Is this Ped nuts???

[llcoddington]

I know different doctors give different advice, but my SIL's ped had her start solids at 3 months and WHOLE MILK at 6 months! Is this at all normal? My nephews are just fine in the weight category but sick all the time. (constant runny noses) They are now 2 and 4. Could this still be affecting them? Maybe I'm wrong, but I had never heard of such a thing.

I am aiming for solids at 6 months and breastmilk as long as possible. This is what my ped recommended and what I thought others would too.

Lana
mommy to Lauren 12/5/03

[momma_boo]

Just out of curiosity - do you know how old their ped is? Sounds like his/her advice is "old school," similar to what some of our parents tell us. Nevertheless, the ped's advice is WAY out of line with the AAP's guidelines.

[suribear]

WOW, yes they are WRONG. I hope she changes pedis right away.

Kris

[llcoddington]

I don't know his age, but I do believe he might be a bit older. When my SIL started solids with her first, this doctor suggested making a big batch of vanilla pudding! (Pudding at 3 months?!)

Lana
mommy to Lauren 12/5/03

[llcoddington]

Funny thing is SIL LOVES this ped and even said it would be great if I could take Lauren to him. If they have another baby, I'll talk to her about some of his suggestions.

Lana
mommy to Lauren 12/5/03

[Rachels]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!!!! Not only is it not normal, it's totally in opposition to the recs of his own medical group, and it's really potentially harmful to those poor babies! Yikes.

-Rachel
Mom to Abigail Rose
5/18/02

[toomanystrollers]

Lets hope he's not offering carseat advice and I wonder if he's aware of the whole "Back to Sleep" campaign too!

[wagner36]

One of my co-workers peds said the same thing! He's totally old school (and old, might I add), and he had her start solids at 3 months (including egg whites) and whole milk at 7 months. I almost died.

[jbowman]

LOL, he's probably not offering carseat advice b/c he doesn't know that such a thing exists!

[Eloise36]

Unbelievable! I didn't know some pedistricians were still giving advice like that. I hope she changes peds.

[chlobo]

My ped. told me to start solids now (at 5 months) because my daughter is a bit of a slow gainer and the solids would fill her up and help her get back to sleeping through the night.

Does this sound a little off? I thought solids were for practice at first.

This guy has been a ped. forever so I'm wondering if he's just out of touch with new advice.

[stillplayswithbarbies]

It sounds very off. Breastmilk has more calories than solid food, so a baby who is slow to gain should be held off of solids so they eat more breastmilk (or formula).

...Karen
Jacob Nathaniel Feb 91
Logan Elizabeth Mar 03

[ppshah]

Well it depends on the situation. Generally as someone else mentioned breastmilk has more calories than cereal/solids. However my DS never really like taking bottles of EBM at daycare. so we started cereal a little early at 5 1/2 months so he got some nutrition at daycare. He never had a problem taking solids at daycare. If she will take solids in addition to BM than it's fine. I would definately not cutback on the amout of BM she is getting.

[Kieransmom]

Definately do what you're doing...I think that's way too early! It definately sounds old school!

Michelle
Mommy to Kieran, born 5/9/03