Weaning a baby with cow's milk intolerance.

narabanekeater

My DS is allergic to cows milk and dairy products
Under hospital guidence he has been weaning since 17 weeks but has only been allowed jarred food
Im now able to serve home made yummies to him but have no idea what to do
Im boiling some pots and carrots as we speak but I have no idea how to turn them into baby food
Last night I tried making mashed pots using a fork to mash them down. He took a mouth full them gagged and was sick
The food he eats now are things like jarred purre fruits and jarred carrots and pots which are his favorites, but id really like to make my own for him
Can anyone tell me what I should be doing and how I can get them to be a true puree so he doesnt vomit again tonight

frogga

I started my Tadpoles on Stewed apple. Just cook it down to a pulp and water it down futher if it looks too thick. Just a taste to start with and they soon get the hang of it They usually gag a few times before they get it right though :rolleyes: Have you got a good Health Visitor who can advise you?

betterlife

hi, i have 3 little ones and 4th is due in just over 2wks, i always made my own food and like the last person said they will soon get use to yours, just keep trying little and often, you could try after mashing pushing it through a sieve with the back of a spoon, or give it a whizz in the blender. to get a smoother consistancy add a little cooled boiled water. try mashing a sieving banana, potatoes and carrots after boiling til soft. boiled apple and pear, swede and carrot, once they have got use to a few different tastes add another veg or fruit, then meat and fish. once you have a few things or maybe a bit of your roast or cottage pie it is easier to whizz it in a blender or with one of those hand held soup whizzy things. try netmum, thats a good site for food ideas or try googling baby food recipes, hope this helps.x

Bunny200

You don't mention how long he's been eating jarred food, I'm guessing a few weeks. Jarred food tends to be much smoother and liquidy and dare I say it a little blander than anything I managed to produce at home. If this has been your DS first exposure to food I would expect him to be a bit reluctant to eat home cooked food as its not what he is used to. Perserverence and patience will be the best advice.... along with trying to make the purred food as smooth as possible, blending it with water would help or even sieving or pushing it through a muslin. Mashed potato always has a texure in my experience, I know that using a food processer makes a slimy texture (something to do with the blade cutting the starch) so might not be a good starting point. Peas and carrots are good ones, always think veggies are better starting point than fruit as it gets them more acceptable to eating veggies later on.

One strategy would be to mix jarred food and home cooked food to get him used to texture slowly. My 2 DD both had HM pureed food first but when they were given jarred food later on they would much rather eat that than the textured HM food!

ubamother

I second frogga and betterlife - go for a soup-ish consistency if the little one doesn't do thedryer mash - he will when he's ready

annifranakapan

I used a baby Mouli when weaning each of my four. It gives a very smooth consistency and I used to 'Mouli' everthing and then 'slacken' the mixture with boiled water if necessary.

BTW - sure you've already thought of this but if using your own food for baby remember to watch the salt content.

Anni

Penelope_Penguin

Hi there - there's an older thread - weaning a baby with cow's milk intolerance. It has some useful links. I'll add this thread later.

Penny. x

notenoughcash

I have two really funny pictures of my youngest when he was weaning spitting out and screaming over things he didn't like, not that you'd believe it with the way he eats the same things now. I made 95% of it myself but sometimes used jars if we were on long days out etc. I started him on pureed fruit and veg mixed with a little breast milk so the change in taste wasn't too much of a shock. I used to freeze it in ice cube trays so I could just use one block at a time and vary the flavours. Then as he got a bit older I'd cook some chicken, potatoes, carrots, broccoli and sweetcorn, mix it in the blender and freeze it in plastic cups (like you use at kids parties for drinks). A sieve is great for 'mushing' up the food too. The trick I found was to almost over cook it so it was easier to mush up without any lumps, but just use less water while you're boiling it so you don't lose too much of the goodness of the veg. If he spits anyhting out just keep giving to him every few days, he'll get used to the taste eventually!

Valli

annifranakapan wrote: »

I used a baby Mouli when weaning each of my four. It gives a very smooth consistency and I used to 'Mouli' everthing and then 'slacken' the mixture with boiled water if necessary.

BTW - sure you've already thought of this but if using your own food for baby remember to watch the salt content.

Anni

I used to peel and boil in minimum amount of water, blend and use some of the cooking water to thin down to a smooth, runnier consistency. Never added salt. The I would open freeze these purees in an ice cube tray and put in a labelled plastic container when frozen. So I could start off with 1 or 2 cubes as necessary. You can do carrot, apple, potato, parsnip, swede, turnip etc like this.

Hope all goes well.

CRANKY40

Butternut squash makes a great puree. I think mashed potato is a bit thick to start with. Also, sweet potato mash mixed with a bit of butternut squash puree. After you have boiled/steamed whatever it is, put/leave a little bit of water in the bottom of the pan so it makes a smooth puree.

My ds was also sick a lot when weaning. Purees were ok, but lumps, no chance. Even now he won't eat lumpy runny food, it makes him gag (he's three and a half). He went from purees to things he could pick up in his hand and take bites of.