Solid Starts: Baby First Foods Reviews

by Ahdjekwn

I love the info for each of the foods, and it’s been a great resource for introducing baby led weaning. However, that info is free on their app and on their website, with the paid subscription for SolidStarts including just the tracker. I paid the $10 for the year long subscription so that I could log what foods my baby eats. While this was helpful for the first couple weeks or so, the way that their app is designed makes it a very poor experience.
For example, if my baby ate banana French toast, I have to separately search “bread”, then log it, then search “egg” and log it, search “banana” and log it, etc. It’s extremely time consuming, especially if baby is starting to eat a variety of foods each day. There’s no multi select or group select for the Tracker, which makes it inefficient. Also, their tool is very interesting…if I’m searching “salmon”, for example, and type the first three letters, it comes up with “yam” instead as the top result. So if I’m trying to log quickly, I have to type out the entire word before it even comes up as an option.
All in all, great resources that are free, but would not recommend the paid subscription until their UX gets some major improvement.

by Abe2g

I can’t rave enough about the content provided by Solid Starts! The food database + educational content on the blog have been incredibly helpful to us introducing solids as first time parents. My one recommendation for SolidStarts is that I wish it offered a space for a running log of foods tried (similar to the Favorites or Try Later sections). Having to track each individual day and click through the calendar for an inventory is a pain, so I’ve just been logging foods on the first time tried and adding them all as Favorites to access a running list. It would be so nice if when adding to the calendar a food automatically populated to a Food Log or Foods Tried list.

by MamaChelios

As a first time mama, I had fed my son too many purees at first and when it was time to feed him solid foods, I wouldn’t feed him much of a variety because he would try something and act like he didn’t like it so I would just think to myself, “Okay. He doesn’t like that. I’m not going to serve it again.” This led to him being picky and not really willing to try new foods. I wouldn’t say that he’s extremely picky, but still.. I knew that I wanted to do something completely different the second time around. As a second time mama, I decided to go with baby led weaning. I knew that I was going to do it, even if I didn’t know how. Right as I was having my second child start solids, I found solid starts. And thank goodness because it helped me so much. I was able to serve him a variety of foods, have him eat what we ate by learning how to cut it and just make simple modifications like not adding salt or sugar. It was slow in the beginning, mostly because I was always afraid of him choking. But they teach you the difference between choking and gagging as well. And as he for better at eating I became more confident in what I was doing as well. I owe it all to solid starts. I would recommend SolidStarts to any of my mama friends or family. So great to see my son eat 3 meals a day at only 10 months old and my first son willing to try new things as well.

by Chistine674

If you don’t already follow them on Instagram and visit their website. They have so many wonderful posts about how to introduce different foods to your baby. When you begin your baby’s journey with solids it is terrifying you don’t know what they can eat, how much they can eat, how to make a food for them, how to serve that food safely. Well! Let me tell you Solid Starts has it all for you and explains how to change the food idea being served to meet your child’s developmental skills. I have learned so much and feel so much more confident feeding my baby.

Do your self a favor and download this application. You will be so much more confident going through your babies solids journey.

by Cherbear555

I have been following Solid Starts for awhile and just started using everything I’ve been learning from them when my third baby turned 6 months old in April. It has been fantastic! I love their database and clear instructions/videos for each age and stage. I love that I know I’m getting information from actual experts. It’s given me the confidence and knowledge to let my baby try all kinds of healthy and diverse foods that I never did with my other two. I’m so excited they have an app now! I’m already loving it. I have been recommending Solid Starts to every parent out there interested in baby led weaning.

by Asia B. Lee

I don’t even have any children of my own yet and won’t for a while, I just love the information being made available to me and everyone else! I also feel as if whenever I do start to have my own family that I’ll be well prepared for their food journey and that excites me. I quite literally just read and absorb all of this information for fun and I just wanted to thank you for even giving my the option and opportunity to do so! My name is Asia ❤️ hopefully I can have a solid starts baby being featured on the Instagram stories in a few years too.

by Kacy126

I have never written a review for an app before but I want to support Jenny in ANY way possible because the way she is doing has supported me tremendously. I feel confident in my ability to feed my baby solids because of Jenny, because of the Solid Starts team and because of SolidStarts . It’s FREE, easy to use, and provides you with a trove of knowledge. Also, I absolutely love the diversity in food that lives in this database. I can’t wait for more to be added! I recommend SolidStarts to literally everyone I know who has a little one. Also, you should follow them on Instagram for even more gems!! Keep doing this amazing, necessary work!

by Mgsdfg

We have a 9 month old and we use Solid Starts as our bible when it comes to feeding our daughter. Now we sit out daughter at the table to eat with us. Just watching her grab food and explore it on her own has been an amazing adventure! Her relationship with food is incredibly positive and It has become one of her favorite daily activities. She literally giggles in excitement when we say “it’s time to eat!”. Last night we had bison burgers, if it weren’t for Solid Start my husband and I would’ve NEVER thought about adding bison to our shopping list. These guides don’t only help picky eating in children, it works for adults too!!!!!

