Not sure what to do.

[snuggles3]

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on the weaning section.

My little girl is 20 weeks now and she is a quite a big baby and very hungry, she started to show signs of wanting to try some solids, so i started weaning about 2 weeks ago, i know its a bit early but i thought it was the right thing to do.

Well the thing is she is not interested atall she just wants milk feeds every 2-3 hours.
Should i stop altogether or keep trying, it feels like im forcing it on her or something?

When i told the hv that i had started weaning before 6 months they werent very impressed, they make you feel bad.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hi - what signs was she showing- it could have been a growth spurt- if i was you if she is not interested in solids, then go back to milk and try again at 6 months- it is easier then x

You shouldn' feel guilty, follow your instincts they are better than hv or government guidelines, but if she wasn't interested in solids then she probably doesn't need them yet. I found with my son that if I fed him every 2 hours he wanted to keep feeding every 2 hours (probably some official reason for this) my theory being he wasn't taking a full feed and then he needed a top-up so I used to take him out tho try and distract him and he then seemed to start going longer between feeds again, don't know if this will help. Good luck!

I weaned both my children around this age. Is your dd pushing the spoon out with her tounge? You have to remember that this is new to your dd and that it might take her a while to get used to a spoon in her mouth - also it's a new technique she has to lern - with milk it is delivered to the back of their mouth and is easy to swallow. With food ona spoon they have to learn to move the food to the back of their mouth for swallowing.

How much milk does she take at a feed? Perhaps she has a small stomach and needs to feed little but often. My ds is 9 months old and he has only ever taken 4Oz of milk at a feed.

She was feeding more and waking earlier from naps , also watching me eat.

I think that might be the best thing to do, just wandered if it was ok to do that.

If she's hungry and not interested in solids I'd just increase her milk feeds and not persist, especially if it makes you feel like you're forcing it on her.
Don't feel guilty about giving it a try though, just accept she's not up for it yet and come back to it later.

We weaned DS at 20 weeks - on hv advice! She said "sod what WHO say, baby can't read - he's going off his instinct and he wants to eat"
Try a bit of feed, then a spoonful of baby rice, then some more feed. If she's still not interested leave it another week.
Are you using first size baby weaning spoons?

but Iklboo, that was the point - Snuggles' baby is going by her instincts and doesn't want to eat at the moment, she just wants more milk.

Thanks for messages, they have been helpfull, i think i am going to just give her milk for the time bieng.

She drinks 7 oz at every feed, and she does push the spoon away with her tongue and any food that goes in her mouth she justs spits out again.

Im using the long small spoons, if that makes sense, i think they are the first weaning ones.

Thanks for messages, they have been helpfull, i think i am going to just give her milk for the time bieng.

She drinks 7 oz at every feed, and she does push the spoon away with her tongue and any food that goes in her mouth she justs spits out again.

Im using the long small spoons, if that makes sense, i think they are the first weaning ones.