My kids were chewing things a lot earlier than that, we have pictures
of them with lemon slices sticking from their mouths at about four
months, hard to believe but they seemed to love them. Also whole ears
of corn from 7 or eight months, they loved to manipulate them and
grind them even before they had any teeth. Babies are so individual
that it is impossible to say what one will like and another hate. They
are people right from the start. My theory was to let them try
whatever they wanted, although my second turned out to LOVE alcohol,
she drank sips of beer or wine, so we had to limit that! ;--) She used
to wail amazingly when anyone drank beer and she could not have any. I
can not wait till she is a teenager ;-^()

Debra Kierstead wrote:
>
> I just wanted to clarify he is 7.5 months, not 10 months.  He is actually
> munching on a raw carrot right now but I worry because he has 4 teeth now
> and sometimes bites  off big hunks.  He also seems irritated after he eats
> them so I wonder if his digestion is not ready for it??
>
> All the best,
>
> Debbie
>
> >From: Tom Bridgeland <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: solid foods for babies
> >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:37:03 +0900
> >
> >Fawn Bales wrote:
> >
> > > Have you tried him on fruit yet?
> >
> >I used fruit first.
> >
> > > Teething can cause a lot of aggravation, and finding him something to
> > > chaw on might help too.
> > >
> >  In my experience, 10 month olds really like to eat
> > > and play with food and will indeed get upset if you don't "share" with
> > > them.  As long as he's getting breast milk, too, solids are fine at this
> > > age.  (Okay - NOT so solid - mushes.)
> >
> >My kids loved to gnaw on apples at that age. They would hold the whole
> >apple and work away at it. They also gnawed on whole carrots or any
> >hard food, though you have to be careful they do not manage to bite
> >off a big chunk. Also crunchy foods like crackers. They need to
> >exercise their teeth.
>
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