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problems weaning...please help
I'm having an absolute nightmare weaning my little girl, she turned 6 months on the 11th and she just refuses any food, I did try weaning her about a month ago but she didn't seem interested, then she got a tummy bug and was ill for a few weeks so the Hv told me to stop weaning until she was better, I've been trying again for about a week now, I've been trying to give her baby rice at breakfast, she just closes her mouth and turns her head or gags and spits it out, so I thought maybe I would try baby porridge instead, but I have the same problem, I then thought I would try her with jars of food instead but she still wont have it. my friend suggested giving her bits of banana or veg to try, so today I gave her banana but she wouldnt have it from the spoon, I had to put little bits in her mouth, she seemed to like it but refused to swallow it, anyway a few mins later she must have swallowed some and was violently sick everywhere....... I'm really struggling with this and dont know what to do next, any suggestions ladies???? :?
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I things improve for you soon xx
I'm at the end of my tether, and I just get so frustrated.
I wanted to wean her at 4 months really but I felt guilty because of the regulations etc and a few friends told me not to but to be honest I really wish I had because i think it would have been much easier.
Is she showing signs of being ready? Supporting herself properly/interested in your food/sitting? What about (as someone else suggested) going down the BLW route? With my LO I did a combination of finger food and spoon feeding, worked well for us but BLW has worked well for others - I can't really comment on it as I haven't tried it.
I started Sara on sweet potatoe puree and butternut squash puree - they both puree really smoothly and are quite sweet to the taste - remember breast/formula milk are both sweet. However, as I said before I would wait a few days and try again tbh - if she's pushing it out with her tongue and gagging then I feel that suggests she's not ready, maybe use the extra few days to get in the kitchen and cook a few batches of veg to freeze in ice cubes, its great to have them in stock.
Also, can I ask why are you starting with breakfast? Maybe your HV suggested it. What worked for us was to start with lunch - this was between milk feeds so she was a little peckish but not starving, not tired and I felt comfortable feeding veg at that time of day!
I hope I haven't been too blunt - I'm tired and when I'm tired I lack tact!!! Hope what I've said is helpful,
Liz x