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Weaning at 6 months - Advise Needed!
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Hiya
I have been giving my lo purees for a few weeks, however he loves the fruit ones and takes quite a bit. However he wont even touch the dinner ones of veg etc so i would like to try offering finger foods and normal food mashed up.
Firstly can you give me an idea of some good first finger foods and how small i should cut them as i am really nervous about choking and secondly can i start giving him things like spaggetti,soups,baked potatoes. etc.
Thanks
I have been giving my lo purees for a few weeks, however he loves the fruit ones and takes quite a bit. However he wont even touch the dinner ones of veg etc so i would like to try offering finger foods and normal food mashed up.
Firstly can you give me an idea of some good first finger foods and how small i should cut them as i am really nervous about choking and secondly can i start giving him things like spaggetti,soups,baked potatoes. etc.
Thanks
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As for what else your lo can have the answer is most things with no added salt or sugar and no honey or nuts.
Hope that helps?
For the savoury food, keep trying, it does take them a while to get used to new flavours. Have you tried the Ella's kitchen pouches? They're a mixture of fruit and veg, and Beth absolutely loved them.
Pea and Pear was another fav!
Nx
One other thing to mention i discovered with my son, he didn;t like bland flavours, weirdly the stronger the better so discovered the genius of plum food; spinach one was a big hit and still is as a pasta sauce!
i would avoid giving him soup, u may find this is way too runny to get any in his mouth, if he's anything like my 6month old son he'll blow lots of raspberries and it'll go everywhere. u can give potato but will be starchy on its own so best mixed with another veg.
a book u may find helpful is annabel karmel's 100 top baby purees, i've found it fantastic and highly recommend it, i used it to start off with until i found the confidence to try my own things and still use it for inspiration or say i've cooked some parsnip for sunday dinner i can see in her book what i can mix it with for a change etc. i tend to make extra of any veg i cook and puree them up, then freeze in ice cube trays then to make him a dinner i take out 2or3 cubes to make him a meal up, ie tomrrow he has carrot, orange and spinach for lunch. i also do this with fruits for his puddings so he's eating a nice medley and each time tastes different so hopefully it'll avoid him getting fussy. xx