Struggling Weaning

Is anybody else struggling with weaning their baby? I feel so overwhelmed with what to give him/ what I should be giving him and how often, baby led weaning scares me in some ways I have tried it a few times because I feel a pressure for him to learn to eat that way and he’s nearly 8 months and I feel it’s just not going well.

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1st time round was horrible for me as I had a baby with issues and also felt pressure to baby led wean. 2nd time I have an easier baby and have been more relaxed on what I give him. Do what you feel comfortable with and build it up. You can do purees and give some melty sticks to practise self feeding until you feel more confident they can do it. Take it slow and be kind to yourself xxx

Check out the solid starts website (they also have an Instagram page). Really helpful for knowing how to serve different foods to baby at each age. My little one started with one meal a day (veggies and fruit in a purée form) for the first couple of weeks, and then we gradually increased the portion size and introduced dairy, eggs, bread, pasta etc. She’s now 8 months and is on 3 meals a day. I just followed her lead; increased the portion sizes when she started to consistently finish what I was giving her, and introducing a second and then third meal when she was getting more fussy and like milk wasn’t filling her up enough. There were some times where she just didn’t want to eat, but I wouldn’t push it, I’d just try again later. The first few weeks of weaning she wasn’t very interested in food, and we had to go through quite a bit of gagging while she learnt how to eat and chew (which was really nerve wracking), but it’s amazing how quickly they get the hang of it!

@Rachel thankyou that helps xx

@Jane thankyou so much xx

I'm still doing purees and lumpy food textures 2 meals a day and will soon introduce finger snacks like melty puffs to get her to feed herself. Also scared and totally relate to the overwhelming feeling of what to feed everyday 😅 🙃 We are slowly going to increase to 3 meals when she hits 8m old hopefully. Goodluck.

I also find it hard deciding what to feed her every day! I found it really helpful having a list of all the different first foods and going through them. There's still a lot she's not had so sometimes I will literally just Google recipes with 'something of the list' to get some ideas. I still blitz up some of her meals, especially meat so I know she's actually eating it.

@Samina honestly!🤣 Thankyou And you!x

@Jodie thankyou!x

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