Month group issues and BLW recipes

As the title says, quite frankly I’m saddened by the number of posts about moving baby into own room, self soothing, early start on solids.

It just doesn’t feel natural to me. We breastfeed, co-sleep, baby wear and are planning BLW at 6 months or later. I can’t get into my head why so many of those in my month group seem so keen to be away from their babies. Those that have started weaning onto solids early “so baby will sleep through the night.”

My daughter has CMPA and so I’d love some vegan friendly/dairy free recipes suitable for BLW

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My baby girl has a dairy allergy! I love using chickpeas, green beans, honestly any fruit. I make my own banana oatmeal pancakes for her (I also add breast milk) if you message me I can share more food ideas with ya!

You've got this momma I know how hard it is

Wowzwers weaning baby for a decent night's sleep sorry but thats what they signed up for when they opened there legs i literally have a hungry baby like mad hungry the milk hasnt suited him since about 3 months and hes just turned 5 months and only just starred with puree honestly some people what id do to go back to the newborn stage and just enjoy it some more but he is my last so ive treasured every single moment with him all the crying rocking bum taps singing row row row your boat every painful moment every joyful moment

And btw u got this mumma could you offer dairy free alternative like coconut milk or nut milk in her foods or alternatively you could use her milk for things like porridge and weetabix or mash potato angel delight

Lots of veggies is going to be babies main diet anyway hun I think u can offer lentals and things too but u may want to check that one

Boil potatoes in sticks and offer to encourage self feeding u can also get these dummy things u fill with fruit and veggies if your nervous pm me and im happy to help where I can

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