If he’s sitting well independently I’d be far less worried either way- the issue is when they’re interested but their sphincters and GI tract in general aren’tup to snuff yet- which sitting is a good proxy for core development. You could always try focusing on food that’s heavier on the sensory than much making it in the mouth- self feeding/playing in oatmeal or yogurt or avocado for example.
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Ah see US regularly green lights purées before sitting. 
I personally don’t agree with the recommendation though generally.
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Purees can just be a sloppier hommus from the store (some brands are smoother than others, I think Chris’ hommus is a good one).
ETA: just think of smooth food you’d feed yourself anyway, like smoothies! Those can be fed with a spoon. Or yoghurt, or other dips.
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His core development/strength is really good but it has been good waaaay before I would have thought food was a good idea.
Why can’t my two kids just be exactly the same, waa.
I’m going to try this. Mr Pancakes will hate it 
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It’s arguably the most important part of early feeding! Way more than the calories is the exposure 
plus then you get adorable (filthy) baby hair and it’s hilarious.
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Has anyone had a baby who just didn’t poo? Baby E is exclusively breast fed and she keeps going really long times between poos. I got worried last week when she went 2 days without anything, but I emailed her pediatrician who said 2-3 days can be completely normal for breast fed babies. Toddler E always went multiple times per day. Now she’s at 4 days without anything and I’m really worried again. In the past 9 days she has had 5 dirty diapers and she’s 4 weeks old today. She’s constantly gassy and passes gas a million times per day, but no poo. She is still having 10-12 wet diapers a day so I’m not worried that she isn’t eating enough.
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My friend’s baby did this and their pediatrician said it’s just a sign that the baby is really efficiently processing everything.
Our baby was pretty gassy in his 2nd month and seemed to be in discomfort. We added probiotic drops (mixed into his bottles) and it seemed to help after about a week. Either that or his digestion improved on its own. I was unwilling to back off the drops to run a well-controlled experiment.
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Yes! And when we researched it, on ebf up to two weeks can be normal. I think his standard was 4-5 days, and he’d been doing solids a few months before he was eating enough to go daily. Don’t worry, at almost a year, all but one diaper was poo today (we eat high fiber foods).
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I was adamant about 6 months until I wasn’t. He was always hungry and wanted people food all along. He did rice cereal at 4 months and by 5 months had successfully stolen a plum from my dad.
And if he could steal and eat a whole plum, maybe he was ready?
I don’t recommend for or against anything, except for trusting yourself and your baby
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My first went at least every day, often multiple times. The youngest goes every second day at the most, sometimes up to a week between.
I’m not sure I buy the “more efficient” digestion argument because the longer between, the larger the output. Both kids were declared In the range of normal by their doctors.
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Thank you all! I feel a little better about it now. The doctor mentioned at her 2 week appointment that she seems to be very efficient with eating and processing her food. She nurses for a much shorter time than Toddler E did (2-5 min per side) but she had gained 2oz per day of weight instead of the standard 1oz per day that they look for.
I’ll look for probiotic drops to try s as well. She has been extra fussy this afternoon and I think it’s just because she is so gassy
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Late to the party, but chiming in with another yes, normal. Pebbles often went 4-5 days when she was efficiently eating.
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We had poo this morning! 5 days since the last time! I guess I just need to get used to her having a very different bathroom schedule than her sister.
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The wiggler is about to turn 3. He has the same bedtime he’s had when we sleep trained at 8-10 months–start bedtime routine at 6:30, in bed around 7.
The past few weeks he has more often than not been obviously awake for an hour or more past lights-out. Babbling, “reading” his books, even jumping in his crib. He seems cheerful the whole time so we don’t go in and try to soothe him, and he’s generally happy when he wakes up in the morning.
But the fact remains that he’s not going to sleep promptly at bedtime like he used to! Do we need to start pushing bedtime later? (I don’t wanna!)
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What’s his nap situation like?
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Often late and long. D starts the nap process at 12:30 and he falls asleep somewhere between 1 and 2, usually. Then he wakes up around 3:30 or 4.
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Is he fighting his naps? Long onset for nap and struggle going to sleep at bedtime makes me wonder if he’s trying to drop his nap? That typically happens at 3-4 years, although some kids are more like 5.
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But I don’t want him to drop his nap 
It’s generally pretty obvious when he’s tired and needs a nap, but he has been fighting naptime for quite some time.
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I don’t see this as a problem?
Signed, the parent who has been wondering if I can just let my kid hang out by himself for an hour after bedtime so I can have more downtime for myself. 
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I don’t know if it is! The room he sleeps in has no door, so if I want to move between the first and third floors or go to the bathroom, we pass where he can see us. But last night I did that and he said softly “mama hug?” and didn’t seem upset when I did not come in and give him a hug. 
And then in the middle of the night we were apparently both awakened by the cat throwing up in his room, which he followed with a brief wail and then a reading of Goodnight Moon at the top of his lungs. But that’s probably irrelevant…
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