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General chat thread for puree lovers!

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Neenztwinz · 25/11/2008 13:39

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?

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whinegums · 04/02/2009 20:27

Hiya, everything fine here, sleep still crap though, with feeds at around 11pm, 2am and 6am. DS is eating really well during the day - big bowl of porridge with fruit and EBM and then half a slice of toast (mostly ends up on the floor). BF before lunch, then some delicious puree or other, followed by yogurt with fruit puree and then some rice cakes or pear slices (mostly ends up on the floor). BF in the afternoon, tea is yet more puree and then pudding of fruit, rice and EBM, or sometimes a few spoons of Hipp cocoa and vanilla pudding with rice and EBM. More finger food which, you guessed it, mostly ends up on the floor. Another BF before bed. I think that sounds like a lot!

DS is doing well at picking food up and getting it into his mouth, but I don't believe there's any way BLW would work for him - he wouldn't get nearly enough food, and would get really pissed off into the bargain!

I am giving him a lot of what we eat, minus salt, and mashed up now. He loves mashed/pureed veg with a spoonful of Philadelphia and grated cheese, but is pretty much eating everything.

Essie, how are you getting on, hope I'm not p'ing you off with the tales of Master Creosote here; equally, I am concerned that I have given birth to a glutton! How is Iestyn?

Hello to everyone else too of course! Neenz, glad you are back on form and kicking ass on the weaning threads.

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neenztwinz · 04/02/2009 22:00

lol kate!!!

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neenztwinz · 04/02/2009 22:00

If all else fails there is always medised

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neenztwinz · 04/02/2009 22:04

Aw, thanks Whinegums. I took a break for a bit last week cos I was feeling really down about my grandma (we are trying to find a hospice place for her now, she has asked to be sedated which is good, we can only hope she will be pain-free and asleep until she dies).

How old is your LO? Is he getting enough protein do you think? After 6m a bit of cod or haddock or chicken mashed in with some sweet potato or parsnip at lunch is just the job. I always put a lot of sweet potato in the DTs tea as well cos it is quite filling.

Then they have Oatibix

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mookickkick · 04/02/2009 22:43

DD is 7 months tomorrow and got some chicken for the first time today (lunch). Sleep, hm, where to start? When she gets up (usually 7 plus or minus 30 min) she gets a BF, then porridge with fruit puree around 8:30, 35 min nap, BF lunch BF (eats 2-4 cubes of veg plus carb, now protein), nap of 2 hours on a good day, another BF around 3pm, tea at 5 (veg plus carb), BF at 6:30 and then top-up formula (up to 4 oz), bed at 7pm. Self settles usually, and if not, I blast some white noise . Then she gets a bottle around 11pm. Quite variable here. Sometimes she wakes up and other times DH wakes her. Can drink the whole 9 oz bottle, or like last night, a wee sip only. Then she randomly sleeps through or wakes 1, 2 or 3 times! What the...? So I'm wondering whether the dreamfeed makes any difference. Sorry to ramble. I haven't had a lot of sleep this week...

Hope the rest of you are enjoying the snow!

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neenztwinz · 04/02/2009 22:51

Well the routine seems spot on mookickkick. Is she teething? Could you try Calpol for a few nights to see if it makes a difference? Are her cheeks red, is she drooling, chewing on stuff and pulling on her ears? Whenever I see any of these signs I whip out the calpol .

The DTs were waking lots in the night at that age, they started with a cold and then I think being fed back to sleep just came a habit. I had to do CC with them in the end but it wasn't too bad and well worth it to get them back on track sleep-wise.

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mookickkick · 05/02/2009 09:05

cheers neenz! it might be teething but her first two (bottom) didn't bother her that much. i think i just need to be more patient and let the food work its magic. yoghurt went down well today! will protein load her lunches and put in an order for oatibix!!!

mookickkick · 05/02/2009 09:20

and hello to everyone else ! am very of those whose little ones are eating the same stuff at mealtimes. we're slowly getting there though.

how goes the poo maria? dd had a nice log just now!

mookickkick · 05/02/2009 16:24

Well it seems I've killed the thread yet again!

DD is very interested in apples. So far I only give her a small wedge that I hold onto . Is it time to let go? Just scared she'll try to swallow the whole thing!

Habbibu · 05/02/2009 18:40

Moo - hope you don't mind a non-evangelical BLWer sticking my beak in here! I've just been quite interested in this thread because of chatting with neenz elsewhere.

Not sure how old your wee one is, but apple was one of the things I was a bit more wary about - it's quite hard, and chokable chunks break off quite easily. One option is to give a whole apple, maybe taking a bite yourself just to break the skin, and let your dd just "grate" at it with her front teeth, if she has any. Don't think I gave dd apple wedges until she was over 1. Pear wedges, esp. v. ripe ones, were a better option for us.

giantkatestacks · 05/02/2009 19:30

agree with habbibu - we dont do apple - I grate it into natural yoghurt instead. My dd has pear strips and large lumps of banana instead, mango is also a good one.

