was sitting on my lap. When I asked her pediatrician about it at her last appointment, the doctor said that I could give baby cereal at 5 months if I wanted but to wait until 6 months old to give pureed fruits and veggies. I've given her a tiny little bit of mashed banana twice now though, because she wanted it so badly and wouldn't leave me alone! She really enjoyed it and I don't feel like there is anything wrong with starting to give tiny little amounts of pureed foods at this point. She is clearly ready. And don't feel bad about not producing enough milk, I've had the same problem, although I'm pumping and feeding my milk from a bottle. By the time my baby was 3 months old I wasn't producing enough, so I had to start supplementing 1 bottle of formula per day and it killed me! I was absolutely guilt-ridden, but I've come to realize that we do the best we can for our children and feeding your baby formula or solids a few weeks before the doctor gives you the okay wont kill your baby! As a parent, you know what's right for your baby, so trust your gut. It sounds like you think your baby is ready, so I'd go for it. Good luck!

Mix a little baby cereal like rice in your baby's formula bottle. It won't hurt them a bit but you might have to cut the holes in the nipple a little bigger so it won't clog up. That way they can get used to a solid food before you have to switch to a jarred food.

Wow after reading this I feel kinda shocked. I put some rice cereal in my sons bottle when he was about 2 months old. Just a half a teaspoon to start anf now he is upto a whole teaspoon in a 6 oz bottle. He gets this about twice a day, including once at bed time and he sleeps from about 9:30 - about 6:00 every night.