weaning

[excitedforbaba]

due to being treated as a "reflux Baby" dd 20 weeks is on spoon feeds and has been for past 6 weeks or so.

She now gets a bowl of baby rice with a spoon of fruit puree mixed in, a snack midway through the day of custard or equivalent and supper of mashed Rusk.

she's getting 5 bottles but only drinking 4 and messing with one (the one before the bed bottle) and only taking 2/3oz of it.

I want to start her on dinners next week ie potatoes, carrots etc what would be the best way to do this replace her wee snack with a bowl of dinner?

Also what is the best way to do this, I won't have time to cook on a daily basis so iv been told freezing a batch and defrosting is the way to go...I'm worried the food will be all watery and mushy after defrosting?

Any tips/advice

[BeansInBoots]

It's the middle of the night and im shattered so take me with a pinch of salt, I know this will sound worse than I mean it to!

She currently has 3 meals of basically sugar in a day, so when you start to introduce carrot and potatoe and all the other normal stuff, she may be resistant because it's not as sweet as fruit / custard (?!) and rusks (ingredients reading flour, sugar..)
So your going to have to persevere!

I assume you'll be blending the carrot etc into a purée? Make it to the right consistency (wet, but not runny) and freeze in ice cube trays then transfer to freezer bags. At dinner time put a few ice cubes in the micro for a min or so, stir well and allow to cool, hey presto!
It's meant to be watery and mushy for

Try an Annabel karmel or similar weaning book for suggestions, but my ds likes spinach and potato, sweet potato and carrot, pork with cinnamon and kidney beans etc..

Also, ds was a reflux baby with a CMPA and we didn't wean until 7 1/2 months because he couldn't hold his head up, if you don't want to go any further with the weaning stage you can stay with what your doing for at least the next month, entirely up to you!