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BLW PICTURES 🥦🥕🍅🍗🍞🍼

Hi Mumas, would love to see any pictures of foods given to babies on their 1st few days of blw 💕 writing a shopping list today to start food tomorrow.. scared and excited but badly need inspiration. I will probably hold off on fruit until next week so she doesnt get a preference to sweet foods xx

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MIL rant - giving baby food

So my LG is staying with the in-laws tonight as we have my husbands work Xmas do. She needs to give her dinner and I provided her with puréed food as my girl hasn’t had proper food to eat as I’m too scared of choking. She’s just sent me a photo of my girl eating dinner and she’s given her full roast potatoes, bits ...

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Daughter doesn’t eat

My daughter hasn’t touched a meal in 4 days, she’s fueling herself on snacks and I don’t know what to do? She only eats dry cereal, has gone off lunch and dinner completely. Yes I could probably say no snacks until she eats but I tried that yesterday and she completely starved herself until bed time, I felt so guilt...

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Starting solids

How many of you have started your little ones on solids? How/what did you start with? My little girl’s PA brought up about starting the rice cereal at 4 months at her 2 month appointment, but her actual doctor never even mentioned anything yesterday & I forgot to ask. She will be 5 months next week so I don’t know w...

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Baby led weaning

What age should you start baby led weaning? I’ve had some people start at 4 months but some say don’t start till 6, my son shows all the signs of being able to start led weaning but he’s only 4 months.

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Weaning 6 months

What do you give your babies for breakfast, lunch, dinner at the moment? Are they having purées or are you BLW? BLW is terrifying me so my baby is still on purées. Any advice would really be appreciated!

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Help! Weaning

We are 7 months been weaning for a few weeks but our baby is still spitting out purées or shutting her mouth tightly closed, pushing away the spoon and not interested In finger foods, I’m starting to get a bit worried.

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How many bootles should a baby be having by 12 months?

Mine takes 16oz + breakfast, lunch, a snack and dinner

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Baby weight

My baby is almost 6 months old and only weighs 15lbs. She doesn’t like drinking her milk or eating purées. I’m getting worried. Is this weight normal ? She’s currently in the 32nd percentile, she used to be at 50th percentile.

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Eating schedule

Hello! I am wanting to know how often you guys are feeding your baby milk/formula and solid foods throughout the day. It seems i am feeding my baby a lot and i am nervous about weening her off milk/formula in 6 weeks (she will be 1 then). Her current feeding schedule is in the comments!

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Weaning

Weaning I’m clueless, my boy is 7 months on the 7th he can sit up unassisted for a very short amount of time, I have been feeding him Breakfast and a purée for dinner should he be on 3 meals a day now?

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Weaning

My LO has just completely gone off food. She used to get excited when put in her high chair but now she screams and gets so upset. She would always try what was put infront of her, finger foods and mashed, also would have pouches/jars of purée but she doesn’t want anything now!! However, when I put her in a high c...

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7 month old won’t eat baby food?

Anyone else’s baby just doesn’t like baby food she will only eat like the fruit ones or the puddings basically…she won’t eat like pasta ones or the actual food pouches? Anyone else? X

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Breastfed babies only

How much water are you giving my LO has a bit of homemade purée 1/2 times a day. He doesn’t eat tons thought so I’m not sure about water Tia x

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Need help On feeding my 6 1/2m old

My first time having a baby and I have no idea what to feed her she doesn’t care for purées and she crawls and sit up on her own but she has no teeth yet so I’m scared to let her feed herself..can any momma give me ideas/options on what to feed her? She’s very interested in food always tries gabbing our food when w...

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Am I a bad mom or overreacting for not wanting my 8mo to have sugary things?

I’m starting to get super aggravated with my family as they constantly say my kid “needs to eat” just because I dont let him try everything I eat yet. He eats eggs for breakfast eats fruit and veggies purées for lunch or dinner and sometimes when we make dinner he try’s what we are having! BLW scares me we dibble an...

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