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Weaning books or advice

Hi. So I feel my weaning journey didn't go that well with my first He took a long time to progress in terms of interest in trying even food abs then I didn't know how to get him onto eating meals with us as quickly as I saw others doing. Does anyone have any recommendations for weaning website or books that layout ...

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Weaning

Is anyone else having a really difficult time with weaning? I feel like no matter what I give him, he doesn’t like it. I try making everything fresh but so far he’s liked no veggies and the only thing he has taken to is some egg courgette fritters and some organic homemade natural yogurt. But he can’t have those all...

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Shifting away from purƩes to BLW and baby just not enjoying food anymore

Since my baby was 6 months I’ve always had her on purĆ©es with a few snacks like melty puffs/sticks, also me feeding her bit of my food from my hands . Now she just does not seem interested in me spoon feeding her. She’s nearly 9 months now and I struggle to get her to eat the purĆ©es she normally has. I’m thinking ...

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Fussy Eater

Anyone else struggling with their baby at the moment with food? My little one used to love everything until he got the sickness bug just after Christmas since then I really struggle to get him to try food he just refuses it unless it's sweet like fruit/yoghurt it's so frustrating! Then some days he will eat dinner l...

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What’s everyone eating?šŸ˜‚

I feel like I’m just living off various types of breakfast bars!! I have a clingy baby who likes to be held, will only be put down for a few mins without getting frustrated, and will only sleep in the baby carrier until overnight when she goes down in the next to me fine. I don’t like cooking and eating from a bowl/...

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Meal prep

So I plan on prepping freezer meals for when baby is here to make life somewhat easier. Can anyone give me some batch cook freezer ideas, sick of my usual things and looking for some inspiration!

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Would you be happy

If your 15 month old ate 2 fish fingers and a tablespoon of peas for a meal? Or would you think that isn't enough?

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Soreen

Hi Can baby have a diced up Soreen bar? What can we give as sweet for after lunch?

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15m meal ideas

Meal ideas for my 15m old who is a fussy eater .

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Food and dogs

So my little girls only 14 months so i get she still probably doesn’t understand. So me my partner and our daughter live with my fiancĆ©s parents and they have a dog as do me and my fiance. Every time my daughter has any food she’ll just feed the dogs and barely eat any food herself. This morning she fed her whole br...

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Gaining weight help

So my little boy has always been small )32nd centile) but he’s just so skinny and I’m worried about him. I want him to put weight on but don’t know how? Has anyone else being in this position? He is always running around from the moment he wakes up the moment he goes to sleep so I think he just burns off a lot. He c...

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So scared of weaning!!!!

I just gave my LO his first "finger food" of banana and he took a massive bite out of it and I was soooo scared!! He gagged and sicked up a bit of milk but was fine but it's so scary!

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Meal ideas

Hi guys. Could use some help with food ideas. 😩 It turns out I am being punished for being a picky eater myself. My daughter has turned out be very picky. doesn't like cereal, doesn't like pasta. only things she eates are eggs, rice with lentils or chicken, banana when nothing else works ( but it makes her…

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Weaning

I've been giving purƩes so far but now I want to give finger food but I'm nervous. What foods have you guys used first? (Yes I have solid starts already) x

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Weaning

My daughter is an amazing eater. She started solids at 5 months but she won't get off the boob! She will literally claw at me to get to them between meals despite having snacks between too. How do I stop this? Do I increase the amount of snacks? She has water on demand, but tends to have it when sat at the table. He...

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Breakfast

Give me some breakfast idea what type of porridge mine doesn’t like adult one only likes weetavix 🄲or any other idea she do like pan cakes and scramble egg but sometimes she feels bored same breakkie

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Baby weaning

I know the recommendation is 6 months for weaning but I’m having alot of difficulties with my little one drinking at the minute. She only has approx 3oz at a time, sometimes drinking 8-9 bottles a day, some 2 hours apart. I can’t get any more down her no matter what we try. She’s always been small and had a littl...

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How often/much to feed 6 month old

My son turned 6 months last month and we were cleared to start single ingredient purees - we’ve done carrot, sweet potato, pear and apple. He loves them all, I’ve been trying to do one puree feeding per day but honestly haven’t been super consistent due to travel, events, etc. Just wondering if thats okay or should ...

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Best alternatives

My dietician mentioned using coconut, almond, soya and oat milk and yoghurt alternatives, but didn’t give me any specific brands to use or avoid. I’m getting confused with the ingredients on some- for example Alpro coco milk has rice in? Is this rice milk, as I know babies can’t have it? Can anyone recommend some ...

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Solids

When did your baby start eating soft solid foods other than purƩes ? My LO is 7 months today and has 2 teeth.

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