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AngelieMumsnet · 24/11/2014 14:46

We've been asked by baby and toddler food brand Organix to find out about Mumsnetters' experiences with weaning.

So, when did you start weaning? How did you feel about it? What were your questions and how did you get the answers? Was there anything in particular which surprised you about weaning? Which foods did your little one love during weaning, do they still love the same tastes now?

Share your thoughts on this thread and you'll be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £200 John Lewis voucher.

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lhlee62 · 28/11/2014 11:24

With my eldest I gave her some fromage frais at 17 weeks and she loved it, I did purees with her and she loved it. She is now over 2.5 years and loves food, she was mainly purees and then on to lumpier food.

I waited until 6 mths with my second and we went straight for baby led weaning, with the exceptions of things like yoghurt, soup as they need spoons. She struggled a bit picking food up, but now she is 1 yr old and she loves food, I put bits on her highchair and she just picks it up and eats it. It is so much easier, no blender or getting little tubs and spoons, it's great when we go out as we just order what we want and give her bits off our plate. If you child will go for it I would definitely recommend BLW

KnackeredMuchly · 28/11/2014 13:07

I just wanted to say that we LOVE Organix - we did BLW and after a while gave him your Cheese Crackers which he adores - and your Gingerbread men were fantastic for teething. Nice hard on the gums with a 'nice' flavour as much as baby food tastes nice. Now he's a toddler we give him your "crisps" occasionally, he goes bonkers for them.

I was surprised how easy Baby Led Weaning was for my son - he was quite ready for it at 6 months and he just dove right in to all of his food and ate masses of it even though he had no teeth.

Was so so grateful for the dog though, don't know how people manage without one! Wish I could take the dog when we go to restaurants too.

Keletubbie · 28/11/2014 13:27

My DD would eat two things:

Lentil bolognese and veal escalopes

This went on for quite a long time, and is possibly the most Mumsnet period of my life :)

aless02 · 28/11/2014 14:53

BABY LED WEANING ALL THE WAY. NO MUSH, NO PREP, EASY!!

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cluckyhen · 28/11/2014 17:35

I found weaning quite easy. My DS just breezed through and ate everything that was given to him, although moving to Germany when he was just 6 months old was a learning curve food wise for us all.
My DD was a poorly baby and under hospital advice we delayed her weaning to 6 months (it was 3 months when she was small) but like her brother she loved all flavours.
I've been pretty lucky as both kids preferred veggies and I did restrict crisps etc, and I never gave them juice - water or milk all the way

Icedfinger · 28/11/2014 18:28

Waited until 6m to wean my DD. Had been on a course run by health visiting team and was ready to do things the traditional way. DD had other ideas and wasn't happy until she grabbed a piece of bagel off my plate one day!
So we went with baby led and have never looked back. One year later, she's still a great eater (mostly!)

Candyperfumegirl · 28/11/2014 18:35

started weaning at 6 months, introduced lots of different flavours, it was such fun :)

emmav6 · 28/11/2014 20:16

both my boys took really well to weaning, purees to start with & then finer foods

milkpudding · 28/11/2014 20:37

We are one week into BLW with our six month old and I think it is going well. She immediately puts food into her mouth and chews it, but she hasn't swallowed much yet. I love being able to give her my food, rather than cooking special food for her. It is great that she can feed herself. The difficulties are that she gets grumpy if she is in her highchair too long- tiredness? boredom?- and she goes to bed very early, so she is missing dinner.

SmileyShazza · 28/11/2014 22:11

DDs weaning was stressful. He started off well at 6 months and took to it like a duck to water but when it came to introducing more lumpier textures we found he has a very sensitive gag reflex and it caused a lot of problems as he stayed on smooth puree longer than he should have. I also became stressed about the mess. Now he is 3 he is still a very fussy eater - whether it's related I don't know.

DD's weaning journey has been totally different. I told myself I wasn't going to stress and as a result I've been more relaxed. She actually seemed to prefer finger foods so we did mostly BLW which I hadn't planned at all. She's just turned 1 and is an amazing eater (sometimes a bit too good)

I say the best advice I can give is go with your baby, if they want to pick it up and use their fingers let them, give them the spoon, let them play, try different textures and if they refuse things just try again another day. Most of all don't stress - if you are relaxed then they will be too and it will be an altogether happier experience.

marcc82 · 28/11/2014 23:08

Was all pretty good

Summergarden · 28/11/2014 23:21

My daughter was slow to take to solid foods. We started at 6 months, on purees, but she mostly spat them out again.

