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Weaning help
Wondering if you can help as i've search the internet and can't find what I'm looking for. How much food should I be giving my baby at each meal if I'm going the puree way?
Say how many potatoes/carrots or will they eat a whole pureed apple?
I'm also following the guidance on the boxes for porridge and it looks like loads?
Any advice or books you recommend would be welcome.
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Say how many potatoes/carrots or will they eat a whole pureed apple?
I'm also following the guidance on the boxes for porridge and it looks like loads?
Any advice or books you recommend would be welcome.
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Weaning guides say that to start with just the tip of a teaspoon once daily after a milk feed for the 1st 2 days.
1-2 teaspoons for the 3rd & 4th day
2-4 teaspoons for the 5th & 6th day
upto 5 teaspoons on day 7.
Week 2 after 2 of the daily milk feeds give upto 5 teaspoons.
Week 3 after 2 of the daily milk feeds give upto 10 teaspoons.
This is only a guide though. Every baby is individual so trust your own instinct. Some babies may need less, some more. What I would say is make sure you give milk first as this is more important (upto 1yr old babies need to have at least a pint of usual milk daily - you can include milk used to make up porridge towards this daily allowance) so that they don't fill up on solids first.
Re the porridge I made up my own measurements as, like you say, the mixing guide makes loads! I use HiPP cereals & porridge (stay away from porridge though if there's a history of gluten/wheat allergies in your family until 6 months old). I used 2oz boiling water, add milk if required (instr will say) and then add the dry cereal until desired consistency. I find now that 4 heaped teaspoons to 2oz water/milk is a good amount for Alfie but he has is thicker now than when we first started. It's trial & error.
Alfie's meals & amounts at the mo (we started weaning a few wk ago) are as follows:
1st and last feed of the day is milk only.
2nd feed is milk followed by porridge.
Next couple of meals are milk followed by approx 3 tablespoons of savoury puree and 1 heaped tablespoon sweet puree.
Hope this helps.
Shell xx
Re how many carrots etc - it is really hard to say as it depends how much you get when you have pureed them! The better way to do it is to puree a batch of somthing, freeze it in ice cube trays and then use cubes as above xx
I found Ikea ice cube trays good as they're made from a flexible silicone so is easy to pop out when frozen!
Shell xx
I'll try and just go with it and check her weight in a couple of weeks.
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I'm doing all the cooking tomorrow!
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Alfie would probably eat more given the chance but i think the amount I give him is plenty. I find that if he has eaten too much then he brings a little bit back up as his belly is full.
Don't forget to take photos!
Shell xx
I actually used the annabel karmel trays for freezing and she used to have one cube of that to start with - which I would think is equivalent to 3/4 ice cubes. she would have eaten more too! I then decided to do more and let her have what she wanted! If she took too much she would bring it back up and then I would give her less! It is very much trial and error