Question About Naps and Solids

It seems to me you are doing things very well.

1. Your baby is going through their "Trust vs Mistrust" stage right now and you need to be sure you are meeting her needs so she doesn't develop mistrust in you. You are doing a good job, just make sure you do what you feel is right. Learning to self soothe is an important step in a childs development. But if she's not ready then you need to cut that time down to only a few minutes before going back in to comfort her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erikson's_stages_of_psyc...

2. Good for you, breastmilk/formula is complete, take your time. Baby food is gross and doesn't contain very many nutrients. One thing good about stage 1 baby food is that it allows your baby to try a single food at a time to see if they have any allergies. Only add one a week, or at least wait a few days before adding another one.

We set about 5-10 minutes before going back into the room. Sometimes our son just needs his binky and then helps him get to sleep. I am the same as far as getting anxious when I hear his tears but I have learned that I go do something that needs to be done like housework or whatever and then If I still hear him I go and check the usual..If I know he has been fed, burped, changed then I will let him cry. I used to sit and listen to his tears when he was your daughters age.

He took to fruits first and we waited 4 days then tried another..Some doctors prefer vegetables first because of the sweetness factor. Ben loves all of his foods and is now on meats at almost 8 months old. Good luck :)

We are going through the same thing with our 7-month old with the sleep. I personally think he is testing me now b/c I know he's tired when I put him down. I was coming in there to soothe after a designated time (10-15 min. depending on how long I could listen without dying inside...lol). Then when I realized that he would immediately calm down when I came in there and screamed again when I left, I realized that I had to just let him cry it out. We started this 3 days ago. The first day every nap was a 15-25 minute cry. By this morning, it was down to 5 minutes. I'm hoping by tomorrow, it'll be 0. Haha... Good luck, just do what you can and remember you're doing the best you can :)

By the way, one thing that worked for me was to get in the shower or go out on my back porch if I didn't think I could handle hearing the crying. That way you can't hear. You know they're safe in the crib, but you stay out long enough until you hope they are done crying!

my daughter hated solids..she did not like new flavors or textures.. my son liked every flavor of baby food.. guess what today.. my daughter is a picky eater and my son eats everything..

I would rock the baby a bit.. get her nice and relaxed and then lay her down..

I never let mine cry unless I thought they were scamming me... both learned to fall asleep on their own.

My daughter will cry sometimes when I put her down for her nap , like yours she will sometimes fuss for a few minutes and then be asleep , other times she will be screaming , if after 20 mins she is still crying I will get her up and wait 10 mins or so and then put her back. Although my daughter is 19 months now so this may make a difference.

As for the solids , I started all my kids first off with rice cereal , once they were used to the texture and taking it off a spoon (2 weeks or so) I then started adding a little banana to it (ripe bananas with a few spots mash very easily). Once they had been having rice with some fruit for a month or so I then tried them on a pureed vegetable and just went slowly from there. The best thing is to let them get used to the taste and texture 1 item at a time , if you bombard them with too many flavors in a short time period they are more likely to refuse to eat it.

Hope this helps