Bananas - OK in first weeks of weaning???

[minko]

A friend told me not to as they are hard for baby to digest. Recipe books seem to think it's OK though. Any experience/ advice gratefully received...

thought it was the opposite - they are easy to digest?! how old is your baby? i'd go for it

He's just over 5 months. He's only had baby rice so far and is hoovering it up!

i would give it a go. am sure my dd had banana v early on (she is 9 months and was weaned at 5 1/2 months), now it is one of her firm favourites good luck

banana was the first food I gave to my lo at 5.5 mths. He was fine

i think they can cause constipation, so maybe that's what your friend was talking about?

Go easy on them, as they7 can cause a bit of constipation, so maybe not every day? Ds2 lives on them, but he is nearly 10 months old.

Agree on the constipatingness, so don't give them in large quantities every day, but in general they are fine.

I've never understood why people would give bananas so early as I can never them to a point where there are no lumps - can you puree a banana? My DS was pretty uncertain at first for that reason - he loves them now though. But I think there are lots of other things you could introduce first - root veg for a start, cooked apple and pear, etc.

It's one of the first things I gave ds and he turned out to be allergic to them. Proving that nothing works for everyone.

Ha, my lo's always get lumps very early!! stops them being fussy later on. No pureeing for me.

They were the first taste of food dd had, and she loved it. I found it was easy to make them smooth enough just with a fork.

We didn't have any problems with constipation, although I know some babies do ... it makes their poo look very, very peculiar though