Hi Everyone,
My little man is 7.5 months old and I started gently weaning him at around 4 months. He started fantastically but I only started getting him up to 3 meals a day around a month ago.
He will eat any baby cereal I put in front of him but is terribly reluctant when it comes to stronger flavours. He loves avocado, banana and mascarpone so I try him with something new before reverting to the old faithful if it's just an absolute refusal. He will also allow a little sweet veg and will allow fruit/dried apricots at a push. He can get himself really worked up and I feel like I'm torturing him plus I don't want any of my anxiety to brush off on him and have him associating mealtimes with horror! I always try the old 1:20 new to old mix and gradually increase the newer flavour but he can get really upset.
He is fantastic with finger foods and I manage to get a varied diet down him that way as he'll happily munch on anything I put down but who knows how much of it gets flung on the floor!
He was only 4lb 5oz at birth due to PET/FGR but rapidly shot up through breastfeeding (he put on about 1lb per week) and has levelled out at just a fraction under the average line. Am I worrying for no reason? Will he just sort himself out?? I do have a tendency to worry myself silly so any suggestions/comments/tips would be greatly appreciated!