Early weaning
Helloo,
My girl is 4 and 1/2 months and we were advised her paediatrician last week to begin early weaning as she said it will help her reflux and help her keep more milk down. Today I made my own carrot puree for her and gave her a little bit. She really enjoyed it, was smiling and loved the taste. She hasn’t been sick since having it however she is grunting a lot again and sounds congested 🫠I’m not sure if it’s just bad timing as we’re also due to increase her omeprazole dose, but I’m just wondering if anyone else has found their little ones silent reflux has got worse since introducing purées?
I was really unsure whether to do it anyway with her not being 6 months, but paediatrician assured me she is ready due to her having good head control, being able to keep herself sitting up in chair, bringing toys to mouth etc.
Now I’m not sure whether to carry on or just leave her until we’ve increased her omeprazole dose..
Any advice would be much appreciated🥰
We weaned early at just on 5 months, mushed up bananas was what we started with ,the best advice that stuck with us was from a gp,, paste texture not thin puree is easier for a reflux baby and it certainly helped our girl ,she's 9 months now and we weaned her off omeprazole at the beginning of Dec,and she no longer gets Gaviscone in her bottles.our girl is doing well we are just in the thick off sleep regression,learning to crawl /walk /climb on everything.