To miss a few days of solids

[newmum234]

I haven’t been feeling too good this weekend and missed giving DS (aged 6 months) his meal of solids yesterday (and probably will today too). DH is working flat out this weekend so not available to help. DS started weaning a week ago. Is missing a couple of days going to be a problem?

Not at all.

Zero problem.

Read it on here that food before one is just for fun which really helped me chill out when my babies were weaning. It’s not a problem, I hope you feel better soon.

A few days isn’t a problem.

Thanks!

@MuchTooTired

Read it on here that food before one is just for fun which really helped me chill out when my babies were weaning. It’s not a problem, I hope you feel better soon.

Please don’t believe food is just for fun before 1. It’s simple not true. Milk should be the main source of nutrition but there are are number of nutritional elements including iron which are not abundant enough in milk and eating is also about learning about food and development of facial muscles.

It probably won't be an issue this time, but 'food is for fun' is bollocks.

I'd also suggest looking at how you will manage if you feel ill again- you can't just not feed a child because you are ill or 'too busy', at 6 months he might not notice but pretty soon that's not an option.

Not at all OP, it happens when getting into a new routine, don't worry at all as long as you are still offering BM or formula x

Having googled it, it appears that food just for fun before 1 is now a lie, my apologies. It was bandied around a couple of years ago when I was weaning my DTs, and it brought me great comfort whilst drowning in pnd and rising anxiety about getting weaning “right”.

@majesticallyawkward

It probably won't be an issue this time, but 'food is for fun' is bollocks.

I'd also suggest looking at how you will manage if you feel ill again- you can't just not feed a child because you are ill or 'too busy', at 6 months he might not notice but pretty soon that's not an option.

This is a good idea. I have been really sick recently and so have been keeping mealtimes really easy - he’s getting exactly the same as me and DH. Thick Soups and a pressure cooker / insta pot are your friend here!

OP, you should avoid giving only soups and mashed up food. I know it's a common thing but it's good to introduce textures into your child's eating. It supposedly makes them less fussy eaters.

It's easy to boil/steam some vegetables cut into fingers. I have a small pot (those to heat up milk, looks like a mug) and it's really easy! Broccoli, carrots, green beans.... and afterwards you can add pasta, for example

@grey12

OP, you should avoid giving only soups and mashed up food. I know it's a common thing but it's good to introduce textures into your child's eating. It supposedly makes them less fussy eaters.

It's easy to boil/steam some vegetables cut into fingers. I have a small pot (those to heat up milk, looks like a mug) and it's really easy! Broccoli, carrots, green beans.... and afterwards you can add pasta, for example

She said she’s unwell. A couple of days of potage or thick soup won’t kill a child - more likely to spread germs by handling food to chop it.

This thread proves that weaning is a personal thing and that parents shod trust their instincts when doing it. Theres loads of ways to do it.

@GrumpyHoonMain everyone had already answered the question and OP had already said she was reassured. My DD2 took until 8 months to start eating

I thought I would mention the advice my kids' paediatrician gave

Hi OP, we missed the odd meal for DS when he was newly weaning because we forgot! Usually because he was asleep. We don't do it any more and he would let us know now anyway that he's hungry. I can confirm that he lived through this parental negligence to tell the tale!

We keep a few Ella's kitchen pouches in the cupboard for times where we need something really quick and easy, such as illness.

My son ate hardly anything until he was 10 months, he had a really sensitive gag reflex and couldn't swallow solids, and would not even entertain being spoon fed purées. He's nearly 5 and still alive so must've done something right

DS now back on the solids so all good - thanks everyone!