Weaning 17 weeks

[TheKookySquid]

Hello,

We've been advised by a paediatric consultant to wean baby early due to reflux and aspirating milk. Baby is 17 weeks and was mostly breastfed, currently transitioning to full formula. He doesn't take much milk per feed. Has anyone else weaned early for similar reasons? Could you share your experience and tips?

We were bit nervous weaning our first, who is now a picky eater so want to make sure we approach it this time the best possible way!

I had to do this for my son.
It still took a year to outgrow with medication.
Baby sick is more gross with food added in 😂

start small with pureed options. A mini blender will help. Offer milk too. Baby will have fun

He probably won’t take much formula. Has the Paed or Dietitian explained that babies of this age take around 25 Floz of formula in 24 hours? So a feed of two or three ounces is actually a good feed for a baby who is used to being BF.

Have they also ruled out Tongue Tie properly and CMPA?

Have they also suggested some foods to try?

Thanks for your replies everyone. I didn't know that @ExplodingSmittens , that's really reassuring thank you! They didn't suggest any foods we started today we Cauliflower- not at lot went in but he was happy enough to be joining in dinner time 😅

Have you been suggested thickening milk feeds? One paediatrician suggested we may need to do early weaning to us, my daughter was 5 weeks prem and had CMPA. I really wasn’t keen so we discussed it again with another paed & she wanted us to try thickening the milk first. Luckily she did really well using a bit of carobel for thickening & omeprazole and we were able to get to 6m before weaning. Just another experience to offer

We did this for allergy prevention. Lots of runny slops e.g. tahini or nut butter mixed with formula or yoghurt. Just tiny spoons at first