Weaning - Possibly early.

Hi all! Looking for advice regarding weaning - Tried doing research but it's all so conflicting. My HV has said our little boy (4 months currently) will be weaned early due to being high percentile... and has been obsessed with watching us eat from 3 months... which he is now getting frustrated like "Where's mine?!" And, he seems to be getting hungrier and hungrier like milk isn't cutting it. Where do you start? Baby porridge, baby rice?! 🤯 I'm planning on doing a lot of food prep, a healthier route than jars. Can anyone recommend any good books, weaning sets and anything else you found super helpful? Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

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The Ella’s kitchen first foods one is fab. It’s has 2 week chart of ‘first foods’ and then great recipes for purées, chunkier foods and BLW I also really likes the What mummy makes book too but that’s for when they are slightly older and eating fairly well

I started with just baby porridge in the mornings. After a couple weeks introduced a puree at dinner (1 or 2 ice cubes worth) I'd make my own veg and fruit ones and freeze them in ice cube trays. We started at 5 months and then introduced finger foods at 6 months.

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Confused with the advice you’ve been given tbh… my little girl is 99th percentile and no one has mentioned weaning early… just shows milk is doing its job! In terms of first foods, with my son I was recommended to do a week of a single bitter veg per day. Purred with their milk (breast or formula) and then a cooked piece of the veg for them to play with. So brocolli, cauliflower, carrots etc… Then after that I started with a wider range of single foods - bread, egg, peanut butter etc to check for allergies

As the parent of a 91st centile baby I certainly won't be weaning early. Clearly shows milk is sustaining them. It's normal for them to get curious at this age and is one of the signs of readiness. Also normal to be hungrier as there's a bit of a growth spurt coming on!

Solid starts app is good too.

@Jen I’m the exact same as you, Infact when I mentioned weaning they said to wait till 6 months as he will only get bigger as it’s not a substitute but an addition!

Weaning comes down to individual babies. Some are ready early, others benefit from early weanining due to medical reasons. But ultimately, it's your choice. Having said that. It looks different to all. I weaned my son early due to reflux it's done wonders for him, and I chose a non-traditional route. Start with single veg pure very smooth,se how he reacts. You can do a week of single veg or introduce a new one every 3 days. As he is young, don't expect him to be able to do BLW. Test allergens as soon as he is ready, especially nuts early (multiple research studies show huge benefitsto that). You can get nut milk and make porridge with it. Ultimately, take your time and monitor his response to weaning. My LG is 4 months now, and I am planning to start next month as she is showing signs.

We started at 4 months cus we had a very hungry baby. We just started with baby rice at first to not overwhelm him, then started adding some flavours from Ella's kitchen fruit pouches as he got used to the rice. Then the more baby rice he was having the more experimental we got with porridge and thicker fruit.

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