Question about 6PM feed in Gina Ford's book of weaning

[Snowi]

A bit confused where she suggests transferring 11AM rice cereal feed to 6PM, so i.o.w. feed baby rice at 11 AM for 4-6 days then move it to 6PM for 4-6 days with no 11AM feed, after wich you can re-introduce 11AM feed with puree?? What is the logic behind this? Can anyone explain to me?

Wow - lots of hormones ranging obviously....or just tired mums perhaps?!!lol

Seriously, I know GF was suing mumsnet which obviously as a PERSON / COMPANY (i.e. Gina Ford) was ridiculous but that doesn't mean that some of her ADVICE is useful - (is it allowed to say that her advice is OK or should I censor)(although I really like the Baby Whisperer)...in fact much of what these books contain would be what our mums/grandmas would tell us anyway...! Luckily my mum and mum-in-law were great and offered lots of help and let me settle in the first 4-6 weeks...no controlled crying needed just lots of love and support!

By the way - I'm out loads as I'm fortunate to have an excellent group of mums locally...that's probably why I've never contributed or looked at these types of discussion boards before....not sure I will in the future either!!

I used her book when weaning dd1 and was quite insistent on sticking to it (much to amusement of MIL when I moved lunch up by 5 mins a day to get a midday meal )

anyway, with dd2 I was more relaxed but still kind of followed it

good receipes imo

she basically means give new foods in the morning/afternoon so that if you do get any reactions, it is in the day not the night

another good book is Lorraine Kelly's weaning book

I will remain silent on BLW.

Swede.....I didn't want to add to your perception of venom, seriously!

I am pretty serious about flagging up that a bit of slighty barbed and humorous banter is not the result of hormones or tiredness, and not venomous, either.

Forums are like that - and mumsnet is not 100 per cent fluffy and cute, and when it isn't, to call it 'venom' just makes me, in a slightly barbed and humerous bantering way , wonder if you should have a little persual round other parts of the internet to harden you up a bit!!

Just as you were slightly barbed and banteringly humerous when you mentioned hormones and tiredness

Oh bollox, humorous, not humerous

"much to amusement of MIL when I moved lunch up by 5 mins a day to get a midday meal "
pmsl oo
how funny

she got an A4 sheet of instructions

I kid you not

pfb overload

Well, I guess I do have to have a look around a bit more on these humorous and banter-filled pages...seriously, didn't really mean that any of the contributors on this threat were really venomous just that I hear so many people being negative about Gina Ford (honestly, I'm not on commission , when some of what she says makes sense, albeit her tone is somewhat matronly...

Although my favourite - apart from BW - is a book by author Anna Wahlgren (has nine kids, smoked during pregnancy who only managed to bottle fed for 6 weeks!!) who provides a very moving, human and useful account of motherhood with invaluable tips) - but unless you learn Swedish (or German, as her book has been published in Germany) not much use to you guys....

Anyhow, off in search of some fluffy/cute pages that may provide some useful advice on using spoutless cups with a six-month old(which is, bizarelly, how I got tangled up in this thread in the first place!!)

what a load of rubbish

why follow a book written by a woman who has never brought up children?

a baby is a baby, not a robot.

I can't remember the whole thing but we used it for v allergic dd who had reflux (as we had to be careful not to overfeed and introduce foods slowly and one at a time) and it worked brilliantly for us.

I think it's something to do with getting them used to something, then making sure they're still getting enough milk. Oh I don't know - it was YEARS ago and thankfully, I don't have to wean any more so have erased it all from memory!

Luckily, second child wasn't so allergic so could eat what he wanted, when he wanted.

" guess I do have to have a look around a bit more on these humorous and banter-filled pages"....oh bloody hell, now I have raised your expectations a bit too highly

Wow, and all I asked was for a bit of gossip. I used GF for dd and would swear by her. It was just what I needed as I didn't have a clue and dd responded beautifully, and was truly contented. I'm still guided by her routines with ds, but as I'm more relaxed and confident now, and his tummy is very delicate and sensitive, I've flown from Gina's nest on the weaning. But I'll never slag her off, as she kept me completely sane with my firstborn. And nail polish, what about all the people who go to therapists for advice? Do the therapists have to have experienced every neurosis in order to be taken seriously? Gina may not have given birth to any kids, but she's certainly looked after enough.

thats different IMO

It's very different.

The emotional tie is not the same with a child you didn't give birth to; you can do and recommend things which can tear a mother apart because you can be emotionally detached from the whole situation.

Its wonderful that there are so many different ways of reaching the same goal. Namely happy children and mums. Gina's way is a good basis for me and my kids and I completely respect every other mum's way too. Here's to us all finding the way that works best for us in all our different situations!

I know that this is an old thread and I'm sure someone answered for you and your baby is too old now. But in case anyone wanted to know the answer it is...
that you try a food at lunch time and then after a few days after you know there is no untoward reaction (as you've been able to watch them all afternoon) you can transfer it to teatime safely knowing that they won't react badly in the night when you are not watching. The idea is that they are having food at lunch and tea not just swopping the time over.

I know there are a lot of BLW aficionados on here and people who seem to not like GF but please remember different things work for different people - no need to shoot someone down for asking a question. I followed GF successfully and then did a mixture of pulp and whole foods to build my and baby's confidence.

Happy christmas to all!!!