Weaning

[SpringChicken]

Can anyone recommend any good weaning books?

Am going to start weaning DD but having never done it before not really sure what to do, how many times a day etc.

Any recommendations anyone?

Annabel Karmel's Baby and Toddler Meal Planner has a rough schedule and ideas for different combinations of flavours and textures as they get older.

I've got Annabel Karmel's Baby and Toddler Meal Planner, haven't started weaning yet but getting prepared. It looks really good, has a plan of what foods to introduce at each stage of weaning and loads of recipe ideas.

Susanne Oliver's First Foods is very good. And bizarrely so is Lorraine Kelly's Baby and toddler Eating Plan!

Thanks - have already got the Annabel Karmel book but haven't really read it yet.
I got the impression it was for further down the line as aposed to when you first start weaning or am i wrong there?

Annabel Karmel book (meal planner) is very good - a bit out of date in that she suggests you can start from 4 months although obviously now the recommendation is weaning from 6 months.

Lovely recipes although I found the portion sizes a little small for a hungry baby. Some of the recipes are a pain to follow in terms of a huge number of ingredients, but you can double the quantities and freeze in batches which is handy. The vegetable based meals are particularly tasty

There is a whole chapter devoted to the beginning (purees)and a chart for each of the first few months to show how the solid/milk feeds can fit in with each other.

When should i start weaning dd? 4 months or 6 months?

Ha! imo see how hungry baby is! Sometimes when they get interested in food they watch you eat and smack their chops!

Omo, leave it as long as you can - especially if you have a history of allergies or things like eczema in your family. DS is 32 weeks today and only just beginning to eat a noticeable amount (noticeable from his nappies, I mean!). Research over the last few years has shown that a baby's gut isn't up to digesting food til six months or thereabouts.

Thanks for the tip, will leave it as long as i can

I am no chef and was completely daunted by the thought of weaning.

I have found Sara Lewis's Baby and Toddler Cookbook absolutely invaluable. The bad news is it's no longer printed, but she does do other books which are probably as good. I also got one of Annabelle Karmel's but have to say that I found her recipies much more fiddly.

Sara Lewis's recipies were all chop it up, cook it in a saucepan, then blend. Really easy - just my sort of cooking. DD ate anything and everything I gave her, and flatly refused to have anything from a jar!