Weaning .... HELP

[Mosschops30]

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[basketcase]

what about veg and fruit purees? The first foods that my two had were carrot puree, then pear puree - both with a little baby rice and milk. We gradually added more fruit and veg, singles at first to check for any allergic reactions and then started to mix and match for variety - eg. carrot and cauliflower, pear and apple etc.
I think it depends on what pre packaged baby food you have bought - they are all different and have different ages. Personally, I would try to wait a little while and start gently with single food tastes rather than jumping in with big combinations like veg bake - but we are all different.
I loved Annabel Karmel?s book on weaning - very easy and gave me loads of confidence to make my own baby food without any time or hassle - loads cheaper and nutritionally better and fresher...Not everyone likes her books but I would reccommend her if you were unsure. Great for week by week planning charts for amounts and timings, when and what to introduce next.

[nailpolish]

mosschops, do you have the time to make your own stuff? i would start off with one fruit/veg at a time, you can steam or boil/stew them and then whizz up to a puree then freeze in ice cube trays and give 1/2/3 ice cubes at a time depending on how hungry he is!

i started dd's on solids about the same time as you, and to be honest they were on 3 small meals a day after only a couple of weeks because i could see how much they were enjoying it. as long as baby is taking a good amount of milk still as well as the solids its ok. if you are bottle feeding the average is about 21oz minimum they say

is that any help?

[Hazellnut]

mosschops - I am going through this too !! Started dd on babyrice about a week ago, moved on to parsnip after a couple of days which tbh was met with a bit of disgust until I mixed it with babyrice and then wolfed down. Yesterday I added a second meal (made a bit of a mistake giving a rusk mushed up which has gluten in it so don't give this. Ihave some of the sunrise stuff too and that says it has gluten in despite saying from 4 months so maybe avoid this till 6 months!). TOday I gave carrot which dd loved without having to mix it in with babyrice. I am just boiling and pureeing in a blender. Its really easy at this stage to do it yourself if you have a bit of time. I have Annabel Karmel but a friend has also bought me the Lorraine Kelly book which I left at hers but apparently is very good (even though I (and my friend) would balk at the idea of buying a LK book !!)...

[Mosschops30]

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[kazoo]

Am a few wks into the weaning thing now. After dd was happy feeding at 11 for a whole week I introduced baby rice mixed with fruit at 6p.m. The evening meal needs to be bigger than the morning one to help with sleeping through the night.After 2 wks of this and no adverse reactions apart from being v. hungry at waking feed Hv advised moving to 3 small meals a day. This was when I introduced packet mixes for breakfast. Dd has heinz simply vegetables for dinner and the fruit version for tea with baby rice. Had a stab at cubes of stuff but not enough time in the day when ds (18 months) and dd (5 months) and no blender.

[nailpolish]

i think you should stick to jars then mosschops - IMO they are nicer (although more expensive, i know) i think they have better recipes.

at least for a wee while, then use the packets later