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19 week not keen on purees.. shall i stop and try again in a few weeks

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katherine2008 · 28/01/2009 18:30

we are on day 5 of weaning, and have so far had pear puree 4 days (spat out all but yesterday when ate all and then sicked all back up ten minutes later), carrot puree (took a little this morning then sicked up all, mostly over my white T-shirt!!) and baby rice (will now eat after 6 or so attempts woo hoo!). I'm happy to keep trying, next on the list is apple puree, but not sure if I should persist or take her lack of interest in purees as evidence that she is too young to wean. Any advice gratefully appreciated. Thanks!

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stickybeaker · 28/01/2009 18:31

OK if this isn't a joke I'm going to be the first to say it - 19 weeks is too early.

Wait until 26 weeks.

poppy34 · 28/01/2009 18:31

yep - I had abortive attempts to wean at 17 /19/21 weeks - only really got any interest and kept going at 25 weeks...

moshie · 28/01/2009 18:34

well the advice is to wait til 26 weeks so she is a bit young yet, I'd give up and try again then.

I'm surprised you've persisted this long, she doesn't exactly seem to enjoy it, does she? ( meant kindly and half jokingly, not sarcastically )

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katherine2008 · 28/01/2009 18:35

Why would it be a joke?!! But thank you for the advice, I'll try again in a few weeks time...

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stickybeaker · 28/01/2009 18:38

I thought it might be a joke to get people wound up - like 'why don't people bother breastfeeding', it's like red rag to a bull.

gagarin · 28/01/2009 18:46

katherine - you have inadavertantly committed a major sin on MN! Suggested weaning before the magic 6 months....

Generally the WHO advice (World Health Organisation - not Dr Who!) is supported on MNet - ie milk only up until 6 calendar months.

So some MNetters will have presumed you have started this thread as a tease to those evangelical MNetters who roams the threads to argue their (very valid) pojnt - put your tin helmet on and wait for incoming....

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katherine2008 · 28/01/2009 19:16

gosh i apologise, I don't want to wind anyone up, so I, and my tin helmet, will beat a hasty retreat off the board. thank you, and at least I have taken heed of your advice!

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StarlightMcKenzie · 28/01/2009 19:26

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giantkatestacks · 28/01/2009 20:30

katherine - having weaned early years ago when it was the advice and at 26 weeks recently - theres a huge difference in readiness - when you do it at 26 weeks (whichever way you do it) your dc will probably be really enthusiastic and it will be fun and not like a chore at all.

You win on both counts if you wait - you are following the health advice and your dc will want to explore different tastes and textures and eat.

Sidge · 28/01/2009 20:58

I think your baby is giving you lots of signs that she's not interested or ready

No rush, why don't you hold off for another month or two?

gagarin · 28/01/2009 22:29

don't run away katherine2008 - stay and play!

It's great fun having a good debate and there is lots to be learnt from everyone on here (evangelicals 'n'all [winj])!

gagarin · 28/01/2009 22:29

that was meant to be ...

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katherine2008 · 29/01/2009 19:29

I'm here!! We had a solids free day today which was good for the washing pile. It's funny, every single other baby in our M&B group has been weaned, even some of the babies who are a few weeks younger than my DD. But of course you are right, if she doesn't want to eat the stuff, then there is no point making us both miserable. Even if I do have a kilo of pear puree taking up room in my freezer!!

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Habbibu · 29/01/2009 19:34

I've got a really nice recipe for a cake that uses pear puree...

StarlightMcKenzie · 29/01/2009 19:48

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katherine2008 · 29/01/2009 19:50

Habbibu, please pass it on. I am really not in a competition SM - not at all. You just figure it must be time if everyone else is. As simple as that!

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giantkatestacks · 29/01/2009 19:53

dont worry about it katherine - just feel a sort of inner smugness that you're doing the right thing. Your dd will catch up in about a week of starting as she will be ready by that time.

I was at a school coffee morning today and people with small babies were saying that they wouldnt be following the guidelines as they would just do what they had always done.

I tried to explain using my well worn smoking metaphor but it was hopeless. I feel guilty tbh that I didnt get through to anyone.

thisisyesterday · 29/01/2009 19:57

dunno, i wouldn't do things with my child just cos everyone else was.

does no-one in your group know of the current guidelines and why they're in place?
am not having a go, genuinely curious...

the group of mums I meet up with all waited until 6 months, don;t think i know anyone in real life who weaned early.

i wonder what the difference is... i mean, ytou'd think there would be a mix, wouldn't you?

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katherine2008 · 29/01/2009 19:59

the daft thing is, when a load of people tell you that blatantly your daughter is not ready to be weaned, it of course seems bloomin obvious. however, when 'everyone else' is doing something (and yes, I know I wouldn't throw myself off a building just because someone else was) you kind of amble along after them, in that kind of babybrained haze which I am still in, despite having the most angelic dd anyone could ask for (now, anyway, she was colicy and horrible !!! for the first 12 weeks!!)....

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katherine2008 · 29/01/2009 20:01

thisisy, I think part of it is because we have a very wishywashy health visitor.. and part of it is, I guess, because there are a lot of hungry babies out there!! not sure, but rest assured all, we will not be trying again for a while!

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thisisyesterday · 29/01/2009 20:04

grr at wishy wahy health visitors. just the kind i don't like lol

round here all the groups seem to be older, middle class, nct type mums too... which is odd, because i'm, the only one who is none of those things lol
but i wonder if that is part of it as well? dunno really.
probablyt just one of those things.

giantkatestacks · 29/01/2009 20:06

thisisyesterday - round here its like that too but it seems to be that people with much older dcs - ie this is their 3rd or 4th just cant get their heads round changing the way they do things sometimes.

Habbibu · 29/01/2009 21:33

Katherine - it's here

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katherine2008 · 30/01/2009 09:54

Habbibu many thanks. I actually thought you were kidding!! Leith's cake here I come!

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BikeRunSki · 30/01/2009 21:47

Hi Katherine, My DS is 20 weeks and I am holding off weaning him, despite much pressure from Mum and others. DHs family has a history of coeliac disease, so I don't want to risk irritating his intestine until I have to, tempting though the idea of weaning may be.

Anyway, caught Mum feeding him banana and baby rice a couple of days ago (Baby Rice! We live 300 miles away and he is the youngest DGC by 4 years! She had bought some specially without telling me). He had 2 spoons and non since. Although he was happy to take it, he does not seem to have missed it either.

You and I are in for some fun in 5 or 6 weeks time! Might see you back on here then .

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