To ask how many of you

[Softlysoftly]

Made it to the full 6 months before weaning?

Just curiosity honest

[pootlebug]

5.5 months with DD1, 6 months DS1 (but he didn't actually eat until nearly 9 months in any case) and 6 months with DD2. In all cases I waited until they could sit unaided and pick up food themselves as I'm way too lazy for that puree malarky.

None of them got any better at sleeping with the introduction of food, fwiw...

[neverquitesure]

6 months with both DS and DD, it was the advice at the time.

DS was very ready at 6 months and went back to 2 hourly feeding in the 3 or 4 weeks before starting solids. He had eczema and so we were keen to avoid allergies. We gave him finger foods and bit of our meals that we had crudely mashed with a fork. He ate it all!

DD was not terribly bothered until closer to 7 months and then greatly preferred finger foods to mashed/spooned. She is 2 1/2 now and has remained a slightly fussier eater than her DB.

DS was formula fed, DD was (is!) breastfed.

[Claire2009]

DD was 4mths, I tried ds at 5.5mths but he wasnt interested, he took to solids more around 6.5mths

[DuelingFanjo]

DS was about a week shy of six months. he still breastfeeds several times a day at 22 months though.

[M0naLisa]

I got to 4mths with ds1 and 10 months with ds2 die to relfex

[M0naLisa]

Reflux not relfex

[happygilmore]

6 months here.

[CouthyMowWearingOrange]

DD (1998) was advised to wean her at 12 weeks - general advice was 16 wks, but Preemies were told to wean early.

DS1 (2002) was advised to wean at 16 weeks. Didn't last that long, as at 11 weeks he stole a handful of DD's chips and ate the whole lot. And became far more contented instantly.

DS2 (2003) advice was still 16 weeks. He didn't manage solid food until 14 months, due to his muscle problems.

DS3 (2011) Advice was 6 months. Didn't make it because he kept grabbing carrots off my plate. The first time he was 14 weeks old, and I posted a panicky thread on here about how I think he had actually eaten some and I didn't think I had fished it all out in time. I then gave myself a talking to, and let it go.

[DuelingFanjo]

I don't think the quesiion is about when you stopped breastfeeding but more about when you introduced solids?

OP don't do it if it's just our health visitor saying you should - not if you feel happier waiting. The advice is still to wait until 6 months before introducing solids and feeding solids won't necessarily make your baby sleep better. All sorts of things can make a baby wake in the night and it's natural for them to want to feed more at night sometimes. I know of people who introduced solids and it made the sleep worse.

[Molehillmountain]

Dd1, 5.5 months and am she virtually grabbed the spoon from my hand.
Ds, over six months, never allowed me to spoon feed him
Dd nine or ten months although dh kept trying to get her to take purées from six months.
All in last seven years.

[BabylonPI]

Dd1 was 16 weeks
Dd2 was 20 weeks
Ds1 is 24 weeks on Friday and we've just started with a bit of wallpaper paste baby rice.

He's not ever so keen so we're not forcing the issue

[SneakyNuts]

Yep, 6 months here. Just so happened she started sitting up by herself and bringing the food to her mouth.

BLW all the way.

[Jinsei]

Yes, we did. :)

[Piemistress]

Yes was 6 months. DS didn't really show any interest until then

[TodaysAGoodDay]

5 months and 3 weeks, only weaned then under duress from the HV. I wanted to wait for the full 6 months.

[MoelFammau]

I tried to wait til 6 months (despite DM and DSis telling me I should wean at 4 months). At 5.5 months, DD stole a tortellini from DH and scoffed it. Guess she made her own decision about it all. She's 17mo and eats all kinds of stuff some of it's even food.

[Softlysoftly]

Well I tried the wall paper paste tonight but in a BLW way as that's how I feel comfortable, she put it in her hair, licked it and spat it at DH.

So I can officially tell the HV I tried but no joy.

[BlueSkySinking]

yes I did and most of my friends. Only the less health aware seemed to wean early.

[nickeldaisical]

Softly - don't feel pressured.

If she's not "satisfied on BM" then you need to feed her more often.

Look at your technique, too - how long are you feeding her and how often? Do you offer both breasts each feed (even again and again if you need to)? Does she pull off or do you finish the feed? does she fall asleep while feeding in the daytime? does she feed at night?
all these questions need to be addressed before you give her solids just because bm doesn't seem enough for her. :)

[Beanbagz]

DD was weaned when the advice was to wean at 4 months but it was a couple of weeks after as i didn't want to start weaning her on holiday.

With DS the advice was 6 months but we were probably closer to 7½ months because he just wasn't interested in food.

[Mrsjay]

DD1 now 19 was 4 months but really wasn't that interested it was more tastes than eating DD2 15 was 5.5 she was premature though and again just really tastes of things both weaned having meals by 7 monthsish

[hurricanewyn]

DS was weaned early. He'd gone from 8oz every 4/5 hours to 12/13oz every two hours (even through the night) and after three weeks of this HV advised trying food & the difference was amazing. Mind you, he's 10 now & still a hungry horace.

DD was about 7/8 months - she just wasn't interested.

[rarebreed]

DC1 waited til 6 months but had no interest til nearly 8 months, is now quite fussy.

DC2 was taking food off my plate from 5 months, hadn't planned to start til 6 months but I think he was ready, he will still eat anything and everything.

They were both very large babies.

[rarebreed]

Oh and DC2 was on a full bottle of hungry baby formula every 3 hours.