In the past year, I have read many interesting facts on weaning.
Apparently one should wait 4 days in between introducing new foods, and only ever one food at a time. You should staert giving one meal a day, and should only introduce things like meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs, citrus, shellfish and spices on the consent of a medical professional.
Sadly, this came too late for my children, who are two and five and were weaned in complete ignorance. All I knew was no peanuts (brother's allergy) no kiwi fruit (my allergy), no salt, no honey and cut grapes and cherry tomatoes in half. Other than that, they got whatever I felt like giving them, based on whatever I was eating and the amusing faces they pulled. I gave fish, prawns, mince, cheese and all bloody sorts. Cheesy carrot and potato mash was a staple for about 3 months, as ds1 would eat it happily while ds2 got fed. I gave it all at once, too, not seperatly first. I just didn't know you should.
Did anyone else do this? I honestly thought weaning was just giving them healthy food they could handle, I didn't know there was a method!