A question about weaning
I wonder if any of you wonderful ladies can answer a question... it's not an immeadiate worry, as baby is 22 weeks we're still a few weeks away from weaning BUT...
Long term i want to feed my baby the same meals hubs and i have... so have 2 question...
1) other than salt and obviously avoiding chilli etc are there any adjustments we need to make to our cooking?
2) my hubs and i are losing weight at the moment and are following weight watchers, is a lower fat diet suitable or should we make special meals for her until we are finished? we aren't big sugar users so sweetners aren't a concern (she wouldn't have sugar anyway!) but what are your thoughts... am i worrying tooo much?
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Long term i want to feed my baby the same meals hubs and i have... so have 2 question...
1) other than salt and obviously avoiding chilli etc are there any adjustments we need to make to our cooking?
2) my hubs and i are losing weight at the moment and are following weight watchers, is a lower fat diet suitable or should we make special meals for her until we are finished? we aren't big sugar users so sweetners aren't a concern (she wouldn't have sugar anyway!) but what are your thoughts... am i worrying tooo much?
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thanks ladies!
Having said that this doesn't necessarily agree with such theories as BLW so you might prefer to jump in with lovely dishes!
my plan is to start lo on baby rice and a few basic purees but once she is past stage 1, that's when i was talking about
H xx
NickiandNeil that's a good point- I started weaning earlier so by the time we got to 6-7 months we were introducing finger foods/more variety etc and had already completed stage 1 with purees and single tastes etc - I guess thats where BLW stems from due to the advice not to wean till 6 momths maybe and so the process of weaning is speeded up slightly by straight to solids? Dunno, just pondering outloud really! lol. I remember on my last visit to HV that she said it's important baby chews after 6 months as it also helps the process of learning to talk later on.
is there anything else other than stock cubes / salt and processed foods that we need to avoid?
My ds1 was weaned on ww after the initial puree stages. It's easy enough to adapt - I've we're having baked potatoes and beans he's gets cheese with his, when we're having quorn chili he gets cheese and yogurt mixed in, I make his scrambled eggs mixed with cheese and full fat milk whereas I have skimmed. If we're having a stir fry he'll get a full fat yogurt afterwards or you could give custard or rice pudding. You get the idea!
Beef Stew
Tuna and tomato pasta
Salmon, broccoli and peas
and so on...
These are all good healthy meals without being high in fats. However, I also give her full fat yoghurt, cheese, hummous etc separately to ensure she's getting her fat intake.