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Original poster

To give dd a breadstick?

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Peppery123 · 09/04/2021 17:45

25 week old (not yet 6 calendar months) grabbed breadstick from her 3 year old sister. Sucked and gnawed on it..i realised half of it had gone into jer mouth and swallowed.
Shes been irritable a few hours after and now. Im worried..was it too early? How can we tell if they are intolerant to wheat/gluten?

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hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 09/04/2021 18:20

It’s totally fine!

Formulation123 · 09/04/2021 18:27

We did BLW from 6 months. Just make sure it’s soft and not bigger than your finger. Try not to worry (easier said than done)

PerspicaciousGreen · 09/04/2021 18:27

It's totally fine! Babies are ready and keen at their own ages. Six months is a general guideline but it's more about whether they can sit up properly by themselves and manipulate food safely in their mouth.

Tried BLW with #1 and he wasn't keen so found traditional purees just fine and progressed through textures etc. Tried purees with #2 and she seized control of the spoon immediately! BLW very successful with her.

Biggest difference was what the baby did when they couldn't manage something and gagged. #1 cried and refused to eat anything else for ages. #2 shoved it right back in and had another go!

Pupster21 · 09/04/2021 18:32

Readiness for weaning is ability to sit upright with support with neck supporting head steady, able to pick up things and bring to mouth and loss of tongue thrust reflex. Sounds like she was ready for blw so just go with it, much easier than baby porridge when they just steal off your plate.

MrsDeaconClaybourne · 09/04/2021 18:32

DS2'S first food was a chocolate brioche at about 25 weeks that he grabbed on Christmas morning! Id been planning to start BLW the following week with steamed veg sticks! I've got a photo of him later that day eating a Brussel sprout at lunch time. He's 13 now and no ill effects and still loves his food.

dopeyduck · 09/04/2021 18:34

If she's grabbing it putting in her mouth chewing and swallowing it then she's clearly developmentally ready.

Singinginshower · 09/04/2021 18:39

Yep, baby led weaning = baby helping themselves

Unmellowbirds · 09/04/2021 18:42

She'll be fine - my goddaughter is 20 and the advice when she was a baby was to wean at 4 months.

I also have a very healthy 9-year old, despite him helping himself to a whole duck terrine at a similar age (picked it off my plate and attempted to cram it all in . Definitely baby-led, no way I'd have parted with that otherwise!).

1forAll74 · 09/04/2021 19:05

I am sure it will be ok. Gluten stuff wasn't a thing when my two were babies,probably never even heard the word gluten then.

I was moreso worried about a small child choking on something, as twice saw two babies at different times. almost choke on grapes and strawberries, their Mothers did not attempt at all,to cut up the fruits into small pieces.. It is a frightening thing,to witness a baby choking.

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Peppery123 · 09/04/2021 19:11

Some nice, funny anecdotes on here. Thank you all! I really felt like a neurotic mother. I thought I would be slaughtered as I once asked about early weaning on the baby forum and got blasted lol.
I just feel like ive forgotten everything.
Dh and his mum are wheat/gluten intolerant. (Never confirmed medically) but they both suffer with bloated tummies, wind and constipation after eating white bread apparently so I panicked.

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Thatwentbadly · 09/04/2021 19:13

In terms of allergies as long as there is no history of iGE allergies (that doesn’t match your description) then it’s best to give all the major 14 allergens a couple of weeks after you start weaning and regularly to reduce the risk of them developing an allergy.

CloudFormations · 09/04/2021 19:21

You don’t have to do purées at all if you don’t want to. From 6m finger foods are fine (as long as they aren’t a choking hazard and are capable of being gummed to a mush). 25 weeks is basically 6m so definitely nothing to worry about.

PerspicaciousGreen · 09/04/2021 19:22

We started #2 on food early too, because she was watching the food travel from plate to mouth with total fascination and clearly dying for some! So she had her first taste of food at four months - really tiny licks at first, though, not full-on food at that age. Whereas #1 showed very little interest in us eating before we purposefully gave him food.

Hankunamatata · 09/04/2021 19:42

Dont panic. My second one was 5 months and had him on my hip while I holding slice if toast and talking to a lady at toddler group. Realised he has eaten most of the slice . Number 3 was worse as caught his brothers feeding him at 4 months. Gave up and stuck them both in high chairs with some veg or fruit sticks and let them gnaw away while we were eating.

Hankunamatata · 09/04/2021 19:43

I also had the baby who crawled along licking the floor ar toddler group

Sceptre86 · 09/04/2021 22:19

Sounds like she is ready for you to start introducing more food. At a similar age my ds swiped pasta off my plate, he munched some and kept trying to swipe more. I started weaning at that point.

eatsleepread · 10/04/2021 09:10

@MrsDeaconClaybourne

That's so sweet

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