Weaning 6 Month Old

[bl0ndie]

My dd is now 6 months old and I'm starting weaning. She's had a few first tastes of baby rice and fruit/veg purees since she was about 5 & 1/2 months and seems to like most things esp veg. But as I know 6 months is what is recommended I've just given her a teaspoon or 2 and not really taken too seriously, was more to get her used to different tastes.

I've read a few weaning conversations here to get some ideas and I see some of you ladies recommend feeding finger foods at 6 months. Please could somebody tell me more about this, what foods are suitable etc. I'm trying to imaging giving some to dd and have nightmare visions of her choking. I gave her a baby rice cake at the wkd which she seemed to like, until she dropped it on the floor :)

Also, at what age are you meant to give protein type foods like fish/chicken? By the way she's fully breastfed.
TiA x

My DS manages find with raisins and has done since about 7 months. He doesn't chew them much though so they are a "come out the same way as they went in" food. He loves them though and would eat as many as he was offered I think. They're a convenient portable snack too.

Ok all my links are useless because they are diverted via a yahoo group for more info I have pasted them on the yahoo mumsnetpix group site where lots of mumsnetters with babes of this age are members.

\link{http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/mumsnetpix/files/\here}

Hope it works this time! You do need to be a member of the group though - just join!

from 6 months the only foods you need to avoid are honey (until one year), cows milk if there is a history of allergy (until one year), nuts if there is a history of allergy (until 3 years).

gluten, shellfish, eggs should not be given until 6 months.

everything else including fish/chicken/red meat can be given from 4 months (even though it is recomended that you wait until 6 months if possible)