Need some help from bf mummies who've weaned their lo's x
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Sorry for the long thread title!
I'm about to start weaning my lo who's 4 months on HV's advice as he's showing a few of the signs, but mainly because i left him with my parents on saturday night with 9oz of ebm to be on the safe side and he took the lot in one go!
So i'm a bit confused about how i should be going about feeding him and introducing solids, as everyone keeps giving me different advice.
Oscar eats about 7.30/8am, then again about 10.30/11 and it's after this feed i've been told to start, because he's napped and generally quite content. Does this sound ok?
I'm confused about when i should offer the food. He takes both sides at each feed usually, and i don't want him to cut back on his milk too quickly because this is the most filling and important thing for the time being. So should i give one side, then some rice, then the other side? Because i'm worried he won't want the second side! Or should i give both sides and then offer the rice? Because i'm worried he won't want the rice!!
I'm really stressing about it! I've read Gina Fords weaning book that makes a lot of sense but it seems quite intensive and introduces food very quickly, whereas my health visitor said give nothing but rice for a few weeks (and only a teaspoon full) then progress, but Gina Ford says this will create problems when trying to introduce new tastes, because he may not want them - i'm seriously confuzzled!
Any help/advice/experiences welcome, my brain may explode otherwise xxx
I'm about to start weaning my lo who's 4 months on HV's advice as he's showing a few of the signs, but mainly because i left him with my parents on saturday night with 9oz of ebm to be on the safe side and he took the lot in one go!
So i'm a bit confused about how i should be going about feeding him and introducing solids, as everyone keeps giving me different advice.
Oscar eats about 7.30/8am, then again about 10.30/11 and it's after this feed i've been told to start, because he's napped and generally quite content. Does this sound ok?
I'm confused about when i should offer the food. He takes both sides at each feed usually, and i don't want him to cut back on his milk too quickly because this is the most filling and important thing for the time being. So should i give one side, then some rice, then the other side? Because i'm worried he won't want the second side! Or should i give both sides and then offer the rice? Because i'm worried he won't want the rice!!
I'm really stressing about it! I've read Gina Fords weaning book that makes a lot of sense but it seems quite intensive and introduces food very quickly, whereas my health visitor said give nothing but rice for a few weeks (and only a teaspoon full) then progress, but Gina Ford says this will create problems when trying to introduce new tastes, because he may not want them - i'm seriously confuzzled!
Any help/advice/experiences welcome, my brain may explode otherwise xxx
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