Weaning

Started with single veg purées just a couple of spoons a day. We’ve done peas, sweetcorn, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot & sweet potato ☺️ was avoiding fruit to start with to avoid her getting a sweet tooth & rejecting veg x

Same as Megan with the single veg purees, cauliflower, broccoli, courgette, peas, avocado so far x

And did you guys start at 6 months? Or before?

5 months for us, all the ready signs were there so we are just introducing tastes until hes 6 months and will be doing blw then x

and what do you mean by tastes?

My LO is sitting up unaided and seems interested in food. But really overwhelmed with the amount of info online

I just do 1 x tsp twice a day. I'll probably up it to 1 x tbsp twice a day in a week until hes 6 months. I make all the purees myself and freeze them in ice cube trays and they take them out and defrost when needed

did you buy or make? X

started around 5 months with a few little spoons a day. I’ve used the Ella’s kitchen sachets for now but have also made my own broccoli & cauli but she hated them 🤣 I put them into ice cube trays too & freeze so they’re not getting wasted x

I’m struggling to find ready made purées with just one veg in!

I downloaded the app solid starts. It’s game changing for BLW

This is all really helpful
Thank you ladies

I forgot to say, in my purees I add breastmilk until its the right consistency. If your lo is on formula you can use that x

He’s BF but haven’t expressed in a while so I’ll do that this week and probably do some batch freezing 👍🏽

I got mine from Boots, Asda & Sainsburys. Ella’s kitchen or the shops own brand x

do you use baby porridge or proper oats? My health visitor told me to avoid baby porridge because of the sugar content & baby rice because it has no nutritional value but see so many people feeding it their LO so just wondering ☺️

I have been using baby porridge, I did read online can just buy normal porridge and blend the oats so I think I will do that when we’re run out. I think just started with baby rice as my friend had a pack going spare, and just wanted to give her something that tastes similar to what she’s used to with breast milk but slightly different texture! Xx

I started with carrot puree and then introduced some other veggies before trying porridge and baby rice. The baby rice I use is made up with milk so add the nutrition into it, however, my LB hated it. I now add a splash of fruit puree to it as well as the milk and it's been a game changer. Now I know what my LB likes, I've started making it at home and freezing. I also use ice cube trays (with lids) and just pop them out as and when I want them. I still use the fruit puree sachets though. I started weaning just prior to 5 months. He's 6 months next week so will start BLW then x

We’ve done baby rice for a few days then baby porridge then I did some mash potato with breastmilk and alongside I gave her some boiled chips so she could hold them and play whilst I spoon fed her and she’s loved it. Some days she’s only wanted a few spoons of the food and other days like yesterday and today she’s wanted even more so I’ve made seconds lol we just go with the flow. This week we are trying carrot. She’s 6 months in 10 days but she was showing a lot of excitement, she has great head control and really at this age it’s just about her playing and having a taste. If she doesn’t have anything it doesn’t matter

completely makes sense! Thank you ☺️