Fitting weaning into routine

This is my routine if it helps x
(We don't have a napping schedule he just naps when he naps 😅)

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Wake up- Bottle & breakfast: between 7-8
(I wait about 20mins for his bottle to settle then breakfast).

Bottle & Dinner between 4-5 (again wait 20mins for his bottle to settle then offer dinner)

Bath, bottle and bed between 7-8.


I was offering lunch but he doesn't seem to want solids at lunch time so we just do brekkie and dinner at the moment.

I find it hard at the minute with the wake Windows only being 2/2hr30. I'm trying to wait an hour after a bottle before food. Mine had a bottle at 9.30 then had a nap so didn't have his porridge until about 11.30.. I still try give him a little puree after his tea time bottle but he ended up vomiting most of it up last night whilst he was having his bedtime bottle 😅

It's perfectly fine to offer food straight after a milk feed. It doesn't really matter if they don't eat much. It's all about giving them the opportunity to taste things, grab at things, attempt to get it in their mouths and largely spit it out until they master moving it to the back of their mouth to swallow it.

Personally, I have a toddler so trying to just offer the little man something to eat/play with when she's eating. We do also offer purées at that time. He absolutely scoffs everything and it doesn't seem to matter of he just had a feed beforehand. He is EBF though so maybe quantities are smaller. He does seem to only have a "milk snack" before his naps though, if he has had a good size portion of solids. I have found sometimes meals run a bit close to sleep times but so far it hasn't affected his sleep.xx

thank you! We're the same! She just naps when she naps so it's tricky knowing if she's going to want a nap after a bottle or not 🙈 she's been pretty consistent the past couple days with having a nap then bottle then food but today cause there was no nap food was just not happening 😂

Ok so I might try her again later if she's up for it after her next bottle ☺️ I've just been trying to do it at lunchtime as she usually falls asleep in the morning and then cause she's only having one meal at the moment I didn't want to do it in the evening just so I can keep an eye on her for reactions etc :)

yes same 😂 I've been trying to steam food for BLW and it takes sooooo long some of it to get it to the right softness by which point she's starting to get tired and fed up 🙈
I'm just doing a lunchtime meal at the moment as I'm terrified of her having a reaction to something or being sick at bedtime 😅

that's what I'm struggling with! I'm making sure she's having her bottle first but she quite often gets sleepy after that and then isn't interested in food and I don't want to wait til after she's had a nap as for example today's nap has so far been two hours so we're getting on for the next bottle and starting the cycle all over again 😂
I might just see how she is after this nap and bottle and if she's not in an evening grump I might try some then ☺️ otherwise today is a write off and try again tomorrow 🙈

I've not introduced any of the Allergens like dairy, egg and nuts yet but I haven't really thought about allergies to porridge or fruit/veg purees. But touch wood we haven't had a problem. Haven't tried any baby Led stuff apart from those organix puff Crisps which he did enjoy holding and eating 🙂

I think we might try an allergen on Thursday when my partner is home, probably start in dairy to see how she goes!
We're doing a bit of a mix of BLW and purees but she does enjoy grabbing broccoli and munching on that! ☺️ I did do carrots but got too nervous as they didn't ever seem soft enough so mashed them up 😅

thank you! I'll look into it as I've had a couple recommendations for her books! ☺️ That's what I'm thinking for introducing dairy ☺️ I've not introduced any fruit yet but it'll be good when we do cause then I can eat the fruit and yoghurt with her 😋
That's a good idea with the purees too! Might try that! ☺️

It’s just chaos!

I feed him when he wakes up around 6.45. Breakfast 7.30
Boob 9 and then nap.
Boob after nap 10.30
Lunch 11.45 then boob.
7oz bottle 12.45/1
Nap till 3 and boob
Dinner 4.45, boob 5.30
Bottle 6.15 and bed by 6.45

yep 😂

thank you! Are you doing three meals? I'm struggling fitting in one 😂