Cruel Mother... the FlameSpark is starved!!!

[Flamesparrow]

We've been doing half hearted weaning for a few weeks. He's not 6 months until 24th August, so I figured I'd just give him the odd bit of what I was having, some weetabix here and there (yes, gasp horror at gluten). He hasn't been having much, but it was more to just stop him swiping my food, and get him used to textures.

Yesterday he fed for all he was worth, and I realised he hadn't had any weetabix etc for a few days, so wondered if he'd actually been eating more than I realised, and he was missing the full tummy feeling...

Sooo... just given him some weetabix... the poor thing devoured the lot in 2 seconds flat and tried to eat the spoon too!

Methinks he was missing it!

So much for my theory of leaving the weaning proper until the end of the summer holidays - seeing the look of delight on his face when I appeared with the bowl, I don't think he'll be impressed!

awww it's sooo close and you obviously did it gently and without stressing about it, if he is happy then I would go with it

watch your back flamesparrow, the lecturering lot will be along in a minute..!

My dd was the same - once she started she wouldn't stop, we planned to wean her gradually (shes 5 months) but are going a bit faster than anticpated -see thread 'milk refusal - but at 21 weeks' - she has settled down a bit now, but still loves her solid food (mouth wide open as soon as she sees the spoon).

I think we are lucky! Wouldn't want a fussy eater!

he he he bubblepop - didn't think to warn her. Hopefully they wont have the energy to retype everything that was on my thread! And flamesparrow can always look there if she is interested.

whatstheplanstan, ha ha just reaD YOUR THREAD!

at the risk of being lynched, its prob the right time for your little flameboy, i'm more of the when they are ready than 6 months or after

i would have been so confused with weaning if i had been on mn when my sons were babies!

my 7 month dd loves weeabix and im half hearted too. dare i say it she loves ice cream took her to a show where i had ice cream in the interval and she would not share she wanted the ice cream to herself.
she loves yoghurt,veg and mashed bananas. fig rolls are a fav too. wot a bad mum i am but who cares what these critics say it could be worse alot worse!

Hey if they want it let them have it. I personally do not completely disagree with certain authorities on the subject, but mine had no trouble and he was weaned starting 25 weeks, had weetabix 2 weeks before 6months and there are no family history so I figured it should be alright...makes you wonder how 6 billion people on the planet survived weaning.

Early weaning? I'm utterly appalled and completely judgemental - you are an evil mother, FS. Evil I tell you. Why don't you just strap DS to a rocket and be done with it?

Nah - my sources tell me that the price of rockets has shot up since some sort of media coverage... tis just not worth it!

I'm sure if you bare in mind the fact he was 2 weeks late Flame he already is 6mths old (feel better now!)

I could bear that in mind... but given that he was born on his due date, I'd be lying!

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and there was I thinking he was late! must have been the few weeks prior, where you were trying to extract him

I did start whinging very very early!! I was convinced that he was going to be as late as his sister...

A spoon and Weetabix? You are almost as bad a mother as me