The first thing she seemed to enjoy was baby porridge.

Even at 8 months she was taking in very little solids relative to what she was supposedto be having. My health visitor wasn't particularly helpful, just told me that I needed to be more pushy. But we got there in the end. Aged 2 she now loves her food. Enjoys a range of sweet and savoury foods.

chrin · 29/11/2014 00:05

I never had any problems weaning my children they enjoyed their food and they ate exactly the same as us although it was turned to mush so they could manage it

Rebbbie · 29/11/2014 00:42

I started weaning at 5 months. I followed an Annabel Karmel weaning plan and mashed and pureed lots of fruits and vegetables into ice cube trays, starting off with individual ones and then combining flavours. My daughter devoured everything we gave her and still loves most vegetables and a few fruits but is now, at the age of 9, quite a fussy eater. In retrospect, I wish I had introduced a wider range of foods at an early age.

ChasedByBees · 29/11/2014 08:30

We started weaning dead on 6 months and did baby led weaning. DD was quite fussy (even more so now!) and also developed an allergy which made things difficult.

Things like rice cakes were great to carry around to make sure we had snacks covered.

At first she was quite good with vegetables and fruit but now will only eat tomato pasta sauces (I hide lots of veg), broccoli, banana and apple.

Things like chicken worked really well - often soft enough to eat easily and she likes the taste and thankfully still does. We avoid salt but I notice if there's something with salt in (I.e. Gravy when we're out) she's super keen!

rachelmi · 29/11/2014 15:39

My son always seemed hungry on just milk but he was still a little young to wean. however, once he was introduced to baby rice he was so much easier to settle and seemed much more contented. I have learnt to use my own judgement in terms of advice of how and when to wean.

sharond101 · 29/11/2014 19:49

My DS had reflux and colic and on recommendation of a Consultant Paediatrician we started weaning around 5 months 2 weeks. I found it overwhelming and so much work to begin with then it just seemed to fit into our lives. It became easier when I gave up on baby rice and switched to ready brek. DS seemed to hate baby rice yet loved the ready brek and my optimism then returned.

milliemoon · 29/11/2014 20:01

I was a bit worried to start weaning as I wasn't sure I was doing if right. With my next one I plan to relax and enjoy it and just take pleasure in seeing my baby experience new tastes

Annbunce · 29/11/2014 21:22

I started weaning between 5 and 6 months. Baby rice to start with, then I puréed lots of vegetables.

goingloombandcrazy · 29/11/2014 23:28

I pureed with DC1.

By DC2 I blw appealed to my last ways!

neenienana · 29/11/2014 23:44

I did purees with my two older boys and now with my dd I have donw a combination. Srarted at 6 months, she mainly exists on bread pasta yoghurt and banana which is a challenge.

FeelingIrie · 30/11/2014 00:15

I started offering my baby purées etc at about 5 months but she wasn't ready or interested. That continued way beyond the 6 month mark and I was starting to stress....
Now, at 7.5 months she's just starting to get it. She likes finger foods, eg breadsticks, baby biscuits, organix carrot sticks and is trying new spoon-fed foods every day, thank god! She doesn't like baby rice/porridge or fruit/veg (oh dear) but does like weetabix at breakfast, and at lunch/dinner she likes cheddar cheese, hummus and mashed potato... So far. Tomorrow I'm trying her on homemade shepherd pie. She's also enjoyed smoked haddock fish cakes. She seems to like strong flavours! I was so excited about weaning but it started off being disappointing and pretty stressful. But now so rewarding when DD goes for something new!

Ditsy79 · 30/11/2014 07:42

I started weaning my daughter at 6 months using Baby Led Weaning. It was a lot easier (and less scary) than I'd imagined, and I was so relieved that I didn't have to puree things for her. From the start, she has eaten the same foods as us which I think makes mealtimes more enjoyable. I also like taking her out for meals, as she will eat pretty much anything.

Emrob86 · 30/11/2014 08:28

We started at about 5 and a half months. I'd read loads so felt prepared!

I was surprised that my daughter would reject baby rice and baby porridge. She never started liking it!

She did eat everything else and I introduced mixed flavours straight away to keep it interesting.

After a few months of good eating, teething kicked in properly and we had a phase of refusing nearly everything. Tough for me! Back on track now though! :)