So how would you give a sausage to a 7 month old? Solid starts says this but for example we have sausage and roasted veg quite a bit in our house as an easy dinner (fresh veg as well which is mainly what our baby has) but I like him to be able to do it himself - so am I being right that the only way you can give sausage is crumbled???
I swear my daughter was munching on whole sausages but I could be way ahead of myself here!!
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Crumbled is what id do tbh, sausage is such a tough one as it is!

Crumbled. My babes only had 2 teeth or so then…. so nothing solid. At that age their diet is 90% milk and solids for fine motor skills and to help the digestive track prepare. And keep in mind they dont have their back teeth to help break things down and will basically bite or suck and swallow.

I never crumbled. I just have in sticks but removed the skin as that’s the tough part 🥰 every baby is different, and I think if you are supervising and feel comfortable go with what you feel best x

I swear that’s what I did for my daughter, I don’t remember crumbling. I also supervise when eating too.
Thanks everyone x

Cut into quarters lengthways. Solid starts is wrong with a lot of foods. I use weaning the BLW way group on fb

thanks, do you remove the skin before?
That’s what I keep thinking when I see stuff on there!!

I quarter without skinning, but we've been giving her chicken sausages that don't have a thick one

ooo didn’t think of those. I’ve never eaten them myself. Maybe we will try them next thank you x

I quarter it lengthwise. I've never crumbled it

I quarter them too. If you want them really soft, make a sausage casserole. So soft and easier for babies! X

i just cook the sausages then peel off the skin so its just like a meat stick lol and she loves it x

I get skinless ones and did them length wise into four now she has them however and someone mentioned teeth my daughter didn’t get teeth she was 1 she’s never had a single issue with foods. She’s now 20 months and got them all including second molars and didn’t even realise till the dentist told me that she had them all. I didn’t even know crumbled was a thing.

oh I know teeth don’t matter. My boy has literally only cut his first 2 and the tallest is one is literally like the tip but he has ate pretty much everything. I just was so confused when I saw crumbed as if never heard of it before lol

literally what I was thinking. And at least I don’t have to then crumble it lol.

Quatre length so bub can hold the sausage.. you can remove the skin if you would like x

my son is exactly the same. Hates being spoon fed, much prefer to do it on their own!!

what gravy do you serve? I was always under the impression that it is too much salt for them…

You could take Sausages out of the casing and roll into a meatball!

Meatballs are typically rounded. I don't actually know exact rules as I just quartered it all to be safe but I would assume like strawberries anything smaller than their fists should be quartered so yeah size depends how big. Giant meatballs would probably be fine
My very almost 2 year old has started acting quite emotional when his bum is being changed. He used to hate getting his nappy changed anyway, however he’s been really good the last 2 months at getting his own nappy, laying down etc but then when it comes to actually wiping his bum/privates…he gets REALLY upset and cries/forces his legs shut so I can’t clean up properly. I’ve had a look as best as he’d let me and there’s no redness or any cuts etc.
Is this normal? I have to hold both his legs open and basically fight him to get to the areas I need to get to. I try not to make it harder than it is for him so I am careful and try my best to comfort him while it’s happening. But what the heck is this all about? I was worried someone had hurt him but he’s never not with me so it’s impossible. I just don’t know where it’s coming from and why it’s so upsetting for him. Apart from this he is a great child who barely ever cries (unless he doesn’t get his way lol) but he can have a fall/cut and will be smiling and laughing.
When he’s in the bath and I wash his area (with water & not hard at all just a little wipe, nothing that will hurt) he also doesn’t seem comfortable with that either and tries to run away, he doesn’t get as upset it’s more of a game to him and sometimes laughs. It’s all very confusing. My partner says it’s a sensitive area anyway and while he’s young it might just be extra sensitive to touch. Any boys mums who can help? 🥲
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😅 i feel like i dont see any 16 year old girls anymore trying to make little extra cash or just moms helping other moms out.
Just me who'd be happy to help a mom out just so she can have her 3 hours to go peacefully grocery shopping or have a break. Its tough to be a mommy. And at the same recover after birth and needing that sleep.
Just me who has to choose between a shower, eating, sleeping or having a quick clean? What's your experience like ? 🥰

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I am starting solids for my baby is 6 months today bit confused if i can give her purees or just mashed texture food any advice?
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I had to message my mother in law to please stop kissing my baby on the face…she messaged today for the first time since that conversation. I explained that we cannot meet up today as I’m sick (the cold that the in-laws gave us !!)…so she said “ok give baby a big kiss and cuddle from me”. Anyone else feel like that sounds really cheeky? Or am I taking it the wrong way😆basically just went in 1 ear & out the other.
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How many times a day are you trying solids? My pediatrician said to do 3 times a day. I thought at 6m once a day was more than enough??

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I'm really annoyed with nursery. They have lost our apron and kept brushing us off for 2 weeks and saying we have to speak to someone else. Or they simply say they don't know they weren't there to most things I ask. My little one has also started to really cry at drop off at beginning of week. This has been ongoing 3 weeks. Her key worker has changed to someone who is not in the same days she is, so 2/3 days. They also lost one of our bottles last week. About 3 weeks ago my little one has tights on. I hadn't realised the elastic had gone on them so they kept falling down. We went for a walk after pick up and every 30 seconds I saw she was struggling to move around and the tights were bothering her. When I went to pull them up there was no nappy or knickers on her! Her little bum was out. I was so mad at them. When I asked them about it they said they don't know. But I'm disappointed as they took off her nappy in morning and didn't put her pants on. So she must have gone the whole day that way and nobody noticed?! Then last week as we were leaving I saw her cardigan lying on the side and when I picked it up it had paint all over it. They don't use water based paint and it never comes out! When I showed the room leader he said he doesn't understand as my little one didn't paint today. As if that's an explanation. My little one later told me she did it. So they have left the paint out and let kids go to it unattended then.
I'm just really really frustrated about it all.
Are these all small things?
Is everyone having these problems and it's just how it is?
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