Please don't shout at me I just want some ideas

[LuckySalem]

Hi,

I've had to start my 21 week old DD on solids to stop her being sick.
If anyone has read any of my other threads you'll see what I meant. Thankfully her having the jars has stopped her being sick completely now and she is a much happier baby.

So what I want to know is how am I meant to introduce food to her?
So far she has 1/2 jar in the morning and 1/2 in the afternoon.

I've noticed that she's not getting them at a regular time, should I be setting specific food times?
Also is there anything I should be staying away from?

Please don't make this into another "you've weaned too early" thread. I know I have and I wasn't happy about it but am glad I have now as she's much happier. (it was on GP & HV advice in the end)

Thanks

I started giving ds solids after his lunchtime milk, but when he was taking them well i separated them from the milk feeds and gave him one at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Around 8, 12 and 5 pm. I gave him as much "solid food" as he wanted.

I stayed away from dairy, wheat and citrus fruits until 6/12, but can't think of anything else i particularly avoided (except nuts and shellfish!)

There was a list of when to inroduce certain foods in the weaning book i bought.

hth.

My hv told me to start giving my dd weaning food between milk times, so she was getting used to having food at completely odd times, so as dd was having milk at set times (breakfast, dinner, tea and bedtime,) i started to give her just siome pureed veg with her dinner, then after a few days withher tea, then some readybrek (twivce as much for half the price of baby porridges and the same texture!) with breakfast, and let her have milk and solids at her established feed times, eventually, a lonmg way down the line, she had food instead of milk at dinner and tea, has a bit of milk at breakfast f she feels like it, and her milk at bedtime. Hope that helps! Batch cook and puree sweeter veg, that might help? DD loved carrots, parsnips and sweet potatoes! And they all freeze well so you can microwave a diddy portion in same time you can warm up a jar!

Also, can't remember what age you can give honey but once we started giving dd honey and readybrek she loved it!

She still has the same amount of milk and it literally is just to coat her stomach to stop it all coming back up.

Thanks for that missorinoco - I knew about wheat and dairy but didn't know about citrus. We dont have nuts/shellfish anyway so we're ok there.

Do I have specific times? Like she has breakfast at 8, then lunch at 12?

I've given her jars as I'm assuming they've been tested over and over again so with her being under the age she should be it'll be safer for her? (please tell me if i'm wrong, can't see anything she shouldn't have in the jars - hipp)

So.....DD has milk at 6, 9, 12, 3, 6, (and sometimes 9) should she be having FOOD in between that?

lol at the idea of giving a dc shellfish during weaning anyway. i sound v pretentious now.

i wasn't particularly rigid to start. the meal times were times when it would be convenient to feed him and he wouldn't be sleepy. at the start of weaning he had most of his calories from milk so if a meal was late he didn't mind.

Thats ok then, that's what I thought. I was thinking of it more from the behaviour POV.

i pureed. v easy as yousaidit said. batch cooked apple and pear, and sweet potato, carrots, parsnips.

ds loved sweet potato. i think as much as he loved me.

i would feed solids at 8, 1 and 5 with those milk times and keep the milk feeds going. if dd doesn't cut back her feeds later you can reduce them.

(i only have one ds though, so this is a little like the partially sighted leading the blind.)

Cheers miss. I'll try that.

I've got loads of jars in the cupboard (I stocked up when they were on offer in Tescos) so when they run out i'll start making good stuff.

So far her fave one is carrot and potato.

Oh one more question. Should I be giving her snacks in between or is it best to wait till she's 6 months for that?

Was thinking of buying her a rusk to suck on, or carrot sticks etc.

I also weaned early due to refulx and it helped my LO.

Just beware of some jars that say suitable from 4 months but have dairy in them???

I started doing my own as it as so much easier.

I didn't give snacks until 6 months as my son was getting everything he needed from his 2 meals and milk still. Rusks have loads of sugar in them (I was so shocked ) and it upset my lo stomach. Try rice cakes, they are so bland. Just coming from a sicky baby mum....

Thanks SO - If she doesnt need them yet I wint worry. I'm sure I can find some rice cakes when she gets old enough

This is the schedule the paediatric gastroenterologist put ds on at 17 weeks to manage his reflux:

Introduce one new food every 3 days (to allow you to identify any adverse reactions)

Start out with fruit purees. Apple then banana then pear.

For tea remin with fruit. After 10 days, start to introduce vegetables at lunchtime.

Make own purees with a mix of steamed potatoes and one other ingredient. Other ingredients: carrot, courgettes, squash, fennel, sweet potato iirc.

Always leave 3 day gap between each. Never give any solids after 4pm (to ensure he has enough milk before bed).

We also always gave a spoonful of baby rice with each bf, that helped him keep the milk down

hth

avoid rusks. gummed up rusk is a nightmare to remove from the carpet!

Brilliant IB. I didn't think to ask when I left the GP's and dont' want an apt just for that. lol

HV's arent that helpful either so I knew I could count on MN!!