Well I know I am Nuts , but hey!
Ok sooo dd1 was weaned at 5mths nearly 3yrs ago on puree and jeeez I so cannot be faffed with it this time with dd2, even though I succumbed to it about 3wks ago with baby rice (far to much peer,dh, mil and parent pressure ) . With dd1 by this time I had a very rigid and set routine , knowing when what and were with food. having nicely packed all sorts of moosh inn bags to go out etc.
I do have pear & parsnip puree in the freezer cubed , but she will not take it from me spoon feeding her (comparisons with dd1 are bound as thats my reference , but she would walf down whole mountains), she would much rather I left the spoon with some on for her to take and she nicely pops it in!!
Yes shoot me she wasnt 6mths old 3wks ago , but she kept grabbing our stuff of plates and its soo not baby friendly (salty smoked stuff !!).
Sooo she has had the last week or so ; steamed broccoli florets , which she sucked a teenseee little bit off the top , poached pears, which she gagged and gagged on , melon which she sucks and sucks if she can hold it and today a bit of cheese, this one Im not sure about as its made from cows milk?
Anywhooo Ive started this as Im finding it really difficult to come away from pureee spoon brain and on to choosing things for her to eat herself that are ok in terms of her age and suitability , in light of the no cows milk till a year , wheat etc.
Im just plain confused
also she barely seems to have much at all
say a tiny bite of it or even what seems like a molecule !!!!
despite this tiny intake of food, shes h also decided she doesnt like milk the last 48hrs , so were down to only 2oz a feed at most until bed time bottle were she drains 7oz pf it and then 11 were she has another 5-7 oz. (This I realise could be teething, who knows, as she doesnt seem ill just grumpy).
Im surrounded by well meaning friends & family who have no clue what mumsnet is or what BLW is at all & get quite angry about it all, who all say I shud be giving her lots more meals than she has & do what I know from last time.
Ididnt want to get anxious or het up or confused , ib wanted to stay calm and do it as I am , but every time I get some fruit or some such I start scanning pages and pages to see whether it should be boiled steamed chopped etc !!! Today for eg Ive just read on aitches blog that I dont need to peel or stew the pears , she can have it as it is ????
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ok BLW novice here , I need some help , feel Im going a little nutso with it all
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melsy · 13/02/2007 15:48
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