Hello all,
My DD has CMPA and also doesn't seem to tolerate wheat very well. We were advised to wean early due to reflux which fortunately has really improved :) When we first started weaning at 5 months, she seemed to love solids and would pretty much down anything I gave her. This last month though, she's gone off her food and I'm lucky if I can even get 1 meal down her during the day. Could this be due to teething? She seems to have been teething FOREVER and I have noticed she accepts really runny puree a lot better than stuff that's slightly bitty.
My other question is...I need meal ideas! I've never been much of a cook but her allergies are pushing me to experiment in the kitchen a lot more :) so far I've been giving her things like butternut squash, steamed courgette, mashed potato, porridge for breakfast, pasta (blended up slightly), celeriac mash, mushy peas, carrots, avocado. I do want to introduce fish and poultry but I think her initial CMPA days (when I didn't know what was causing her symptoms) have traumatised me into giving her very simply foods...I'm working on it. I'm struggling for snack ideas- I give her rice cakes sometimes and strips of fruit or cucumber...but I don't want her to get used to mostly sweet snacks. Any ideas? I'm happy to bake/cook stuff myself for her but I just don't know what. I guess the one positive from her allergies is that I am only giving her "proper" unprocessed food.
I would really appreciate any advice. And also a little hope lol- when did your babies grow out of their allergies?