Weaning when working full time

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Ideally I want to be able to give baby breakfast before I drop him at grandparents/nursery (during the week he will be at nursery, dads mum and mums mum on different set days).

He often wakes up too hungry to go straight onto food and wants bottle first. If I give bottle first he can often be too full for food.

How do I get around this? Breakfast is the one meal I can have control over whilst I'm in work so I don't want to lose it otherwise I will feel as though I don't have enough of an input into how he is weaned.

He is 7 months old and all three places he goes to (in addition to myself) have such different views and approaches to weaning! Nothing is consistent for him :'( I'm hoping this is a good thing so he gets big a mix of things but I worry it will mess everything up and cause him to even skip meals especially when at grandparents.

I want to keep breakfast for myself but doesn't always work out. I have to drop him off each morning at 7:30 including getting us both abs his brother ready to leave which adds to the stress. I then get home around 6 when it's nearly time for baby's bedtime. I don't want the only meals I have a say on or give him to be weekends :'(

Sounds like he's not going to eat it if he's full right now so I would save yourself the stress. Once he's 10 months he only needs 400 ml (13.5 floz) of formula a day. So when he's 9 months id ditch the first bottle and go straight to breakfast with a cup.

9 months isn't that far away and you'll then be able to give him breakfast each day.

I'd be concerned though if the people looking after my baby had different views to myself on how to do things like weaning. What views do they have?

@PanicBuyingSprouts

I remember it with my first son, it was always easiest option and he would sometimes just be given a bottle I read of food when he was supposed to have it or just given lots of snacking throughout the day instead of set meals.

I like doing some finger foods and some puréed or mashed whereas one grandparent doesn't like giving finger foods at all and prefers all purée (that's once a week so not a huge issue).

One grandparent is big on giving a lot treats and was caught giving chocolate to my eldest when he was a baby which really upset me. They are more of the mindset of "but he enjoys it and likes it" whereas I am more of the mindset of waiting for chocolate and sweets until as late as possible (my first was 2 before I gave him chocolate - I don't see the point if the don't know what it is). I prefer giving more nutritional food until they are used to it even if they don't agree with it first time. With these grandparents they will just say they don't like it so not wasting time with it a second time.

Thank you for the support about breakfast xx

Instead of food that should say at the start x

It's difficult isn't it. If they're looking after LO for free and it's only once a week, I'd tend to turn a bit if a blind eye but maybe you could send lunch and dinner with them and just ask again not to give treats?

@PanicBuyingSprouts that's what I'm thinking is the best option, I've just never been good at not knowing what's going on!

Nursery is twice a week abs I get a log each day if what he has done and had but I can't put it on the grandparents to do that. Grandparents share three days a week so I just get so anxious about not knowing what he's having.

Your right, I think it's best for me to prepare a food box for him for meals x

My DD is older (20 months), she goes to my MIL’s 3 days a week. I let her give her lunch, whatever she wants to cook for her (my in-laws are Algerian so it’s good for my DD to experience different foods) but I always send a box of fruit, a yogurt, and healthy snacks with her so I have some control over those things at least. I know my MIL gives her chocolate etc but at least I know I’ve sent healthy stuff as well so she gets both.

I think it’s best if you prepare and send food giving your LO’s age - at least you’ll feel better knowing you’ve sent nutritious food.