I am a mom of 4.5 months old twins and like all here , I have questions on their feeding. Right now they take breast milk and formula only. One baby takes prune juice diluted 1 oz a day and apple juice 2 oz diluted the next day. This was due to constipation and does help sometimes though not always. We have not started yet on rice cereals.
I want to know what I can start giving them right now to make them grow well and healthy.
Is banana ok now?
Are the juice I said ok or should I give anything else?
How about other solids? I was waiting for the 6th month to begin and then give the solids but pls advise. Also my babies were born at 34 weeks.

I would like to know if there is any stage by stage article here for feeding guidelines. It would help lot of new moms who have lot of questions and keep hearing different opinions from different people. Please advise. Thanks. Hetal replied. at first, i personally dont recmnd solids before 6months, unless and until your dr has asked for it !
other than,,that, if at you are willing thn,,,here are something you can do :
yup banana is ok,not a prob,,offer mashed,,and offer in mid day/noon..
juices are fine its good that you are givng diluted,,as far as your babies are NOT getting reflux probs with it,,there are no worries,,
about other solids,,well, let me take it this way...right now without ne solids, and only because of formula,your babies are having constipation -- right !
so if i were you, i will rather wait until my babies get 6months,,the reason being,,your babies have shown constptn probs without solids,,and with solids, they will tend to get more constiptd which means, right now thr digestive system is not ready for high iron content foods,,which all you will find in iron fortified cereals, and other foods that you will be giving when startng with solids....it might lead to further severe constipation..
if you still want,,go slow,,this week you offer banana,,see his responses,and the next week, offer dal water(whole boiled moong water)..whole moong water is full of fibr and so i expect your baby digestives to accept it and go away with constipation prob..do a tadka of crushed jeera/pwder,hing,and crushed curry leaves/pwder or whole,,and pass it thru the strainer and thn offer that water ! see how they accept it..you can start that once you feel your babies are doing good with banana..offer a good ripe banana,,to avoid constipation !
and some kids are sensitive to banana from the other viewpoint of body nature, like they get consitpatd and some get loose motions,,so check on it !

about stage by stage articles,,by now i have i think mentioned alot about diff diets and plans from babies of 3months to 2 years,,,you might have go thru the previous post and check on it...about standard website or so,,the best thing to do is ask your dr..also gerber dot com gives good idea about what to start when and best time to solids and all such info...all this info is almost in all my post,,,

so my request to you and everyone is before posting a new post,,please go thru the previous post and see if you can find the case wherein baby age matches your baby age and that you dont have to wait for me to reply !!!

ask your dr about starting solids,,he will be able to tell you better because he knows your baby the best right from day 1,,thn wat i know about your baby ! otherwise,,the best time to start solids without ne troubles is 6months !!

take care, good luck !
Hetal replied. at first, i personally dont recmnd solids, unless and until your dr has asked for it !
other than,,that, if at you are willing thn,,,here are something you can do :
yup banana is ok,not a prob,,offer mashed,,and offer in mid day/noon..
juices are fine its good that you are givng diluted,,as far as your babies are getting reflux probs with it,,there are no worries,,
about other solids,,well, let me take it this way...right now without ne solids, and only because of formula,your babies are having constipation -- right !
so if i were you, i will rather wait until my babies get 6motnhs,,the reason being,,your babies have shown constptn probs without solids,,and with solids, they will tend to get more constiptd which means, right now thr digestive system is not ready for high iron content foods,,which all you will find in iron fortified cereals, and other foods that you will be giving when startng with solids....it might lead to further severe constipation..
if you still want,,go slow,,this week you offer banana,,see his responses,and the next week, offer dal water(whole moong water)..whole moong water is full of fibr and so i expect your baby digestives to accept it and go away with constipation prob..do a tadka of crushed jeera,hing,and crushed curry leaves/pwder or whole,,and pass it thru the strainer and thn offer that water ! see how they accept it..you can start that once you feel your babies are doing good with banana..offer a good ripe banana,,to avoid constipation !
and some kids are sensitive to banana from the other way, like they get consitpatd and some get loose motions,,so check on it !

about stage by stage articles,,by now i have i think mentioned alot about diff diets and plans from babies of 3months to 2 years,,,you might have go thru the previous post and check on it...about standard website or so,,the best thing to do is ask your dr..also gerber dot com gives good idea about what to start when and best time to solids and all such info...all this info is almost in all my post,,,

so my request to you and everyone is before posting a new post,,please go thru the previous post and see if you can find the case wherein baby age matches your baby age and that you dont have to wait for me to reply !!!

ask your dr about starting solids,,he will be able to tell you better because he knows your baby the best right from day 1,,thn wat i know about your baby ! otherwise,,the best time to start solids without ne troubles is 6months !!

take care, good luck !