What was the first food you fed your baby?

Mrs.Mango

Aside from rice cereal, that is?  Did you buy it or make it yourself?

Thanks!

OctoberBrideNYC

I think it was either Earth's Best sweet potatoes or applesauce.  I did not make it myself.  Ava loved the Earth's Best and the Gerber organic stuff - I fed her the stage 1's and 2's until about 10 months old.  I think we started cheerios at 7-8 months. 

jlcs519

Earth's best oatmeal.  After that it was butternut squash at easter dinner.  MMMMMM she said. 

mrs.condo

I can't remember what we gave JT, but it was a veggie (peas or beans I think) - Gerber. Mattingly got homemade sweet potato followed by carrots, apples & banana - all home made.

right now he is liking the combo fruits (last night he had apple, banana berry)- by Gerber

TnP102304

I was originally told to try green veggies before orange so that Elizabeth didn't get used to the sweetness of the orange veggies, so we tried peas....not a good first food, she hated it!  After taking the advice of many other moms, we next tried sweet potatoes (Gerber, I think organic, we try to buy as much of the organic stuff as we can, but all the fruits/veggies don't come in an organic version) and they were a huge success.  We've since tried, with success, pears, butternut squash, applesauce, carrots and oatmeal (Beechnut).  The not-so-successful foods were bananas and peaches.  Next on our list are green beans and prunes.  We don't make any of our baby food ourselves.

*Amy*

sweet potatoes.  He loved them.  Jarred, not homemade.

jordanm

Bananas - Gerber

Mrs*Piggy0214

It was either sweet potatoes or peas.   We bought it.

DuffOliver

Sweet potatoes, then squash. We did orange veggies, green veggies, then fruit.

All jarred. I was not at all enterprising.

aes

Sweet potatoes, then carrots, then butternut squash.  I actually made all of them over the long T-giving weekend. 

Since then, I've made the sw. potatoes & squash again b/c it's just SO easy.  Cut in half, put in oven to bake, squish with fork. 

Other than those two, we buy the rest of the baby food.

happygirl277

Earths Best Peas...he loved them!!! 

JanAndShawn

Gerber sweet potatoes. She loved them! She liked everything we gave her, except for peas, which she learned to like after trying them a few times.