General chat thread for puree lovers!

[Neenztwinz]

Before I started weaning my twins, I read about BLW and thought it looked like an amazing idea.

When I tried it I found my darling LOs didn't pick up a single thing never mind get it into the mouths.

So now I puree food and spoonfeed them and they are eating massive amounts and loving it - and sleeping all night!

So I thought I'd start a thread for others who are doing the same as me - we can swap ideas for meals and say what works for us (ie what makes them sleep ).

I gave my twins four plums plus ebm and baby rice for breakfast and they have had a big bowl of sweet potato, haricot beans and brocolli for lunch. More of the same for tea (plus maybe some swede and parsnip). They are 6.5mths old.

What did yours eat today?

Hey, I don't know if this is a new product, or if just new to sainsburys, or if the new sign was old... but I got a pack of little tiny pots of yoghurt by Plum in sainsbury's today. And they were on offer.

Resisting the urge to go and read about force feeding purees...

i wasnt in john lewis on saturday but i can relate to the other mother as my daughter screams the place down when ever i feed her food, and she is 26 weeks. it is demoralising enoigh without being told that i'm cruel, i feel cruel anyway...

they sound good dramaqueen - wish i wasnt quite so bloomin tight or I'd go and buy some - my dd now has to make do with natural yoghurt cos thats what we've got in the house for everyone else...

Hi wahwah - does she always do that? have you tried when shes hungry or is that even worse? is it all foods? you poor thing...

hi yep always the same, i have a freezer full of puree but she hates it, i HAVE tried blw but everything gets thrown on the floor. i really hate making her unhappy but i dont know what to do...

Hello ladies,

Hope you don't mind me posting

I should know what I'm doing as I have a DD who's 2.6 but my brain has turned to mush lol!!

I started weaning my DS just under 2 weeks ago at just over 21 weeks, I realise this is under the 'guideline' age of 6 months but IMO he honestly did seem ready & he is loving his food.

At the moment he has breakfast (pear or apple mixed in with baby breakfast) & then lunch (so far have tried him on carrot, sweet potato, brocolli carrot & potato, apple & pear. (I make all the purees myself)

Anyway I digress - my question is when would it be ok to 'up' to 3 meals a day??

DS is enjoying his food, he eats very well & still has bottles (he also still wakes in the night to be fed hence we wondering when I can increase to 3 meals) but as I have started weaning before the guidelines I'm unsure as to when it would be ok to increase his meals.

Sorry for the waffle - any advice welcome

Hi there mrsmagooo - am not sure actually - maybe someone else might know - i waited til 26 weeks with this dd...i think some of the oldfashioned books -ie the AK or the GF might start earlier though?

wahwah - could you face taking it right back and starting again just with baby rice and milk? or just plain yoghurt at one time during the day when shes happiest?what does she do if you're out at a cafe - does she ever try and grab your food? maybe she genuinely isnt ready?have you got a surestart or childrens centre near you that has a drop in where they give out snacks so that she could feed with other babies?god thats hard...

I held off til 26 weeks with DD which is why I'm a bit worried about what to do.

I have an AK book which says about 3rd/4th week of weaning but not sure if that's based on weaning from 26 weeks or not

wahwah, is the rest of family eating at the same time? being part of the 'scene' might help. best to not put pressure on yourself and just keep offering. it will eventually click!

wahwah - my DS doesn't get on with food yet. As I am constantly reading, they don't 'need' food for calories/nutrition until they are nearing a year old as they get what they need from milk so don't stress. Keep offering something and eventually when your LO is ready they will have some. My boy has only just started opening his mouth for food and that is only every now and then certainly not always - he is 7 months.

Mrs Magooo - I don't think there is a hard and fast rule but if your LO is eating bf and lunch I don't think there is any reason not to offer supper too. My LO is getting three meals even though he hardly eats any as I consider it three opportunities to get some food into him!!

Have pureed some sweet potato and am going to try Luke on it tomorrow mixed in with Ella's kitchen stuff - wish me luck!

Do you think it's ok for me to do that even though he's not quite 6 months yet?? I'm just fretting I'm going to do him some harm somehow!

Both my DC have loved Sweet Potato - DD still eats it now

Will keep an eye out for the Plum yogurts BDQ. I've ordered some Rachel's mini yogurts in this week's shop, which seem to be new too - d'you think the organic producers have spotted a gap in the baby yogurt market??

I weaned DS at almost 19 weeks - on advice of consultant who was treating his reflux. I have to say, although I had planned to wait til 26 weeks initially, I probably would have weaned before that anyway.

Within a couple of weeks we were doing 3 meals a day, and no problems here. I don't want to get into the early vs 26 weeks debate - as someone said, this is a non-judgemental thread! - but I doubt you'll do your DS any harm MrsMagooo.

Interestingly, someone posted on our postnatal thread that the guidelines may be changing back to 4 months as later than that affects speech development. Talk about a rock and a hard place - risk the allergies, etc or risk speech impediments! Gah!

wahwah, you are not cruel!!!

Thanks whinegums I feel like a 1st time Mummy all over go - keep second guessing myself all the time!

whinegums - those rachel yoghurts are delicious! I finished off what the baby didn't eat. Not seen the plum ones but will look out for them.

MrsMagoo, I weaned at 22 weeks cos the DTs started cluster feeding like mad.

If you feel your LO needs a third meal then go for it but I would stick to fruit, veg and baby rice at the moment. Introduce meat, wheat, oats etc after 26 weeks esp if there are any allergies in the family.

ArghHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Just read the other post from Mrsmagoo and the answer from MrsJamin - she might as well have put 'you are puree feeding so fuck off and post with the other freaks' !!!

Thanks Neenz - hadn't even started to think about meat etc as yet, I tend to go by the AK books recipes etc as they go by age IYKWIM??

I'm just nervous about trying to give him to much to soon but at the same time he wakes at least once but usually twice in the night for a feed & I was hoping wondering if offering a 3rd meal at dinner time would help him to go longer in the night??

The other thing - at what stage (is at all) did you start to offer pudding after dinner? (When I sau pudding I mean pureed fruit or something like egg custard?? I'll hold off on the E.C til after 26 weeks for definate)

Amberc I did feel a bit like I'd inconvinenced (so) her [lush]

hey now come on - I think it was quite nice of Mrsjamin to point you in this direction...

I hate this unnatural divide between blw and purees as if there was no crossover at all - its plainly rubbish - my dd yesterday has a lunchtime meal of cheese on toast all totally self fed and then some lamb casserole in the evening which is stopped as soon as she stops lunging for the spoon and looks bored...if you then try and give her half a banana she just drops it on the floor.

So she can self feed and judge when shes full but I can choose the meals where she can take her time and feed herself and at breakfast and dinner - ie the more time pressured ones she gets spoonfed. And ahem she doesnt paint our rented house with food...

I think we should all try and be a little bit more tolerant...

Hi everyone. Not been on here for a while. Hope you are all ok and enjoying the mess! I just said something on that other thread. Although I agree that babies shouldn't be force fed, I was not happy about her insinuation that if a baby is fed puree, then they are inevitably going to be force fed!

The plum formage frais are delicious. DD loves them. Why is all her food so tasty and lardy! I keep eating the leftovers.

I hate all this BLW or you are crap business. Yes, it is important for babies to be offered finger foods in order to develop their motor skills and DD loves some finger foods. If I did BLW, she would only eat sandwiches and rice cakes as she always drops fruit and veg (and she has got really good motor skills for an 8mth!).

Morning all, MrsMagoo I did a week of lunch only, then a week of two meals, then added in tea on the third week. I started weaning around 24 weeks, and when I introduced tea I started of with just a couple of ice cubes worth, then increased the amounts from there and like Neenz says stick with the simple foods. I'd recommend not introducing any new foods at tea in case they dont agree with your LO. I wouldn't add in a second course at meals until after 26 weeks.

Thanks bitof - I'm thinking maybe give it another week then introduce tea - do you think that would be sensible??

I'll stick to the purees I've already tried him on as he seems to really like them

Ok - so pudding I'll off on until over 26 weeks - thanks ladies

I had no idea what BLW was until yesterday lol!! I guess I do a bit of both in a way as when I weaned DD I did what I'm doing now with DS & gave puree but when she was 7/8 months started giving her finger foods too

whinegums I didn't see the Rachel's mini yoghurts. I had a look at Rachel's organic stuff because I thought I'd seen it mentioned on here, but the ones in sainsbury's were all low fat or flavoured, and I was originally looking for some plain natural yoghurt that I can add fruit too.

However, was chatting with my SIL the other day and we were talking about how rubbish fruit is out of season, sometimes limited seasonal fruit, some fruit doesn't freeze and so a bit of a faf, etc and decided that I might stick to Ella's pouches, baby yoghurt, or plain yoghurt with pureed frozen fruit for dessert. Although have got a fresh mango for him this week.

Sponge I wanted to reply to your weaning thread, but thought I'd do it here! Am assuming your friends babies are about 28 weeks if they started at 24 weeks which is about the same as S (who's FF and on purees).

S is a bit textbook when it comes to milk feeds, so is now on 4 8oz feeds per day (he doens't finish all of those). AFIK all the puree books say that once baby is on 3 meals a day they need between 500-600 mls per day which could easily be given in 3 bottles.
However, it could also be given in 5 smaller bottles if that suited their babies. S currently has a bottle on milk with his lunch, but I'm hoping that he'll drop that once we start protein as its not a good idea to be giving milk with protein meals. He'd then get milk on waking, milk mid afternoon and then milk at bedtime.

I think that the HV is an old-school hard-liner and was a bit that she was advocating filling up on sugar laden puddings. I think hidden in her dubious advice was a message that at 7 months the babies nutrional needs could be met on less milk than they were being given.

I'm hoping that the less bottles S is on, the easier it will be to transfer to a beaker when the time comes, but that's what suits me and S. Only your friends I think can know what's best for their babies once they've taken into account the relevant guidance.

On BF, I too continue to have issues about the fact that I couldn't and the lack of appropriate support.

Oops, ignore last post - its's on the wrong thread. Sorry!

Probably best mrsmagoo. Start with just one or two ice cubes worth to see how he gets on.

Morning all, yes, agree with Neenz, and forgot to say we didn't give anything apart from fruit, veg and rice until much later, and then introduced protein like lentils, fish and chicken.

gks, what you say about finger foods and purees is sensible, but I don't think the BLW'ers see it like that!

Pudding, I have to stop myself eating the leftovers too [lardy arse emoticon].

DramaQueen, pears are popular here, and in season atm. When I have one, I let B gum/slurp it and he loves it, and pureed pears have remained a firm favourite. Bananas always go down well too. Otherwise I agree that frozen, pouches or the stuff tinned or in pots in natural juice is the way to go.

Personally, I think all HVs should be rounded up and retrained! Some of the advice some of the 'old school' ones dole out is shocking!!