We started giving Seamus rice cereal about a week or so ago and he has really taken to it! I was feeding him the other day and we had to break out the video camera because he had lots to say during dinner!
I was very hesitant to start the rice cereal since everything I read said that you should wait until 4 months to start. There are too many reasons why the "experts" say you should wait and not enough to tell you what to do if your baby needs more food! I spoke with someone I work with who sees the same pediatrician we do and she told me as long as your baby has doubled their birth weight then you are good to start stage one foods. Seamus has always had very good head control so I knew that it would be no problem getting him to start using a spoon and sitting up a bit more. He wanting so much to eat during the day that I knew I needed to start giving him something that would stay in his belly :) Needless to say he enjoys his cereal and is a much happier little boy now that his belly can stay full!!
If you are questioning whether or not to start solids, ignore the internet, ask your doctor and go with your instinct. The Gerber website still tells me that Seamus is not ready for solids, and that the milestones he has hit (being a supported sitter) are not typical for his age (just over 3 months) and that I need to call them for assistance to find the right milestone group for him (the only one lower is newborn).
Through all of this I have learned that all babies are different, do not let a website tell you that your child cannot have reached the milestones that he has because of his age.
