Hints and tips for weaning (merged)

purplepatch

Spendless wrote:

I put some milk onto a spoon first to get DD used to taking food from a spoon.

I just tried her with milk from the spoon and she swallowed it. Added a miniscule amount of baby rice so it was still really runny, barely thicker than milk, and out it all came. She doesn't even attempt to keep it in her mouth, it's immediately spat :rolleyes:. So, perhaps it is the taste she doesn't like. Think I might give carrots a try next.

andycarmi

Juicy_Tube wrote:

I hope you take this is in the way it is meant:D

Be aware of the sugar content of a lot of these so-called 'baby' products. Check out the labels of carbohydrates as sugars and you will see they are very high. Somewhere I have the 'ideal' rate of sugar and salt per 100g and I will post back..
type which are laden with awful sugar contents.



JT x

I was in Asda this morning to get the cereal RoverBabe recommended. They didn't have it so going to tey Boots tommorrow.

Anyway I picked up another packed it was a HEINZE one. The second ingredIent was sugar!!! it was labled as sugar* on the pack it said *RDA 100%

My HV told me Rusk are full of sugar and not to use them.

purplepatch

Oooooh, the carrots worked. She had 2-3 teaspoons. Obviously didn't like rice rather than not knowing what to do with it!

andycarmi

purplepatch wrote:

Oooooh, the carrots worked. She had 2-3 teaspoons. Obviously didn't like rice rather than not knowing what to do with it!

......... :j:j

andycarmi

I know this is quite an open question but...

How much food should a six month old baby eat?
DD now has fruit for breakfast, veg puree for lunch and veg and meat puree for tea. She also has 5 milk feeds a day (BF)

My friend says she should be eating a jar a meal. (I m making my own food) But there is no way she has that much a meal!!!

Is she eating enogh? I give her what she wants and don't push it on to her, she wouldn't eat that much if I wanted her too anyway!

Now I m think is she filling herself up on milk, so should I try and cut that down but she isn't taking any water from her cup so if I cut her milk down will she be dehydrated?

This Mum thing is well scary isn't? Or is it just me:o

purplepatch

When I fed DD1 hipp organic jars, she would never get through a whole jar - no chance! I used to give her half at lunchtime and half at tea time and that was sometimes a struggle.

Be guided by your LO, they will soon let you know if they aren't getting enough. Does she seem satisfied when she's eaten - does she always finish it?

Basically, as long as they are gaining weight and thriving, you aren't going far wrong. Don't think you should consciously cut back on milk, again I'd follow your daughter's lead. The guide on the formula milk I use says that at 6 months, expect your child to have 4x8oz feeds a day and then 7-12 months it decreases to 3x7oz feeds a day - I imagine that's a gradual decline which takes accounts of introducing solids. But it does say that is only a guide and all children are different - I know that I struggled to get milk down my DD once she was on solids.

I'd say from what you describe that you have got it pretty much spot on.

Jo_R_2

I confess to only reading pages 1 and 4 of this discussion (should be going to tidy up house - what a way to spend your day off LOL!) so I apologise in advance if anyone has already mentioned this but OP, have you seen https://www.babyledweaning.co.uk ? It's more ideally suited to those who wait until six months to wean due to their physical development (motor skills) and the lack of tongue thrust (when baby pushes food out of their mouth which disappears as they get older) but the idea is that you give baby foods that you are eating yrself, so no need for pureeing everything under the sun! DD2 is absolutely thriving on this, she's had carrot sticks, broccoli and cauliflower florets, banana eaten like we would do, potato and sweet potato wedges, pieces of cherry tomatoes, slices of cucumber, apple slices, pear slices, pieces of avocado, rice cakes, toast fingers, and just tried pasta shapes in a tomatoey sauce (the twirly pasta ones - fusilli is it?) amongst other things! All fruit and veggies lightly steamed so they're soft where necessary.

Saves so much time with preparing food because you just give them some of what yr having (age appropriate of course thinking of gluten in particular.) And agree with others, we never gave DD2 baby rice because it is yeuch - poor DD1 who was spoon fed some, no wonder she turned her nose up!

Remember milk intake makes up a big part of their diet until they are at least a year old as well.

Jo_R_2

I confess to only reading pages 1 and 4 of this discussion (should be going to tidy up house - what a way to spend your day off LOL!) so I apologise in advance if anyone has already mentioned this but OP, have you seen https://www.babyledweaning.co.uk ? It's more ideally suited to those who wait until six months to wean due to their physical development (motor skills) and the lack of tongue thrust (when baby pushes food out of their mouth which disappears as they get older) but the idea is that you give baby foods that you are eating yrself, for them to feed themself, so no need for pureeing everything under the sun! DD2 is absolutely thriving on this, she's had carrot sticks, broccoli and cauliflower florets, banana eaten like we would do, potato and sweet potato wedges, pieces of cherry tomatoes, slices of cucumber, apple slices, pear slices, pieces of avocado, rice cakes, toast fingers, and just tried pasta shapes in a tomatoey sauce (the twirly pasta ones - fusilli is it?) amongst other things! All fruit and veggies lightly steamed so they're soft where necessary.

Saves so much time with preparing food because you just give them some of what yr having (age appropriate of course thinking of gluten in particular.) And agree with others, we never gave DD2 baby rice because it is yeuch - poor DD1 who was spoon fed some, no wonder she turned her nose up!

Remember milk intake makes up a big part of their diet until they are at least a year old as well.

Edited to clarify that baby feeds themself instead of you spoon feeding - my fault for rushing! Apologies for double posting

1jim

Hi
Can anyone give me some advice on weaning, our son is 15weeks old, is large for his age and appears to be very ready for weaning, he sits in a highchair (with pillow behind his back for support) chews his fist when we are eating, tries to reach for our food on the plates, he is also now feeding very frequently (breast fed) ..about evry 2hrs and still seems hungry after feeding, he also wakes up very frequently at night and wants feeding where as he used to sleep all the way through, we have tried suplementing breast feeding with the powdered milk for hungry babies but this has not changed anything. I know the guidelines say try and not wean untill 6mths and never before 4mths but is there anything else we can try and do to make him "full" his tummy is rumbling for a lot of the night and day
thanks
Jim

Snaggles

I'm a big believer in listening to your intuition as a parent, but would also say talk it over with your health visitor. The guidelines did used to be 4 months, and whilst I understand that guidelines change as new research is done, there is no way I could have got my DS through to 6 months without weaning (he started having baby rice exactly 4 months after he was born, and has had no problems at all with feeding, allergies etc). All babies are different, and some are just ready for weaning before others.