Soup??

[eeyore2]

Hi everyone. Quick question - lots of the weaning books mention soup. E.g. the Gina Ford book mentions 'thick courgette and leek soup' with bread and butter as a nice tea after about 8 months. I like the idea of this because it would be a nice meal for dh and I with some salt and pepper added to the grown up bowls only. But... I'm slightly confused as to how a baby would actually eat soup! Has anyone had any positive experiences with soup and babies?? At what age? Thanks very much.

DS used to eat soup when he was a baby but he's irritatingly gone off it now...

Anyway, he was puree-weaned so I just spooned it for him and gave him a piece of bread or some toast.

If you are BLWing, you could soak come chunky bits of bread in the soup, or can he dip?

i added some baby rice to thicken it so it was more manageable

i put the bread in the soup, made it thicker and more likely to stay on the spoon

Agree with the thicken it up suggestions. I used to use quinoa flakes (from health food shops), though baby rice, fine oatmeal or bread would work just as well.

Thank you everyone!