Starting Solids and Travelling

My baby girl will be 6 months in a couple of months so I’m starting to think about solids and preparing for that.

Please drop any advice, books, apps or recommendations you have on solids and weaning.

We’re also going on a cruise when she’s 8 months olds so any advice on how to handle solids while travelling will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks mamas 😊.

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Download the Solid Starts app. It’ll show you how to give foods in a safe manner (as in how to cut them and offer them to reduce choking risks). You don’t need to pay for the subscription to see this part.

I use an app called Baby Led Weaning also for recipe ideas. It was £3.99 and has hundreds of recipes for all meals including snacks for babies of 6months+
I also follow the creator on Instagram as she showcases the different meal ideas so you’re not endlessly searching.

No honey, added salt or sugar before 12 months x

Second vote for solid starts! I'd also say although baby will probably like sweet stuff better to start make sure you're giving a variety as much as possible. With allergens - introduce early and keep giving them. Don't just give peanut butter once, reactions often happen the 2nd time not 1st
If you're with P&O they do baby food jars if you ask in advance(I imagine other cruise lines would too), but I'd just see how yours is getting on by the time they're 8 months, you may find they're still just nibbling some broccoli every now and again, in which case just give them a bit of what you're having/pick up some things from the buffet. The kids menu is probably too much for most 8m olds but they have starters like hummus with crudités and pitta, soup, all sorts and if you're in the main dining room I'd bet they'd bring anything possible that you ask for, specialities less so but they'll do variations on the menu. I imagine it'll be similar on all cruise lines, they want to please and are happy to amend things

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WIBTAH if I start doing the same thing back to him?

My FIL keeps constantly filming me every single say. He isnt even sneaky about it anymore. He knows I dont like and still does it anyways. He doesnt care. The only time he doesnt is when he sees me filming other stuff for youtube cause he knows that I have an increased chance of catching him with proof if I record him recording me. He also aks me awkward questions about my phone even though he is the one recording me.

Nursery Days Advice

So from Sept my LB will be starting nursery - we have decided he will be going in 3 days a week and then 2 days with me WFH. I can choose the days i work from home, we were going to go with the below
MON - nursery
TUES - home
WED - home
THURS - nursery
FRI - nursery
We are now wondering if he would do better doing consecutive days at nursery ie - mon, tues, wed or wed thurs fri?
Theres also option to do mon wed fri nursery, so alternative days.
Has anyone got any advice re this and how has your little ones took to consecutive/alternate days at nursery!

Thankyou☺️

My husband hit me and is acting like everything is fine ???

For context I have a 4 month old , just started my period yesterday so have been a bit of an emotional wreck.
I’d been having a down morning anyway and felt like one of those days where I didn’t feel like being a mum today (yes I feel guilty for saying that)
My husband was in bed and I was in the other room, little one was crying and wouldn’t settle so I was rocking him, husband comes in and took baby off me, I said he needs a nap he’s tired, to which my husband said “you always say he needs a nap” and I raised my voice slightly and said stop it!!! I pushed him away and he slapped me round the head saying YOU stop it!
I ignored him and let him take baby and left the house , long story short he went to work and came back acting as if everything was completely fine ?? It’s definitely not and I feel like I want to leave him but just scared to be a single mum and even though he upsets me most the time i see him as an extra person in the house so I can occasionally have a break
Because of the person he is I feel like it’s fine he didn’t mean it he was just angry, but he always said he would never hit me and he did for the first time today… not sure what to feel , don’t feel like i should let this slide.

Boundaries!

Girls iv set a few boundaries for when my little lad arrives and a few family members are not happy at all with them and I can’t help feel nothing but guilt. It will be my 2nd child snd iv limited visits to 30-60min and this is one that one certain member of my family isn’t happy about and wearing perfume iv asked for no strong smelling perfume when they visit my new born and the same family member just isn’t happy at all with them. Am I being unreasonable am I being silly? I feel like im not being respected.

Weaning struggles

I know they say food before one is just for fun but my baby is over 7 months now and barely eating any food. He won’t let me spoon feed him and if he does manage to get some food in he spits it out. I know every baby is different but how much are your babies eating at each meal?

On a serious note.

What do you think about a female co worker being partners with your husband at work from time to time and the day she doesn’t go in for work and your husband is working with another person. She texts YOUR HUSBAND “ tell him to keep my seat warm” how do you perceive that?