I've just read this article and now feel TERRIBLE that I've been giving my dd2 baby rice for about 3 weeks (she's 6 mo tomorrow)! I've been following the Gina Ford plan more or less and she recommends adding baby rice to purred fruit and veg etc. for the first few weeks. It's been going down well (not surprisingly) on the whole but now I'm very concerned about how processed it is and her rejecting 'normal' tasting foods! Today I tried giving mashed potato and parsnip and then just mashed potato and she just spat it out. I got very stressed and worried that she wouldn't eat enough and so gave her some mango puree and baby rice mixed with formula and she ate the lot! She's generally preferred the sweet stuff over the veg so far, which is my main concern as I so want her to be healthy! I'm wondering whether I should just give the fruit and veg purrees (I've made tons of them in the freezer!) without the rice but then I don't think they'll be filling enough? I don't remember feeling so anxious about weaning with my first (and I used some rice then I seem to remember) but now everything seems different and there's so much advice about traditional and BLW that I'm feeling really stressed and anxious about it all!!
www.analyticalarmadillo.co.uk/2011/12/nine-good-reasons-not-to-use-baby-rice.html