6 calendar months or 24 weeks?

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Title says it all - have had mixed messages from HV/NCT weaning workshop people/other mums/posts here!

DS is 24 weeks and ticks all the other boxes for giving weaning a go - can sit unaided, can grasp stuff and bring it to his mouth and chew it (my glasses, car keys, mobile phone, anything not tied down...), and has lost the tongue thrust reflex.

But he's not 6 calendar months for another 10 days. Give it a go, or wait a bit longer?

i had the same dilemma
i think it is "around the middle of the first year"
i weaned DS at 23w2d but was careful (i think) only to give vegetables for a whikle
weaned DD at 24w2d and was less careful, though i did stop after a couple of days and restart after 26w

so i suppose whta I'm saying is I was happy to wean any time from 23 weeks onwards (did BLW so it was developmentally led) but not sure about avoiding gluten and allergens before 26w

I think dd2 was around the 25 week mark when she latched on to a banana and that was that!

I would go for it - 10 days makes very little difference especially if your ds is showing all the signs of being ready. It's a guideline, an averageish age of when babies are ready, rather than a hard and fast rule that must be followed.

Thanks guys, that's what I was thinking! He's had a few tastes of stuff he's tried to grab or dunked his hands in - I'll prob stick to F&V for the first couple of weeks anyway.

Yes it's just a guideline - your ds is not going to change drastically overnight just because he turns six months old and all children are different.

DS was 24 weeks when he took toast off my plate and sucked it to death.

and as he will be 2 on thursday and is the best eater of his peers ( who were all weaned around 18 - 20 weeks) i think it is when they are ready

6 months is 26 weeks but I am sure a couple of weeks before is not going to make much difference

I'd go with common sense. It sounds as if he's ready.

The WHO says babies should be ebf for the fist 6 months, which it defines as 180 days. For my DS that works out at a few days short of 26 weeks.