Feeling a bit overwhelmed

[Mirshid]

My dd will be 6 months old on Saturday and we have been weaning for the past three weeks. To start with she was happy to have a few mouthfuls from a spoon but has since refused any attempt to put a spoon near her unless she holds it herself. She is picking up finger food and is able to get it to her mouth so think this is the route we will go down. I am just so worried about choking, can anyone give me some other finger food ideas she has tried steamed carrot, broccoli, roasted sweet potato, toast and hummus, bread sticks, melon, nectarine and raspberries. I am stuck on what to offer at breakfast other than toast or fruit, plus she seems to have had a reaction to cheese in that she has vomited twice and the second time had little red marks round her mouth so think I will avoid it for the time being.
She has been EBF and refused a bottle and is now refusing a sippy cup and I think I am just getting a little overwhelmed. Sorry for the long post and well done if you got this far

Mashed avocado on toast, Philly cheese with cucumber sticks.
I'd never heard of potato cakes before until I saw them in tesco and they went down a storm too, smeared with dairy lea, Philly, hummus and other smeary stuff.
I fount the first month of weaning food quite repetitive!
It does get better.

Also, my daughter was also EBF and a bottle refuser and I had a terrible time of getting her to drink from any sort of vessel, I have a cupboard full of cups and beakers!
I used to offer water at every meal but forgot a cup one day when out so gave her water from a plastic cup and straw..... And she drank it!
She has a Lansinoh momma cup with straw now that she drinks like a trooper from. She only really started drinking at 10 months.

If you're still BF she'll be getting her fluid intake from you so don't worry.

Thank you for your supportive post I wrote it and then thought I am provably going to get the usual food is fun before one mantra and while I know that's true I have barely left my daughter for more than an hour in 6 months plus she has just started to wake in the night so I'm sleep deprived too! Will try all of those suggestions!

Some more breakfast ideas:

Little pancakes (drop scones)
Eggy bread/French toast
Well cooked scrambled egg
Crumpets
Muffins (English)
Muffins (American - there are various recipes suitable for babies online eg at babyledweaning.com)
Sausages, beans, cooked tomatoes
Thick porridge - can be scooped up by hand or loaded onto a spoon for self feeding.

With the sippy cup, don't worry about how much gets drunk at the mo. Just have the sippy cup out at every meal - eventually she'll start to drink from it.

I found the River Cottage Baby & Toddler cookbook had some really nice recipes.

So sorry that you are feeling overwhelmed. If the thought of choking is worrying you, have you thought of going on a paediatric first aid course? It might stop you worrying. This on the the Choking thing versus the Gagging thing might help to reassure you too

You mention bfing, do you wish to continue? Have you read this on starting solids?

Take a look at this site

Thank you all for support and recipes we will try those out, I think I am just having a bad day and doubting myself but HV was very reassuring and echoed kellymoms advice, dd seems to have good hand and eye coordination (doesn't get it from me lol) and is getting food in so will just keep going and try not to be anxious myself- I am a terrible worrier, wondering about seeing gp for anxiety. I am booked to do a paeds first aid course and have done basic life support etc as part of my job.

I don't want to give up breast feeding I just feel a bit trapped from time to time I think... But dd took her sippy cup again today and I think is teething so hopefully we will get her to have ebm from a cup soon