Weaning - no idea what I’m doing

[Ppeter500]

pretty much what the title says …
have all the gear and no idea.

I started baby on foods I was eating when she turned 6 months, (she’s now 6.5 months), say broccoli, peas etc, I would save some from my dinner for the next morning.

tried BLW and she just wasn’t interested so thought I’d try purées and spoon fed so she understands taste, again, not interested more interested in the spoon and bowl.

im still under health visitors due to reflux and weight issues in the past. They said to me keep persevering with it, keep trying her and try her on baby porridge and it’s not too different from milk just thicker. That just made her constipated and in my opinion has no nutritional value so I don’t really like to give it to her.

really feel I have no idea what I’m doing. I haven’t introduced any allergens yet which I feel bad about and struggling to keep going with BLW as well as doing purées when it’s clear she’s not interested.

did anyone else find the same? Shall I just give up for now and take the pressure off myself? Or is it a case of keep going until they get it?

Just keep plugging away at it! They're all different, some take to it straight away and some take a while. I know people swear by BLW but I have always done a mixture, so I'd keep trying spoon feeding, finger foods, those weird baby spatula things, different cups, etc. She'll want to eat something eventually! Introduce proteins and figure out her favourites as soon as you can because at some stage you'll be tearing your hair out because all she'll eat is fruit 🤣

Does she show any interest in what you're eating when you eat in front of her?

At this stage it's just about introducing new textures and flavours. Don't expect her to eat a lot.

Giving food from your plate is a good start. Let her feel and play with it.

Keep going 🙂

Keep going, you doing everything right. My little one is 3 years old and finally eating roast dinners/curry's etc. He is also has autism and trying new food is a nightmare. He now on a roll ( excuse the pun)

It's a bit out of fashion now, but I read and used Annabel Karmel's book and it worked for us. My Fussy Eater was another I followed on SM.

Just keep trying her with whatever you have to hand, so long as it’s not a choking hazard or too salty anything goes. Some kids just take longer- DD started snatching food out of my hands just shy of 6 months and was basically eating full meals from the get go. DS has been given all the exact same stuff and it’s only now at 9 months that he’s started to get into it and actually consume some of the food.

Eat together. Give baby what you're having, with less salt, no honey etc, or plain before you add a very spicy sauce.

We have had dinner at 6pm, all together since DS was 6 mo. Didn't make anything special, always had some yoghurt or similar that he would eat but even from early on he'd happily chew on some cooked broccoli etc.b

Eat together, don't save the food until the next day or she won't know what she is doing. She needs to copy you and if you aren't eating at the same time that will be confusing her

I'm no expert, but 6.5 months is very early days. I had a book called how to wean your baby, which used a mixed purée/finger food approach over 30 days. I loved having a step- by-step guide, but when ds was 6.5 months I was feeling totally overwhelmed by everything and it took me twice as long as that to get through the whole thing. I don't think he was eating more than one solid 'meal' a day until at least 8 months. He's now 17 months and what you would call a 'good eater' It was a long, slow process, but I always tried to bear in mind the advice that milk should be the main source of calories until 1 and not stress too much about the amount he was eating. Most approaches nowadays seem to stress giving them the opportunity to explore to begin with rather than thinking too much about how much the actually eat

thanks so much for everyone’s replies. I’ll definitely keep going as that’s the consensus here!
I always eat with her, every morning we sit down and have our ‘breakfast’ together.
i was planning to re try BLW with some banana tomorrow so can see how that goes and will just carry on doing a mixture of both.

I’ve been setting time to do it each morning, maybe that’s where I’m going wrong and as some of you have said just give her off my plate during the day!

You are very early on, just think of these next few months as a space to introduce her to foods with no expectations, it will click eventually. Some babies take time to get the hang of it and need to try things multiple times before it sticks.

Good early foods which worked for us were Greek yoghurt (can add fruit puree too!), toast, and banana.

Please don’t stress, none of us have ever met an adult who will only drink milk 😊

Think 6m is young for some.
My DD was not interested in food at all and started eating around 8m. Before, she was just playing with food and licking it.
DS was hungry but had tummy issues feom a lot of food at start.
Also, mine loved fruit much more than vegetable. Tbh cooked broccoly without salt or butter is just soggy mess so I feel for them. And cheese. I went through block of chedar.