by Ldeane1010

My baby girl is six months old and a few days. Nervous and excited were the two emotions I felt as I prepared for the inevitable day of introducing solid foods. We introduced food a few days ago (on her 6 month birthday) and it’s going good, not great, just as expected. However, the solid stars app gave me total peace of mind and confidence as I prepared for this. I used SolidStarts to search for foods, save my favorites, watch videos, learn about how to serve food, recipes, etc. Just 3 days in and my baby has tried avocado, sweet potato, and banana. There’s been some gagging, but I was able to remain calm, smiling as she worked through it (seconds felt like minutes!). She’s been playing with the food, putting some in her mouth either directly from the tray or spoon, and spitting most of it back out. Anyways, I’m so excited to keep going and share my love for food with my baby! Highly recommend solid starts to anyone with babies! I signed up for the subscription, in order to be able to log foods, save favorites, so on. Love it!! Thanks solid starts :)

by Alc1014

As a new mom I was pretty clueless about baby food and what to do and when to introduce. I started the process of making all homemade purées and then I found Solid Starts. I’m so thankful! This has been my guide for what/when/how to introduce food since my daughter was 5 months. I’m so happy we decided to do solid foods and baby led weaning. I use the recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. When we first began introducing food I would use the database to figure the proper way to serve for her age. SolidStarts , database and Solid Starts community has been such a game changer for my family and has given me the confidence to feed my baby delicious foods and not just purées. I can’t recommend enough!!

by Michwhale

FREAKING AMAZING. I would pay oodles for SolidStarts just for the sheer amount of research and information that is so easily accessible and user friendly. There is so much useful information with each ingredient (how to prepare for each age, nutrition, warning, allergen information). I also purchased their programs (first 100 days) and couldn’t be more happy with it. It takes the guesswork out of feeding your baby and really enables and empowers both parent and child. Strongly recommend purchasing the program alongside downloading SolidStarts as it allows you to track.

Recommendation: please add a (+) food button when on the calendar page…this mama forgets to add sometimes!

by KVega08

I love SolidStarts soooooo much , there is so much attention to detail, so much information and a lot of it for free. Yes you can find a lot of this info elsewhere but who has time for google when you have a baby. I understand why they cant really divide this by age group, like i read in a 2 star review (????) , if you really think about it… you can have a 7 month old who is a pro at eating certain things or like me have an 11 month old who has just started solids, everyone’s experience is unique and you can’t really force a baby to eat something if he is not ready. I greatly appreciate all the information the solid starts team has put together and is constantly sharing in SolidStarts , the website and instagram. It brings so much peace to my day to day. Just thank you!!!

by Emilykuhnell

Solid Starts has been a game changer for our family. The pediatrician told us to start introducing solids around 5 months. No directions. No guidance. Lots of googling "can babies eat ..." and anxiety was skyrocketing. I was going down the path of purees and spoon feeding. Then soon after a friend told me about Solid Starts and I've watched every Instagram story ever since. Jenny and her team gave me a priceless gift-one thing to cross off the worry list in raising our daughter. I have a 16 month old little foodie all thanks to SolidStarts and this team. It's on my Home Screen. I use it all the time. Just so grateful for the Herculean effort it took to build this and have paid it forward telling any friend with a new baby to further this community and Jenny's most admirable mission to create a feeding revolution. It's unstoppable.

by Lbeezy22

First discovered Solid Starts from their Instagram page. SUCH a wealth of knowledge and loved everything about it, including the founder’s outlook on BLW. We got the all-access pass prior to starting solids and it was SO helpful for our baby’s intro to solids journey. Since they’ve come out with SolidStarts , I use it at least 3-4 times a day to investigate how best to serve new (and old) foods to my now 8MO. I especially love that they always break things down including clearly identifying allergens, which is necessary since my little one is allergic to 4 of the common food allergens. Thanks to SolidStarts , we’re able to easily avoid those foods, but still be able to serve all kind of fun and nutritious things to our rockstar eater. Thank you Solid Starts and Jenny for helping our family navigate how best to feed our child!

by Bswishe3

If you haven’t already, follow Solid Starts on Instagram, subscribe to the newsletter, buy the All Access Pass and soak in all the amazing content provided in the FREE app and website database. This has been my go-to resource for all things baby-feeding (and still is, even though my Little has moved into toddlerhood).

The content Solid Starts provides is so well researched, completely vetted by so many professionals/experts, is wonderfully inclusive, and completely real (no paid promotion recommendations, no “this is all happy and easy”, and no shame if you fed your kid cereal for dinner today)...

It’s just about providing resources, encouragement, and support so families can avoid raising picky eaters and provide opportunities for their babes to (safely) get exposure to a ton of different flavors, textures, & colors. I’m a big fan and can’t recommend Solid Starts enough!

by Chelsea.annette3

SolidStarts is worth very penny! I knew when my son had intolerances from breastfeeding that we would need to log his solid intake when we started baby led weaning at six months. I am so thankful we found Solid Starts to help us not only track which foods he has tried, but also reactions. SolidStarts is extremely helpful in giving the best research based information on allergens, choking hazards, how to serve foods, where foods come from, and even how the food can impact their diapers. I use Solids Starts every day and love being able to quickly search for a food that I'm unsure of how to cut or serve appropriately for my son. It is also helpful to see at a quick glance which fruits and veggies we have had that day/week so we can offer a nice variety. I 100% recommend SolidStarts to any parent who is starting solids with their little ones!

by Allieg211

I’m a first time mom, and I started spoon feeding my son, but he always gazed longingly at our food when we would eat. I had heard of baby led weaning but wasn’t sure about it (choking, yikes). Solid starts Instagram page led me to their app. This team of professionals has put together an amazing app, including any food you can think of, recipes, how to cut the food safely for your child’s age, videos of other children eating, nutrition, allergy info, choking info and more. I’ve never felt more confident feeding my son than I do now after a few months of using SolidStarts . I use it practically every day for guidance on size guides for foods and recipes. Thank you solid starts!
(There are some app glitches, but overall I have to give it five stars. It’s a relatively new app, so I’m sure with time their amazing team will work out the kinks.)

by Katmak1818

I would be so lost as a parent if it wasn’t for Solid Starts. I WAS lost before I found solid starts. There is SO much conflicting information out there about starting solids. I remember when one of the first foods I gave my then 6 month old was mashed raw raspberry, and I FREAKED OUT for a week after my mom told me I couldn’t give him raw berries just yet. I googled it and sure enough, there were websites that supported that statement. But then other website said no big deal. Solid starts and SolidStarts completely take the guessing out of it, and I am so thankful for that. I really love the fact that I can trust them with all my heart and know that they are never sponsored. My science background mind NEEDS credibility, and the information provided in SolidStarts is credible and beyond. Every pediatrician needs to recommend this platform to parents. I ALL here for this baby food revolution ❤️

by JJ's Meals

Love everything about SolidStarts !! So easy to keep track of the foods I’ve been feeding baby. I love the videos, it helps so much. The nutritional facts, the way it categorizes the foods by baby’s month .. i love to follow them on Instagram. Love everything about SolidStarts !! Love your stories and follow your journey with your twins and Charlie. You have helped me so much figuring out safe foods for my 6 month old. If I could just give one piece of advice to the makers of SolidStarts .. allow for some type of “family sharing” database .. my partner downloaded SolidStarts and I already paid for the yearly subscription and is making her also paid for the subscription when she downloaded SolidStarts even though she’s logging in with my information. How are we supposed to “share” our sons information if we each have our own app information in it, should be easier to share the info. Please and thank you .

by Ratchyl04

I have loved Solid Starts on Instagram for awhile. I could hardly contain my excitement when she announced they were launching an app. SolidStarts does not disappoint.

As moms and dads, time is one of the most valuable things we have. I spent weeks researching baby led weaning before a friend recommended solid starts. The information on baby led weaning is often overwhelming and intimidating. I felt defeated before I even began. Having a go to resource like this (almost) takes the stress away. It’s everything you need in the simplest possible form. Nothing is overwhelming and it’s broken down in ways that make starting solids manageable. I can’t say enough good things about this entire team of wonderful experts.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for taking something so many of us love and making it even better!

by Elliegirl321

Jenny and her team have been so helpful in understanding the how’s and why’s of starting solids with my baby! Their website has been my most visited page page for months, and I’m just so excited to use their app. It’s beautifully designed and photographed and so easy to navigate. Thank you all SO much!

by Pfunk2019

Solid start’s Instagram account has profoundly impacted the way my daughter eats and how we approach feeding as parents. It is incredibly well sourced / researched and is my go-to guide for all things feeding related. Thank you so much for offering this resource for free so it is accessible to the masses!

by Asilisa4

I am so excited that SolidStarts is here. Have been following solid starts for thr past 8 months and SolidStarts is just perfect for quick look ups in the kitchen. Easy to use and all the information I need. Thanks

by Bentlayy

I am so thankful I found solid starts. They have given me so much confidence with starting solids. I’ve never minded searching the website, but SolidStarts is a game changer. A cool addition, maybe in the future, would be the ability to add a picture or a video of baby trying the food! I am so excited about SolidStarts, the optional purchases are definitely affordable and there’s so much wonderful information within SolidStarts. Thank you!

by JoJoBeanssss

this has been so valuable as a first time mom, THANK YOU!

by Dougeps

Solid Starts has been the best resource and love the new app! Been my go to for trying new foods with my LO! Thanks!

by Samantha-and-jake

I love the ease to search for a food and see the correct way to serve it to my baby based on their age!

by Kloomis25

I’ve been waiting for SolidStarts for awhile! This is such an amazing resource for “starting solids” because they literally have every question answered, pictures and videos for EVERY FOOD. I’m so grateful for this FREE resource I can use that I trust! THANK YOU!

by J_nine88

I’ve followed Solid Starts for about a year now and I am over the moon excited to see SolidStarts and start using it! Way to go, it’s already amazing and will only get better with time!!