Hope you havent waded through the whole thread Habbibu - I imagine that could take some time

we had cheese on toast again for tea with some butter fried courgette on the side - no idea why dd loves them so much.

mookickkick · 05/02/2009 19:34

I'm happy to hear from anyone actually. I did consider BLW but was scared about the choking from the get-go. So apples are bad huh? Glad I asked! Will try the other suggestions. Thanks!

giantkatestacks · 05/02/2009 19:38

having thought about it you could soften them in butter - as if you were going to puree them but only until they get a little bit softer not sauce obv - then leave them to cool and store them in the fridge - would this work do you reckon?

Habbibu · 05/02/2009 19:41

tbh, moo, any child can choke at any age, so it's a really good idea to familiarise yourself with what to do if and when a child chokes anyway. I saw my 3 year old niece choke on a bit of french bread a while ago, and my mum's quick decisive actions really brought it home to me.

I've skimmed, Kate - have had interesting discussions with neenz, and was just lurking on the other side of the argument. It's kind of interesting, as I didn't really know (and I know this sounds daft) what the puree thing really involved, was like, as we'd just never done it. So it's been interesting.

giantkatestacks · 05/02/2009 19:44

no the other side is interesting - I did mostly purees and was very late with my now 5 year old ds' finger foods but this time have done mash (not smooth puree) and finger foods from the get go primarily because of reading the blw threads and because my dd was 6 months.

Didnt go the whole way because the spoonfeeding worked so well last time and because I enjoy making casseroles and the like .

Habbibu · 05/02/2009 19:49

You know, I'm going to back off and lurk again now, because this is a puree thread, and I don't think it's the right place for me to talk about what we did, particularly. But very happy to chat about it on other threads, and hope you all don't mind me lurking.

giantkatestacks · 05/02/2009 19:50

ah now thats true - you'd get accused of comin' on 'ere with your blw...see ya...

Habbibu · 05/02/2009 19:56

I did steam apple once in the early days, but then couldn't be arsed, and reckoned she could live without it until she was old enough to cope. Whole cherry tomatoes and grapes also quite bad choking hazards. Something to do with the shape and skin texture, according to SALT friend of mine.

mookickkick · 05/02/2009 20:12

feel free to lurk habbibu! good point about choking at any age. i've been meaning to take a first-aid course for ages...

giantkatestacks · 05/02/2009 20:32

whole cherry tomatoes and grapes are right out I agree - satsuma is a bit dodge as well...

you can peel all of them though if you were so inclined..[yawn]

whinegums · 05/02/2009 22:03

Neenz, saw your posts about your Gran on the other thread too. I hope you are ok, and she can get a hospice place. When DP's mum died last year, she was in a hospice, and they made sure it was very peaceful and dignified.

Thanks for the reminder about protein, I made sure he got some at lunch time - salmon. He's not too keen on cod (will eat it tho!) but really likes salmon.

Habbibu, it's interesting to hear what you've done. I voted for your anti cold tip btw!

I sort of know in theory what to do if a baby or child chokes, don't know how I'd cope if it happened.

Hello everyone else!

DebInAustria · 05/02/2009 23:01

Whinegums - I was just asking on the June thread where you were

Maria2007 · 09/02/2009 08:50

Oops! Our thread has almost disappeared. Can't believe it's since thursday that anyone has written here. SO I'm resurrecting it.

Neenz. Hope things with your gran are sorted? How sad... but it'll be very good if she goes to a good hospice, it does make a lot of difference (as whinegums said).

Hello to everyone else. We're about to start with a bit of protein- just some chicken stock in the veggies for now, & then on to chicken puree in a week or so. Sounds a bit complicated to be honest! Right now I have all my lovely veggie & fruit purees in the freezer, I just pop out the ones I need & that's it. With protein I'm sure it's far more of a faff Any advice about very simple protein meals to start with (I'm following the Gina Ford weaning book, together with some AK ideas).

So how's everyone else doing?

giantkatestacks · 09/02/2009 09:40

Maria - just make some chicken casserole - fry up some onions in olive oil, fry off the chicken breast pieces, bung some usual veg in - carrots/sweet potatoes/parsnips/swede/whatever else you've given before - but not normal potatoes as you cant whizz them up, then add some water to cover the contents. Cook until the veg is soft and whizz it all up to the desired consistancy.

This works for all meat and lentils too - but obv you add them after you've put the water in. We add garlic and herbs to ours as well.

we are teething again - last of the 4 first teeth so we have a cold and a horrible cough as well...

mookickkick · 09/02/2009 13:26

Yes, how's things neenz? I would have said something sooner but didn't know what a hospice was . And they call me an editor...

Maria, we just had some fish for the first time. She's had egg yolk, chicken and lentils so I thought it was about time. Very easy: poach fillet in milk (I used haddock, as recommended by neenz I think), add some frozen peas, simmer for another 5 min and then whizz up with the milk. Then I added mashed potatoes and some carrot puree that happened to be lying around. DD really liked it! Now sleeping it off

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