Link to new Government weaning guide

[hunkermunker]

Feel free to quote the six month bit at HVs who are mental

Thanks, Hunkermunker.
This is a lovely simple guide. I particularly like the idea of being led by what your baby wants and enjoys, and giving mashed food and finger food rather than loads of purees. One of the benefits of weaning at 6 months.

That's OK, Dobbin - just thought it might answer some of the more commonly asked questions (and also it's nice to know that every single HV has access to it and should've read it ).

just out of interest why do the baby food company make food for 4mths when the government recomend 6 months??

Because the law allows them to (at the moment) and they want the revenue.

Since there are a number of weaning-related threads in active convos atm...bump!

Thanks! I agree that its a nicely done guide.

I was interested that they say not to add other foods to milk in a bottle. Its really common in Switzerland (that's where I am) to add cereals to milk in a bottle. Any ideas why they recommend not to do that?

lots of countries add cereal mix stuff to bottles
I think the reason the govt might give is that it's a choking risk or chewing is essential to develop good speech or some other twaddle but personally I just think they're a bit uptight about it 9that's my technical explanation)

It's forcefeeding IMO.

Can't get the link....what am I doing wrong?

Never worked out how it can be a choking hazard to put cereal in a bottle - it has to be runny enough to get through a hole in a teat! I don't think it's necessary though.

Because people make the hole bigger or use a Y-cut teat so it can come out thick, SD.

Cereal in bottles is also strongly linked to obesity, from what I know.

I don't agree that its force feeding but it does make sense that it is linked to obesity, hmmm.

Feeling a bit guilty now I have given ds cereal in a bottle on the occassion that he has been too tired to eat before going to bed , if he hasn't eaten I know he will wake up more often than usual to feed if he only has milk.

Oi - hunker - out the back....

PMSL

OK, just don't shove baby rice down my froat, guv

Sorry chaps - I still can't get to the link....any ideas?

I still can't access that link..please tell me what I'm doing wrong??

It takes a little while to load because it's a pdf. And you might need to download the Adobe Acrobat reader?

I have v6.0 - do I need a newer one?

hinkerminkerhunkerpumkin.

i object to your labeling HV's as mental.. as a newly qualified HV i still have my sanity..however as we speak i await a frontal lobotomy ......

to force feed someone you have to make them eat something that they are refusing

I am so doing something wrong - it keeps freezing the computer.....then I have to Ctrl Alt Del and end task

I seem to have done it about 25 times now Grrrr

Ah, can you minimise everything and see if Acrobat is asking you to check for updates?

And no, meant if you come across any HVs who are mental, feel free to quote this at them Syntax not as it should've been!

All I have open is MN (to get the link)...then it all freezes......bu&&er