How soon is too soon for Baby food?  

i started feeding my daughters at 6 months, under my child's pediatrician suggestion. we began with some apples, then i introduced vegetables soup, meet and fish...at 1 years they ate everything

I started my children on rice cereal between 4-6 months of age. The formula is a food that is very dense in calories. It will keep your baby satisfied much longer than fruits or cereal. Maybe he is not hungry when he fusses. If he is 4 months old he is probably starting to cut teeth and is getting anxious to start crawling around.

Feeding children at 8 months old is way too early. Their digestive system are not yet fit to get solid foods at the time, and this is the reason why doctors recommend feeding babies at around 4 months time. I wonder why your doctor recommended feeding at 10 months, for me that's already late.. I wonder too how your aunt and you have managed to feed babies at those early age and i think that's the reason why your baby has now been accustomed to this constant feeding and not being satisfied enough. unless your doctor has told you that your baby is not over-weight, then I believe there's no cause for alarm but just the same be aware and conscious of the kinds of food you give your baby. As long as you're giving him healthy food, then I can say that you should go on with what you're doing.

First off, every baby is different. I have learned to never listen to the doctor when it comes to feeding. I had my baby on cereal at three months because he was acting like he wasn't getting enough to eat. I gave him 4 oz of cereal every night before he went to bed. My doctor went nuts about it but I didn't care. Only you know what to do for your kid...you spend the most time with them. You are not supposed to put your child on baby food before 6 months, but you could get away with it at 5 months. Right now my son is 8 mths and his feeding schedule is as follows: when he wakes up at eight he gets a fruit baby food, at about noon he wants a formula bottle, at about three or four he wants another formula bottle or cereal, at about six he gets another formula bottle, and at 8 or nine he gets a vegetable baby food. This works for him, but like I said earlier, it all depends on the baby. The website that I can find the best feeding schedule is www.baby-health.net/articles/33.html , hopefully that will help you out.

I started giving my kids solids at around 6 months of age and they were fine with it.

10 months old?!?! That's insane! I started feeding my son rice cereal when he was around 5 months... then I started introducing the jarred baby food at 6 months. Now he's 9 months and eats three meals of baby food, some baby oatmeal, and still his formula bottles throughout the day. I never really followed a "guideline"... just followed my instinct!

10 months!! Thats crazy, my son was eating off of my plate at 10 months. LOL My 4 month old has been eating cereal for a while. Im not completely sure how old she was when we first gave her food. The first food though was stuffing and green beans...we put them in the food processer. And she loved it. LOL now when she sees that you have a bowl of anything she automatically thinks she is going to get some, so she starts kicking and smiling and opening her mouth. Its pretty cute. I think she has more bottles though. this is bad of me...but it is easier. LOL...I do however make sure that she has atleast one bowl of cereal and atleast one fruit or vegetable a day.

that seems a bit late! my pediatrician recommended that we start our son on sollids at 6 months which is what we did. i'll do the same with this next baby. the reason doctors dont want you to feed your baby solids so early on is that it can increase their chances of developing food allergies and also their intestines are immature. older generations will tell you that they started feeding their babies solids right away, but they didnt have the medical advances & knowledge that we do now. i think its best to be safer than sorry. 5-6 months is good. there is no reason to rush an infant into solids, but at 10 months they should already be chewing foods...small bits of it at least and not just starting. at 6 months my son was drinking several 10 oz bottles of formula a day which led me to know that he was ready for more food. our doctor was right for us!

I started feeding my baby when she was 4 months old. I am amazed that your baby was fed at that very young age. It is appropriate to feed the baby, as they would say when he/she is capable of controlling her head. But it is a good thing to feed the baby as early as possible so that he will also start eating solid foods at a younger age. If he ask for food give him, just don't overdo. =) I picture your baby as a very healthy baby.

I started both my sons on cereal at around 3 months. They did not get fruit & vegetable baby foods until they were 4 months. I did not start them on meats until they were 8 months and was still told that was too early to start on meats. My youngest is now 11 months and he eats all table food except his cereal. I still feed him the baby cereal but only once a day. Every once in a while I will give him one of the stage 3 desserts. As for formula they had around 32 oz.until they were 9 months and then went down to 24 oz. a day.