Weaning help

[StepsRoadmum]

Ok, a few questions now that I've started weaning my LO.

Firstly, what did people use to make up baby rice for breast fed babies? I'm not sure I have time to express milk to use everyday but we don't really use formula so I'm worried we will end up wasting lots if I buy it so I'm unsure what to do.

Secondly, we would like to introduce new flavours and textures but how often should I be introducing new foods? Is something different every day too much?

Thirdly, what vitamin supplements do people recommend? I know that we need vitamin B, C and D but there are so many different forms and brands I don't know what to buy.

It's all very exciting but also a bit confusing knowing what to do for the best.

Re: stock - I just don’t use it (for adults either - I don’t actually own any stock cubes. Or salt for that matter). A bit of onion, carrot and garlic in a stew gives it plenty of taste. Crumble in a dried chilli or add a teaspoon of mustard if you want a bit more kick. Dried shiitake mushrooms or marmite if you want more umami. You really don’t need stock cubes at all. Your taste adapts after a couple of weeks to the lower salt concentrations, and we all eat far too much salt in our diet as it is.

(I’m a nephrologist though so I’d be a bit of a hypocrite if I used stock/salt myself when I spend all my days telling my patients to cut them out. Live by example etc etc).

Oh I think me and dh really love salt