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Baby eating at All inclusive

I will be taking my little one on holiday when he is 10 months. He is currently nearly 9 months and mostly eating puréed foods and I’m unsure what he will eat when we are away all inclusive , should I take packets of food? Does anyone have experience of this?

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When do you start weaning your baby

My baby is 17weeks and is super interested in food whenever I eat she’s watching me and she’s also trying to grab my food. Would love to hear other mum experiences

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Little peanuts

Can other moms with small babies chime in? My little guy is 3.5 months and 11.5 lbs, developing right on track but only in the 2nd percentile. He was born at 39.2 weighing 8 lbs but just seems to be a slow grower. I keep seeing other moms post their big chunky babies (which is great!!! nothing better than sweet baby...

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Weaning / Starting Solids

I’m starting to wean my 7mo twins…some days they have porridge, some days fruit they mainly have 1 meal a day such as porridge , fruit puree and then I give them broccoli pieces or banana pieces that they hold theirselves. I was wondering how big portions should I be giving them? As I don’t want to feed them too lit...

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Do you give your baby solids every single day?

Am I a bad mum if some days I don’t give my baby purées/solid food because I simply don’t have the time or energy to prepare, feed, tidy up, clean baby, clean mess…obviously as she gets older I will be feeding her everyday but she’s 6 months old now so I sometimes get lazy with solids EVERY single day as she’s still...

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Anyone’s little one seem to be a bit lazy when it comes to food?🤣

My little girl is now 7 months! She will not hold any food at all! I will put it in her hand and she just drops it🤦🏽‍♀️ I keep trying and trying and having no luck at all! Even with melt sticks etc! She’s being a bit of a nightmare with it all🤦🏽‍♀️

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Quick meals (baby under 1)

Hi What’s a quick and easy baby dinner for when they’re not eating the same as you? Eg Omelette Thank you

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Food

My LG is 8mo this week. At the moment, she's still half and half purée and finger food. She doesn't seem to eat a lot of the finger food, but enjoys playing with it and trying it. Should she be moving onto just finger food from now on? What are you guys doing?

Incognito
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Introducing egg

I have an 8 month old and still haven’t introduced egg. Mainly because he has bad excma at the moment. Can I give him boiled egg chopped up? How did people introduce? Any tips I’d appropriate thanks

Incognito
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BLW sodium

How much salt are we allowing in solids for our 8 month olds?? It’s pretty easy to stay away from sugar but it’s been so tricky to know how much salt is okay! I’ve been staying with low sodium/no salt options where I can but I’m curious what everyone is doing? My baby is a foodie so it’s getting tough haha

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Anybody else’s 17 mo th old being really fussy with food and saying no even before they’ve seen it?

Even saying no to yoghurt! Any tips?

Incognito
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Fish 🐟🐠

I’m looking to try my little one with fish soon, how did everyone give fish for the first time? 😊 I’ve been told to do fish fingers but wondering if there’s other ways, my little girl can’t have milk though!

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My 2.5 year old is still on baby food and refuses to let me feed him anything else.

He was open to trying some stuff like sucking on fruits and chewing baby puffs when he was a baby but then one day just stoped. Now Seems like he prefers only smooth baby food with predictable sweet taste like anything with banana so he can just swallow it. He doesn’t have any issues because we got everything checke...

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15 month not eating

Anyone experiencing same 15 month not eating anything like just snacks 2 and that’s it tbh it’s sooo frustrating what u guys doing in this situation xx

Incognito
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meals

what meals are you feeding your babies?! i feel stuck! she doesn’t like bread (no pb bread or jelly bread) trying to find things to make her but really struggling as she seems she’s regressing with solids.

Incognito
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Willful son/table manners

So I'm at my wits end. He throws his cutlery/plates/bowls/food mostly at the floor but, sometimes across the table etc. We've tried so many different ways to stop him, nothing seems to take hold and I'm fed up, frustrated and just don't know what to do. He loves his food and will eat most things but, sometimes he j...

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