Weaning
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@Hannah ah so at first we were spoon feeding her and now she’s mastered to hold the spoon and stick it right in her mouth haha so we just keep putting the puree or porridge on the spoon and let her feed herself until she shows she’s done, so will this be ok?
I think so that’s what we’re doing it’s just about letting them decide if they want more or less as long as you’re giving the option which you are I don’t see any harm if you’re super worried you can always speak to your health visitor if your UK based or your peads doc if your elsewhere x
Hey, we started weaning a few weeks ago. At 5 months he is breast fed, so he will have a feed, then I offer some puree. He has about one pouch a day and we are letting him tell us when he is finished but then he goes straight back onto the boob after. From talking to the dietician and hv last week, they said to just keep giving them milk as that is still where the most nutrients are and as we started weaning 'early' it's beneficial still. Also make sure your offering veg first, so they don't get accustomed to the sweeter things and reject the vegetables.
I was told to begin with a single ice cube worth once a day is enough as their main source of food should still be milk until 1. So up until 7 months 1 meal. Then 8- 10ish 2 meals then 11 to 12, 3 meals maybe introducing a snack after 1 3 meals and 2 snacks
Just from our experience I was told as long as babe is wanting to eat it’s okay they will choose how much they want but we’re on BLW so I’m not sure if it’s different idk if that helps at all and obviously milk is the main sauce of food at that age so anything extra that she’s happy eating is good I think again only from what I’ve done with my little one I’m not trained in any way on this 😂 x