Weaning, Breast and bottle feeding

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DS is 6 months today and I was planning on weaning him on a few weeks (or when i've actually read some info on what to do!).

I breastfeed him in the day and he has a bottle of formula at 6pm and 10.30pm. So do I change his formula to stage 2(SMA) or do I keep him on stage 1? I am a little confused with this as on the tin of the stage 2 formula is state's that it leaves enough room for solids but then I will only be giving him this at night so would not be feeding him solids then? Well maybe at 6pm
but as I haven't really read up much on weaning and I'm a little unsure of when he will have solids.

Also has anyone got any recommendations for weaning books?

TIA

There is no need to use Stage 2/follow on formula. You can carry on with Stage 1.

In terms of books, a lot of people use Annabel Karmel, who has lots of nice recipes. Or you could go down the baby-led weaning route, lots of advice on that on here.

If you've waited till 6 months, you can feed your baby pretty much anything you eat anyway, as long as you leave the salt out. Mash it up a bit or give it to him in chunks he can hold.

It is a bit different if you're an allergenic family though as you have to be a bit more careful, but I'm assuming you're ok there as you haven't mentioned it.

Thanks! I won't bother buying any of the stage 2 then.

Well SIL is allergic to nuts, would I have to be careful with that? Don't think anyone else is allergic but I should probably find that out!

Actually I do 2 recipe books that I haven't had a look at yet, one is from Annabel Karmel. I was thinking about trying BLW but will have a read and see what suits best.

I think it's only immediate family allergies (parents, siblings) you need to be wary of so you should be fine.

Oh good, thanks for the info