MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

fluffnutter

I've given up on baby rice, tbh. The faff of expressing a bit of milk and mixing it up for a baby who's just going to smear it all in his hair is putting me off. Plus I've tasted it - it tastes of nothing! Nothing at all!

Gillyx

Baby rice is rubbish, better with porridge or similar if going down that route some of those can be mixed with water too so no need to express. I usually spoon feed him his breakfast and then give something for him to eat afterwards, so this morning I fed him his weetabix and then he ate his toast himself.

Edit once he gets to 6m you can use cows milk for cooking if that helps x

fluffnutter

Gillyx wrote: »

No honey at all, even cooked Fluff its the only thing iv actively avoided giving A.

With BLW the gumming is a good thing, in the beginning it's about getting them used to playing, touching, textures etc. Id only spoon things that absolutely need it I.e yogurt, soup etc. and try to encourage him to help, but practise does make perfect. the more he does it the better he'l get.

So did you do blw, Gilly? How long did it take for Aaron to actually start eating?

Gillyx

fluffnutter wrote: »

So did you do blw, Gilly? How long did it take for Aaron to actually start eating?

I started with pur!es which I wish I hadn't tbh. After starting BLW I'd say a few weeks but I found if I spoon fed for a few meals he seemed to regress again with picking up and eating. I do a bit of both of now which I guess is just traditional weaning really as I spoon feed some things, but I have started spearing things with a fork and giving him the fork to get the food off himself.

Right now for Freddie milk is the main thing for his diet, he won't be lacking in anything as food before one is just for fun. I'd only be concerned approaching the year mark if nothing was still going in

fluffnutter

I'm not one to get in a pickle but the book that's been recommended on here about sleeping (Gentle Sleep Solutions) states that, after six months, if you're giving your baby booby in the night, you're denying them the opportunity to fill up properly on solids during the day (as they won't be hungry). It clearly states that breastmilk is too low in iron to sustain a baby that age, so if you don't sort out the night-feeding your baby may end up anaemic.

That's NOT the impression I've got from my book about BLW. Both books are by 'experts' so god knows what to think.

fluffnutter

Gillyx wrote: »

I started with pur!es which I wish I hadn't tbh. After starting BLW I'd say a few weeks but I found if I spoon fed for a few meals he seemed to regress again with picking up and eating. I do a bit of both of now which I guess is just traditional weaning really as I spoon feed some things, but I have started spearing things with a fork and giving him the fork to get the food off himself.

Right now for Freddie milk is the main thing for his diet, he won't be lacking in anything as food before one is just for fun. I'd only be concerned approaching the year mark if nothing was still going in

How old was Aaron when you did this?

Gillyx

Erm about 5 months maybe, maybe 5 and a half I'd say. We early weaned because of reflux but in hindsight I wish I'd just waited until 6 months.

I don't know about milk etc as we FF, but he didnt sleep through until around 6 and a half months he still woke for a feed before that and he just stopped it himself. They do say most night wakings are comfort and not hunger though but it's hard to say. How often does he feed in the day? You could maybe offer some porridge or something before bed and see if it makes a difference, but if it's habit, I don't even think eating more in the day would stop him waking iyswim?

The thing about anaemia if you're worried, buy baby vitamins, they do recommend all babies who are still breastfed at 6m plus have them anyway regardless of how they're weaned

fluffnutter

Gillyx wrote: »

Erm about 5 months maybe, maybe 5 and a half I'd say. We early weaned because of reflux but in hindsight I wish I'd just waited until 6 months.

I don't know about milk etc as we FF, but he didnt sleep through until around 6 and a half months he still woke for a feed before that and he just stopped it himself. They do say most night wakings are comfort and not hunger though but it's hard to say. How often does he feed in the day? You could maybe offer some porridge or something before bed and see if it makes a difference, but if it's habit, I don't even think eating more in the day would stop him waking iyswim?

The thing about anaemia if you're worried, buy baby vitamins, they do recommend all babies who are still breastfed at 6m plus have them anyway regardless of how they're weaned

He feeds every two hours, night and day. I do offer him stuff before bed but he doesn't really eat it. (He doesn't really eat much at any time, despite my offering it, apart from boob).

The thing about vitamins - really? I didn't know that :eek:

Gillyx

fluffnutter wrote: »

He feeds every two hours, night and day. I do offer him stuff before bed but he doesn't really eat it. (He doesn't really eat much at any time, despite my offering it, apart from boob).

The thing about vitamins - really? I didn't know that :eek:

I think it's a new thing they've brought in, mostly because of rickets though, not lack of iron. Boots have loads of different types, so there are loads to chose from!

I'd say if he feeds every 2 hours during the day its plausible he cant be hungry thorough the night. That's a lot of milk. Weaning him off it though will probably be easier said than done though. The book is right in theory, the more he feeds at night the less hungry he'l be during the day, and I found we got sleep through the night when he was taking the same amount of milk in the day as what he would have had over the day and night. Obviously that's easy to measure with formula though and I'm not sure how you'd work it with breastfeeding but that's the type of thing to aim for. Again I had to cut his day milk when I felt it was hindering his food intake.

If you do want to persevere with BLW I'd say it early days and you wouldn't be expecting him to gobble loads down. Maybe go for sweeter things to tempt him, toast and jam, fruit fingers like pineapple, mango, melon. Even now A isn't interested in veg at all, unless it's mixed in with other stuff, it's just too bland for him I think. He likes breadsticks though and oatcakes.

Bamama

One of my niece's favourite foods was peas! Good challenge too... trying to catch the little !!!!!!s.