New to weaning

[wispa31]

hi all :) just starting to intro solids my 5.5 mth old ds this week. So far just some rice wi almond milk and some cooked pair, roughly a spoonful hes taken. Ive only given him 1 serving of this each day. Should i/can i feed him more? Give him 2- 3 spoonfuls through the day? I havent a fucking clue what im doin tbh lol. He,l take my pear or plum and suck on it no bother, and no bother with the spoon.

I would have a look at the NHS pages about weaning, and the mumsnet ones too if you haven't already.

Then nip down to your local library and get out a couple of books about weaning. I did baby led weaning so I found the Gill Rapley book useful, but there will be lots about weaning generally. Read a few and then decide what suits you and your baby.

My local family centre also did talks about weaning given by health visitors - maybe see if you can get along to something like that as well.

I would say that the early days of weaning are about exposing your baby to a wide range of tastes and flavours. It shouldn't be about getting volumes of food into your baby. The NHS advise moving to 3 meals by about 8 to 9 months. At 6 months ish you can do one meal a day, and move to two when you feel happy to. It can take a while to work out how to fit it in around milk feeds. I found that some days I would only manage to offer breakfast or lunch due to being busy.

Hi, thanks for taking the time to reply :) much appreciated! I shall have a look today! Hes just after some porridge with almond milk and i gave him a piece of banana to gum on :) he did the gaggy thing at first when he got a bit off but no bother chewing and swallowing it.