hello, I'm introducing solids for last few weeks,my daughter is 6,5m old,and has 5 bottles of 150ml at 7,10,13.30,16.30 and 19.30. I introduced home made fruit purée few spoons at 8am and veggie ones at 14.30. She likes it and eats everything. Started to mash it with fork so not smooth,and she is fine, using AK recipes. Spoke to paediatrician and she told me to try replace lunch bottle with bigger lunch,like soup. Called Heath visitor and she said not to do any purée,mashed food,give weetabix with full fat milk or something big in the morning so she drops 10am bottle,and give big lunch so she drops lunch bottle, give chunks of fruit,veggies,toast,scramble egg etc. I think it's too much to go from 5bottles to 3 bottles so quickly, and also give chunky food, she doesn't sit on her own yet,is crawling,but needs support to sit up. HV also said I can give a bit of spicy food,if that's what we eat (I guess coming from my Asian surname...). What do u think? I would much rather drop just one bottle, maybe lunch 13.30 one? Thinking about bottles at 7,10,15.30,19,30 and solids morning fruit 8am,big lunch 13.30, yoghurt 17.00..does it sound ok,or what would u advice to do? Thank you.
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Confused after calling health visitor,advice please
Kika1 · 02/09/2015 09:14
I use seasoning, and give the baby curries, herbs etc of course no added salt or especially salty food like marmite, pickles etc. I just give bits of our normal meals and add in extras like Weetabix, porridge (readybreak), couscous in soups etc when the filling part is just finger food or not suitable for her.
Make sure she is in a highchair or on your lap sat up as much as she can for feeds. She will find it easiest if the chair has a tray as its less likely the finger food will drop on the floor but the dining table will work too if she is in your lap. Mine likes to grab food out if our hands. Things like rice cakes a good starter as they dissolve in the mouth.
Make sure you stay with her when she is eating and don't have her in a bouncy chair or partially laid back as that can cause risk of choking. You should know babies have a stronger gag reflex than adults so will cough / gag more easily as it is how they bring the food forward in their mouth to chew it a bit more.
I give mine as much milk as she wants at each feed so the last milk can be 150ml or 300ml depending when she stops eating. For now id concentrate on much and in a couple of weeks start increasing the dinner and moving to more savoury flavours and more filling foods.
Good luck and really try to enjoy it a bit 
When I say 'you should know ' I mean its good to know so you don't worry not that you should have known it already.
Do what works for you both.
Don't spend a fortune on super healthy meals as most of it will get chucked. My eldest is 20 and the advice changes every few years.
My youngest is 2.5 and would gladly drink milk all day instead of eating when the HV came around for the 2 year check she nearly fell of her chair when she seen dd with a bottle of milk 
Life is too short to fret over every single word the HV say. Have a look at the piles of info you will have on weening and pick out what suits you and dc.
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