MSE Parents Club Part 13

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coolio x

Glamazon

I won't be able to come as I'm probably going to need to take 2 half days so that Jack can have some settling in sessions at the new creche.

Plan is for him to start on the 6th September but as we are off for the first week of August I wangle a week without paying childcare as finish this creche end of August

I plan to go and visit the creche again tomorrow but think we are going ahead.

Took Jack to a playcentre earlier, OMG he was super cute! :A
He was giving this little girl of about 2 huge slobbery kisses, they were both leaning in for snogs. It was soooooooooooooooooo cute!
He also managed to climb the steps for the slide so of course Mummy had to go down it with him.

Aless - I find unplanned blitzing is the best way forward. No plans to do anything today yet I have hacked the huge bush outside, gutted my bedroom & front bedroom, sorted the airing cupboard out and put some boxes in the garage. Can relax now once I've cooked tea and sorted lunch out for tomorrow

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tara me luv what hotel you staying at? x

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krystal is the thinktank really a 15min walk from new street like the website says? x

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people getting there by car ..
http://www.thinktank.ac/page.asp?section=47 x

gill_81uk

I have a question re baby led weaning. Can anyone reccommend any websites for me to look at? Also can you give them things like babyrice and purees as well? I've had a google and my understanding is I could put some in a bowl and give him a spoon.

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gill_81uk wrote: »

I have a question re baby led weaning. Can anyone reccommend any websites for me to look at? Also can you give them things like babyrice and purees as well? I've had a google and my understanding is I could put some in a bowl and give him a spoon.

i cant help sorry gil i kinda went with it myself x

aless02

gill_81uk wrote: »

I have a question re baby led weaning. Can anyone reccommend any websites for me to look at? Also can you give them things like babyrice and purees as well? I've had a google and my understanding is I could put some in a bowl and give him a spoon.

Gill, here is a great place to start: http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/blog/GettingStartedFingerFoodBasics/FingerFoodBasicsMonth1 . But one of the basic tenets of BLW is not starting too early - baby needs to be able to sit up fairly independently and be able to grasp food and put into its mouth by itself - all of which usually doesn't happen until 6 months, so usually BLWers are also ones who wait until the 6 month mark .

You can 'do' whatever you please! I know MFD did a mix of BLW and spoon-fed. If you want to stick to the principle of BLW but mix in some cereals and purees, I think the usual practice is to put the stuff on a spoon and then give spoon to baby to feed to themself - which keeps with the general philosophy that the baby is still self-feeding. We do this for things like yoghurt and oatmeal. Don't worry about how much they're eating in the early days as babies still get the majority of their nutrition from milk until they are 1 year old.

(I don't really see the point of baby rice if you're doing BLW, to be honest...the whole point of it for me was so I didn't have to mess with that sort thing!! Plus, it's not very tasty or appetising for the baby! If you want to avoid wheat at first, you can use things like rice cakes or make your own oaty flapjacks.)

SugarSpun

Gill we do a combination of BLW and mashed/jar foods. For dinner tonight Molly had a bunch of veg sticks (courgette, potato, aubergine, cauliflower), some chicken pieces, some roughly chopped chicken and noodle in thick broth and half a jar of broccoli risotto.

Giving them purees shouldn't interfere with BLW and you can be sure they're getting some solids into them, but if they're used to wielding their own spoons it can be hard to convince them to let you feed them so things can get messy

gill_81uk

Thanks for this. I'm not intending starting for sometime yet but just want to get reasearching/preparing.

MFD - I would love to hear your experiences if you have time, no rush as he's only 3 months old.

If I need to start early for hunger reasons (he's a big tall boy!) would it be feasible to do baby rice and then move onto BLW or would that just confuse/mess things up?