Stage 1 - How quickly do you introduce MORE solids

[eskimomama]

Hello

It's my first post here, sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find anything to help me.

My DD is almost 6 months and I've been exclusively breastfeeding her, and now I'm thinking about the best weaning plans.

OK, so here is what I need to know :

How quickly do you introduce MORE solids?

I've read on MN's weaning page to "Aim for three 'meals' a day by seven months"... but in the first week or 2 it's only a spoon of veg per day?? It sounds like nothing, or at least a very slow start to end up to 3 "meals" a couple weeks later.

How many "spoons" is considered a meal?

So basicallly I think I will start giving her one spoon of mashed carrots a day for like 3 days, then one spoon a day of apple puree... but when do I start increasing the amounts and variety?

And when is best to introduce rice/cereals into that?

I'm so confused... thanks so much for any tips!!!

Just try her out and see what she wants! Whether you do BLW or purees you can't make a baby eat what they don't want to.

I started DS with some veg puree at lunchtime. He ate very little at first. Once he started eating more at lunchtime, I started giving him something at breakfast and teatime too. Just offer a small amount. If she wants it, she'll eat it.

Don't worry about getting to a certain amount of meals by a certain age, just go with what feels right.

You don't have to do baby rice/cereals at all if you don't want to. If you start weaning at 6 months there's really no need for baby rice, even if you do largely purees.

ok, thanks! I thought I would start that way, and then when solids are well established, I can decrease breastfeeding slowly, but I don't feel like right now - I quite like brestfeeding