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5 month old food thief😂😂

Anyone else’s LO started reaching out and trying to steal any food or drink that you are holding and then screaming when you take it away from them?? My son tries and steals anything I’ve got whether it be my water bottle, a can of pop or my toast in the morning (as pictured below)😂

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What do you give your baby for breakfast and lunch

My son won’t eat egg, porridge or bread.. it has made breakfast really difficult as I don’t have many ideas left now! He will eat pancakes occasionally but I need something beside that because If I keep giving the same thing he will stop eating it!😭

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Weaning

My baby is now 6 months and from about 5ish months we started a little bit of weaning with pouches and fresh veg mashed. However , he used to love being fed with a spoon and wanting to hold it but now it seems he wants finger food. Should I just give more finger food instead of purees? Has anybody else found their...

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Crying for food

Started weaning my six month old and she LOVES it! Only issue is she screams when she has finished eating what I've offered or if I'm eating and she isn't. Anyone else's baby do this? 😂

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When is to early to give a baby rice cereal

My baby eats all the time constantly, I was thinking about giving him rice cereal as a way to make him fuller when he eats , he’s almost 3 months old as of next Friday! I just don’t wanna give him it if it’s too early! Some people say 6 months some people say it’s fine now , I need help!

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Any other small babies out there??

My little daughter, almost 11 weeks old, has consistently sized in the lower end, around 25th percentile. Perhaps related to this, she tends to eat less than 600ml a day (formula fed) despite our best efforts. We have changed formula… she’s not allergic to lactose… no improvement. She looks healthy and plays, just i...

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Tea for my 18 month old

Flatbread pizza, chips and lots of salad. Perfect for such a nice hot day 😋

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Ugh baby food

I’m struggling yall my baby is very picky our pediatrician told us to move on to meats and things but he doesn’t like anything I give him that isn’t sweet. So I even made his favorites but homemade this time (he usually has the gerber purees) but he doesn’t want anything I make him he only wants like gerber bananas ...

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My child is 16 months

He has been of his food the last 6 months has half a weetabix for breakfast some fruit and yoghurt for lunch and sometimes doesn’t want dinner has 20 oz milk I’ve tried taking out the milk still doesn’t eat much I keep offering food he just throws it on the floor I’m not sure what to do someone recomended to...

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Ideas?!

I feel like I’m stuck in a rut with the food I give our little boy and I’m also still terrified of choking. He has weetabix with fruit for breakfast Pin wheels/ avocado or Philadelphia on toast for lunch with fruit yoghurt Then normally a pouch for tea so he is guaranteed some vegetables and some kind of yoghurt/ ...

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What to do if you resent cooking?

For context, I suffer from PPND right now and things feel hard. My toddler won’t eat anything but fruit and milk, and I spend all day thinking what to cook, actually cook, and not rest only to see my toddler not eat. I’m so tired of trying different methods — I feel like a failure for not being able to laugh with my...

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Baby refuses to eat even when hungry

My baby has been crying from being hungry all morning but refuses to eat anything besides fruits. We’ve seen this pattern of him only wanting fruits and milk and refusing other foods that are similar in taste or texture and we can’t handle it anymore where he’s just drinking milk all day and not food. Anybody else e...

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Left over baby purée

I made my baby some purée today and he didn’t end up finishing it. I’m not sure if I should toss this or keep it in the fridge and have him finish it later? What do you guys do?

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Purée food

I’ve started giving my little ones puréed veg for the past week but she just doesn’t seem interested whatsoever! I’m only introducing once a day at her second but last bottle of the day… any tips?!

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Not a good eater?

Anyone's babas not very good eaters? My boy is 9 months nearly and really doesn't eat much food, I wait for an hour after meals, he has 7oz bottles but doesn't finish them sometimes, he's on 75th percentile and happy baby. Normally finishes all his Brekky, but takes lots of encouragement. Lunch is usually grazing ...

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Eating

Has anyone had to go the doctors about there littles eating barely anything? Every meal time we give her new food to try, she wont even try it!! She goes NO all done and then screams at us. She will only eat noodles and pasta etc but i feel like im failing as a mum as i cant force her to eat as she tantrums what do ...

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