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Pureed carrot, what can you add to make it tasty

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Mermaid2 · 29/01/2004 13:01

DS is 24 weeks and not doing very well with his weaning, loves his milk but still messing around with everything else I've tried. Will try pureed carrot but wondered what to add - cows milk, his milk not sure. Any ideas would be great.

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motherinferior · 29/01/2004 13:10

I'd just stick to pureed carrot toute seule, why not.

He's still very little, don't let it worry you too much (says neglectful mother on her second baby

SoupDragon · 29/01/2004 13:15

Apple?

emmatmg · 29/01/2004 13:21

I'm weaning our DS3 at the moment and as he LOVES baby rice(taste like milk, just thicker) I mix all his veg with that, gradually reducing the rice and increasing the veg ( as I did with DS2) until it's just the pure puree. He had pureed courgette for the first time today and ate the whole lot.

Would this work for your young man?

LIZS · 29/01/2004 13:22

If you want to bulk it out try a little baby rice and his normal milk - be it ebm or formula -but it is not really necessary. Once he's had carrot on its own a few days, try another root veg like parsnip for a few days and then you can combine the two. Gradually build up his repertoire until you have several things which he tolerates individually from which you can create different combinations. At this age it is all about trying different flavours and textures rather than quantity so don't worry if he seems a little less than interested.

suzywong · 29/01/2004 13:35

I eard someone say once 'don't stress, hr's got all his life to eat carrots' and it's true.
Everyone else is very wise it's all about giving him tastes not qusntity at this stage
my ds2 is 20 weeks and I gave him his first taste of pear puree yesterday, maybe yours would like it yoo.
I shsn't be bithering with milk and baby rice yhis time like I forced down ds1 from 14 weeks, though , just pure purees til 26 weeeks

have fun and don't get stresses if he still loves his milk that's great

suzywong · 29/01/2004 13:35

sorry about typos lrft handed typing while BF

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Mermaid2 · 29/01/2004 13:43

Thanks a lot girls. At the moment he is having his milk first before I try him with food but as I said he loves it so much that before I know it he's drunk 6 ozs. Should I give him food a little earlier or later, get so confused as to the best time to try him. I would say on average he has about 35 - 40 ozs (bottle feed) in a day, should I try and cut this down. He is so content and sleeps really well but I've heard this thing about reaching 6 months and that it can cause problems if they are not properly weaned by then. Being really paranoid but just want to get it right.

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LIZS · 29/01/2004 13:47

It does sound like a lot of milk but don't fret about it for another month or so, then try to reverse the order - puree then milk. You could try spacing out his bottles/food a bit so that he has it an hour or so in between but if he is so happy don't worry.

Hulababy · 29/01/2004 13:48

Sweet potato is often a good thing to add to other food purees - it is naturally sweet and less balnd than some other veg. I also used to add formula and then later cow's milk to make a more creamy texture.

suzywong · 29/01/2004 13:50

Please don't worry about 'properly' weaned.
As long as you keep trying food out on him, he will take more of an interest when his body is ready for it. You can lead a horse to water.....
Just keep trying him with little tastes and he will get all the nutrition he needs with all that milk aswell.
Don't forget he will be on finger food by about 8 months and you will spend most of your time prizing things out of his mitts before he shoves them down his gob.nBy that time he will have found favourites and it will be up to you to give hime a healthy range of things to choose from.
In the meantime try not to get paranoid and pass on any anxiety about food or meal times that you may be developing, keep things calm and he will get an appetite for proper food soon enough.
BTW I am no HV and I presume you have no other health worries e.g. size or weight about DS.

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Mermaid2 · 29/01/2004 14:06

suzywong, thanks for your wise words. In all honesty he is doing so well, last time he was weighed he was on the 95th percentile and he's doing all the correct things as far as I am aware, that's why I feel a bit silly getting all concerned when the sensible side tells me he's fine.

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suzywong · 29/01/2004 14:11

Glad to hear he's so bonny
Honestly, the less you have to go near the bloody sieve and blender and ice-cube tray the better!

aloha · 29/01/2004 14:49

In the 1930s nurses were told to give milk only until the baby was NINE months. There are no adults who refuse all solid food because they drank milk as a baby. Don't stress, he sounds perfectly well and healthy and if he sleeps well, just count your blessings every single day. I would have swapped my hearty eater/non sleeper for your ds any day!

aloha · 29/01/2004 14:58

BTW my ds loved mashed sweet potato (easy, easy - bake in skin then mash the inside with a fork). Won't touch it now, of course.

bunny2 · 29/01/2004 19:26

Carrots mashed with a splash of orange juice and a little butter are yummy. We all eat them like this.

Blackduck · 30/01/2004 14:51

I started ds on carrot, sweet potato and banana (not all at once you understand...) Didn't add anything to them.

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