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Absolutely panic I've done weaning all wrong!

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SuperSunFlower · 16/04/2020 21:51

I have a 11 month old DD, it's been a struggling feeding her food, started at 6 months, had a few months of little success but prevailed and now she's eating lots which is great.

I'm starting to think about weaning off formula and bottles when she's over a year. In the process of researching that I'm looking at trying to get her to eat more veg etc..... I've realise from my reading that I'VE DONE EVERYTHING WRONG!! I'm in an absolute panic. She starts nursery in a month everyone will think I'm a terrible mum!

Some of the ways I've been terrible:
-she has all meals and snacks in her highchair. I didn't like the mess she made in the living room.
-I discouraged her grabbing and "doing" the spoon herself, I always feed her. She doesn't use the spoon at all.
-everyday I spoon feed her half a jar of 7+baby food at lunch.
-to give her the jar at lunch I give her baby crisps to feed herself, so I can feed her with the spoon in between. She will only allow me to spoon feed her if she's also eating with her hands.
-I don't offer much veg because she doesn't seem to like it. I don't offer it as much as I should be.

Good things I think:
-she is great at eating with her hands, she can pick up half a blueberry!
-loves fruit, after lunch and dinner I give as much as she likes until she looses interest.

Have I ruined the next few years of eating. I'm a crap cook and not eat a varied diet myself. How do I start to fix it? Please help.

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FartnissEverbeans · 17/04/2020 21:58

I am amazing at using spoons. From early childhood onward I was always top in my class for spooning. Teaspoons, tablespoons, fruit spoons, salad spoons - you name it, I can use it perfectly. Every day I’m thankful that my mum taught me to independently use a spoon before the age of one - it’s undoubtedly been the key to my very considerable success in life. One day I hope to spoon in the Olympics, and on the day I win the gold spoon medal I hope my mum will also know that she’s won the gold medal in parenting. In fact I feel so strongly about the value of early spooning that I’m planning to open my own not-for-profit enterprise (Utensil Potential, we have a GoFundMe) to give free spoons to children in poor households, where spoons might not otherwise be available. My dream is to change lives, one spoon at a time.

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