Hi Everyone,
I have finally started rice cereal for Arjun. He has started looking at us while we were eating with a look that he also wanted some of it. Once he tried to grab some food from his dad's hands to put in his mouth so we thought its high time , we should start solids as we started feeling guilty having all that fun just ourselves. And as he is 5 months, a week +, so i guess this should be fine.
I am giving one teaspoon rice cereal to him since yesterday during lunch and he is taking it well. I have one question though...
All of you, who have started solids for your babies, Sheeja, Priya, Sudha, Sweety... are you cleaning babies gums as well? I was wondering if I am supposed to do that or not.. If not now then when.. If yes then how to do that? Is there a danger of his gums getting infected if I don't clean those?
Please reply. sweety replied. Hi Arti,

nice to hear that u started solid.
I m also giving rice cereal and now a days i started oatmeal too. also i mgiving him gerber first food in the evening.
regarding gum cleaning his ped didn't say anything yar. i didn't ask abt the gum cleaning. ped also told that baby doesn't need water till 6 month. but i try to give little after solid feedings.

i would also ask to the ped abt that in next visit.

bye,
love to Arjun
sweety
sheeja replied. hi Arti

good to hear that u started solids. slowly u can start giving 1st foods. reagrding gum cleaning, my ped told no water to babies till 6 months. coz water will fill up only empty calories. so im not giving water.

but my mom always suggesting me to give water daily. instead of water i use to give her formula 2 or 3 spoons after each feeding otherwise i will give breastmilk.

this is a good question which i will ask my ped.this friday i have Trisha's 6th month app.

trakecare
Sheeja pri. replied. hi,arti..
its good to know that urs son is liking the cahnge of food ..i'm also giving my son rice cereal as well as oatmeal.regarding cleaning gum ..after feeding him cereals i clean his gums with wet wash cloth perfectly squeezed ..n also sumtimes i give 2-3 spoon of water so that everythings gets wash of ..n his ped also approved that i can give him water.i blv u shld clean his gum after feeding him just with plain waterthere is no harm in doing so.