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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?

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Tkw2014 · 04/12/2014 14:39

I waited til 6 months with both of mine. Didn't puree, just mashed and did a bit of baby led weaning with finger food and both were fine. Both good eaters now, and definitely let me know when they don't like something!!!

sweir1 · 04/12/2014 14:57

I started DS weaning at around 6 months. But with my first one we were much later because we got confused with all the different advice.

iwantavuvezela · 04/12/2014 15:07

As with most things as a new (in experienced) parent I started weaning thinking it was a science degree ! I bought books which I found myself following to the letter, e.g. Peel pear, cut pear in pieces, boil pear, mash pear! I really could have worked that out myself! The next day I would follow the recipe for apple purée! It took me awhile to gain confidence, experiment with flavours and textures and learn to ignore the mess that resulted with each meal!
I have subsequently grown in confidence as a cook, but I remember those days well!

chriskeenan86 · 04/12/2014 16:39

Started at 6 months and hasn't looked back since.

BL0SS0M · 04/12/2014 23:25

We did baby led weaning when our DD was 6 months old! it was great, though a little terrifying, watching in case she choked, but she never did! She loved melon slices, cucumber, corn on the cob and olives the most! I def would recommend BLW compared to purees, which is what i did with my first one!

Kangakate · 05/12/2014 09:34

I didn't find the weaning process to bad, we had a few hiccups with certain textures, but she generally took to most food as long as it was in manageable pieces and not overcooked

vixo · 05/12/2014 21:27

I weaned all 3 of mine at 6 months. I remember it being really exciting with the first, but I can't honestly remember much about weaning the third. I do remember one of her sisters kindly sharing her chocolate buttons with her at 6 months and 5 days though! They all eat retry well and none of them have ever had nothing puréed.

Baconknickers · 05/12/2014 21:29

I started weaning my first baby at 6 months. He was and still is an incredibly hungry child (the hollow legged variety) so in retrospect should have done this sooner.
It's my second child, I was much more go with the flow and weaning was at 4-5 months when he was constantly eyeing up everyone else's food.
We weaned with veggies and organic baby rice.

mrscumberbatch · 06/12/2014 09:45

We started weaning at 8/9 months to coincide with our stopping breast feeding.

We used a mixture of finger foods and purees.

We never really made a big fuss about it as Dd was happy to taste new things and it was good fun.

she's a lot pickier 4 years later although slightly less messy!

fazkin · 06/12/2014 12:15

I dreaded weaning as I found out with my 1st she was allergic to some foods so feared the same. Sadly, it was worse with my 2nd as he was allergic to pretty much all food I tried. It was a very stressful time for me.

sarah3875 · 06/12/2014 13:53

My first little boy was incredibly hungry and I think we started weaning (very gradually) at 4.5 months. I found it overall, to be quite a stressful process. Worrying about lumps and choking.
With my second boy, he was more than happy with milk but I started weaning at 6 months. The whole process seemed so much easier and I think it was because of being relaxed about it all.
Interestingly, ds2 is slightly more of a fussy eater.

Daariina · 06/12/2014 16:31

Well I have 7 kids, and the youngest is now 6. He actually took to food pretty well and wasn't fussy about what he ate. However, he only recently started liking his vegetables.

laurapotz · 06/12/2014 16:41

I felt really unsure about what to do to do the right thing with weaning. I read so much different advice about what and when. I have found Annabel Karmel a real godsend as my daughter will actually eat the things I cook from her books.

crimsonwitch · 06/12/2014 16:55

I did blw with ds2. At about 5 months he started to grab what was on my plate, but didn't really eat anything, just licked and tasted. By 6 months he was sharing all my meals and having his own snacks. He loved (and still does) cooked pasta, broccoli, and bananas. After he was used to eating a wide variety of foods from my plate I started giving him his own portions. He is now 19 months and eats most things except cucumber and lettuce, both of which he chews to a pulp before spitting it out and passing it to me, lovely Grin

smit23 · 06/12/2014 18:05

not got there yet!! Shock

katieskatie1982 · 06/12/2014 19:04

my ds had a real problem with any food with lumps when he was being weaned! he used to gag on the smallest thing! now he'll eat anything! x

Bobbylolly570 · 06/12/2014 19:46

Our little one was born with a reflux disorder and was allergic to dairy and soya, so the whole weaning stage was quite a challenge.
We started weaning at 5 months following advices from the pediatrician.
Due to our little ones reflux disorder, being spoon fed was not something he would allow, he had to be in control of what was going in to his mouth, so we went with the baby led wearing route, with steamed carrot sticks and cucumber, dairy/soya free toast sticks etc.
Finding alternatives to dairy that were also soya free was quite a challenge - especially trying to find things that had a nice taste to them.
We eventually got there, with a lot of perseverance, wafer thin ham and potato waffles turned out to be our back up never refuse foods.

chunkychocky · 06/12/2014 20:27

For both my sons I started weaning at 6 months and followed baby-led weaning. To be honest I wonder if my younger son (who was actually quite small and backwards for his age) could have done with solid food sooner. As soon as I started weaning he started sleeping better and was a more contented baby. He basically screamed for the first 6 months of his life and I don't know if the weaning was coincidental or what he had needed all along. They both had a very varied diet quickly and both eat well now (at the ages of 6 and 8 years old their favourite meal is kale and quinoa risotto!).

donnamitchell · 06/12/2014 20:45

I started weaning my daughter at six months using BLW and she ate everything we gave her. She's 14 months old now and I'm still breastfeeding in the morning and at night but my daughter is going through what I hope is a fussy phase. She's gradually gone off food after food and is really suspicious of anything new.

chezvic · 06/12/2014 20:55

I started my daughter at 17 weeks even though I was told not to do it until she was 6 months old by my health visitor. However she was drinking that much milk to fill herself up she was being sick and you could hear it sloshing around in her tummy. I followed my own instincts and didn't look back. My daughter loved baby rice first and then devoured baby banana porridge. She still loves bananas now. She soon moved on to cauliflower and broccoli, again they still feature in her diet. She was always such a sickly baby but once she moved onto foods she was so much better in herself.

12LuDo · 06/12/2014 23:24

I weaned both of my children early and was giving baby rice from four months. They were both really hungry and it made a huge difference to their sleep. As long as they are happy and their food isn't full of unhealthy stuff, I didn't see a problem with giving them a little. All babies are diferent, and if mine are hungry, I will feed them.

slbhill42 · 07/12/2014 00:39

We didn't have any real problems, used a mixture of baby led and spoon feeding and at nearly 3 he's a good eater (well as good as any 2 year old is LOL).
We started at 6 months (in fact a week or so after, as we were away at the actual day). As somebody who was clueless about babies when I started out I was gobsmacked how many people go against the NHS guidance of not starting until 6 months - and horrified at how manufacturers can advertise their food as suitable from 4 months when government recommendation is it shouldn't be until 6.

littlemisstrivia · 07/12/2014 08:45

When I weaned my little boy, I tried to give a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, pasta etc and he would eat them all. Now he's three, he tends to be a bit more fussy though so we're gradually trying to reintroduce different foods to him.

snare · 07/12/2014 15:55

My oldest wasn't interested in weaning until 7 months :)

redstararnie76 · 07/12/2014 19:40

My daughter was so keen to try food - she was hungry all the time so we ended up weaning her slightly early and had no problems at all. My son was slightly more difficult - he struggled with it and we ended up giving up the first time and then tried again a month later and he took to it much more easily.
Our biggest problem, with both children, was stopping nanny and grandma from feeding them chocolate! They both thought it was child abuse that we didn't give either child chocolate while they were under a year old...