when did YOU wean your LO?

[islasmummy2013]

I'm not interested in opinions or conflict or even advice, just simply wondering (being nosey) when you first started to wean your little ones?

Xx

[MrsHuxtable]

6.5 months

[janji]

Baby rice at 3 and half months

[Jojay]

All 4 of mine were weaned at 6 months.

[Trishstar]

I'm interested in the responses here too! And understand you wanted answers rather than people quoting "rules" about when to wean!

I am finding apart from my postnatal thread, that people can be really rude on here! What's wrong with xxx at the end of messages? Why is it unMN?

[AnythingNotEverything]

14 weeks -DS was a hungry baby. He's now a hungry teenager. Guidance at the time was 4 month iirc.

[GingerDoodle]

I handed DD a piece of cucumber the day she turned 4 months. She had no idea what to do with it lol.

We started a few sucks of banana and various jars, bits of what we were eating between 4 - 5 months. I never did baby porridge as I thought it looked and tasted grim.

She really got the swing of it and her appetite increased when she hit 6 months and started to move more onto stage 3 lumpier stuff.

She's now 9 months and mostly has what we eat fork mashed or as finger food.

[Tattoopixie]

Thank you islasmummy2013 for this thread, it has been really helpful for me to see other people's responses as I am also a first time mum and also live in an area away from my friends and family.I have just started weaning at 23 weeks (with permission from health visitor) and was worried about starting early but seeing that other people have as well has put my mind at ease.

I think it's disgusting that a mother posting an innocent question to other mothers can get such rude responses! It's no wonder mumsnet is getting a bit of a bad reputation for being judgemental etc! I agree with milkyman, when you're new to something it is good to ask questions to see what others are doing as it can help you make decisions to how you do things with your own baby. Right rant over and thank you again for this thread and to everyone who answered helpfully.

[DoingTheSwanThing]

DS1 5m, DTs 6m (excluding the odd gummed green bean)

[CornishYarg]

Tried puree at 5 1/2 months but he refused and I now suspect he just wasn't ready. So started blw at 6 months.

[Wishiwasanheiress]

It is interesting. Or curious. I'm nearing the point again too and have enjoyed reading the reasonable responses.

[islasmummy2013]

Thank you for sticking up for me milkyman (don't know how to quote)
It's just interesting to know these things!

[girliefriend]

5 months or a bit before, dd was sitting up, putting things in her mouth and interested in what I was eating so didn't want to wait any longer.

She loved her food then and still does 7 yrs on!!!

[Wishiwasanheiress]

Oh big kisses to u and little one

Xxxxxx
(Hope that gets up nose of other idiot)

[Wishiwasanheiress]

6mths as per advice. Also I just couldn't wait any longer it was too exciting first time.

Second time will be 6mths properly but dd is now 4mths and allowed licks of whatever I have if interested/safe.

[milkyman]

Please leave the poster to ask her question! I see nothing strange in asking it! In fact, I seem to remember asking the same a while back. Knowledge is power and think the more info you can gather the better, so you can make a decision about when you want to wean your baby. I ask questions all the time e.g. when does your baby go to bed etc... It's reassuring to hear what others doing, especially when you're new to something. My DS was weaned at 6mths.

[Vividmemories]

Heh, of all the threads to get flamed on! I started at 24 weeks with one "meal" a day but it's baby-led weaning so only a negligible amount went in. Now at nearly 7mo she has 2 meals a day and swallows quite a lot. It's fun to watch her learning to eat.

[islasmummy2013]

I'm not trying to dictate anything, I just wanted a simple answer to a simple question instead of people just telling me what the guidelines were etc.

[5madthings]

Nobody has been rude, you were rude in trying to dictate what people could reply, that's not how a forum works. I simply stated that its not a particularly interesting subject and its even less interesting if you are going to try and dictate how people can answer.

[islasmummy2013]

Just because you weren't interested doesn't mean I can't be, im fed up with people shooting me down for asking a question! If you don't want to answer then don't but please don't leave rude comments.

[islasmummy2013]

Right, sorry to of caused offence for ASKING A QUESTION but if you have nothing nice to stay then don't say anything, I thought mumsnet was ment to be a friendly place, I am purely wondering I have no hidden agenda or secret purpose, I am a first time mum of a 15 week old daughter, I live in a new area 160 miles away from any friends of family, I am asking here because I have nobody else to ask.
As all first time mums I am inquisitive as to what other parents have done, and if I want to post kisses I will do so whether it is 'un-mn' or not!

[5madthings]

Just seems an odd thing to be interested in! I have never been interested in when friends weaned, if they asked me advice etc I said what I did. But its not particularly interesting.

[ShadeofViolet]

DS1 - 4months
DS2 - 10 weeks
DD - 7 months.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

No its not a crime, but it polite to tell people why you want to know. This board is more about asking for help when weaning and MNers supporting one another whilst they wean. Your questions just seem a little odd and impolite.

For all we know you could be using this information for a research paper.

Just so you know, using kisses at the end of posts is very un-MN.