Baby weaning, what do I need?

[Rach780]

Hi
My little girl will be 5 months old soon and I am starting to think about weaning, I plan on blending food initially so that she gets used to the taste without the fear of her choking. Can anybody recommend a small reasonably cheap blender? And also storage containers for freezing any batches?

We don’t have much space at home so I was thinking of getting a high chair that attaches to a chair rather than one that stands on the floor, can anybody reccomend a good one?

Thanks
Bridget

I can't recommend any like that depends what weaning your doing but I down baby led weaning here's a link to our group m.facebook.com/groups/165873284155236?tsid=0.13100995438664098&source=result we have loads of threads and ideas for gear. I had a highchair cultery, a splash mat for under highchair, sleeved bins and normal bibs plenty of spoons as little one fed self sins 6 months

My fussy little eater and my lovely little lunchbox are great sites for recipes for toddlers 😙

Just get a cheap stick blender from Asda/Tesco/wilko etc, they are usually less than a tenner and come apart so don't take up too much space.

A very basic stick blender is fine for making purees, if you are choosing to give very smooth purees that stage doesn't last very long and you can move onto mashed and finger foods pretty quickly.
If you freeze your purees in ice cube trays you can pop them out once frozen and store them in a labelled freezer bag.

If you don't have a blender consider getting a decent powerful blender that can be used for stuff long-term. The puree stage does not last that long.

The usual storage method is to freeze purees in ice cube trays, pop the cubes out and put them in little freezer bags. Silicone trays are nice and soft for getting the cubes out easily, and are BPA-free.

Can't help on the high chair attachment but I bought this hand blender from Argos, it comes with a whisk and 2 container sizes for chopping/blending for £20.

I also got some baby food trays for the freezer from Aldi and some normal silicone ice trays from Morrisons and just storing purée in them in the freezer since it's such little amounts just now.
I plan on BLW once he is 6 months so not investing a lot into the purée stage!

You don't need to do purees, Google baby led weaning where they eat normal looking food from the outset- don't worry about choking, just read up on what to do if your baby does choke, and the difference between that and gagging (which your baby will do and its not dangerous). I didn't buy anything much for weaning, just a plastic placemat, highchair and lots of flannels to wipe up afterwards!

I did baby led weaning and I think it's fab but everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that you didn't ask that!! It's your baby, your choice!

I would recommend you get the Ikea high chair with tray and straps. Straps are great for when they are bigger and start trying to climb out!

Get a padded insert as well for when they are little.

I love bamboo bamboo bowls. They suction on really well.

I use close caboo bibs. They wash very well. I also have some cheap smaller ones for less messy meals.

Cheap sippy cups are best as they encourage baby to learn to drink rather than suck. It's the hard sippy but that you need rather than a soft one. I also like the 360 cup but it took my LO until about 8 months to work that one out.

Any weaning spoon is fine. The nuby ones do the job well.

I've just started weaning my son with purrees (I'm following the Ella's kitchen weaning plan).

I got this booster seat that attaches to a chair, and I'm liking it so far. No bulky high chair taking up space in the kitchen! It's early days yet, but it claims to do up to toddler.

To make the purrees, I have this blender - I didn't buy it specially because I use it all the time for cooking. But it's pretty good, much easier than using a stick blender. Then put everything into an icecube tray, freeze it then pop it into a bag. I use this steamer to cook the food, but it's something that I already had. It's so fast, it generally only takes about 3 minutes to steam most things. You can make a purree in under 10 minutes!

I have these spoons, I like that they change colour when they're too hot. And these little bowls for defrosting/feeding from. However, I wouldn't recommend the bowls because the lid is difficult to get on and tends to leak!

I also got a silicon bib to avoid staining my fabric one. So I've spend less than £50, including the booster seat. But it's going well so far!

Thank you for your replies 😊