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Anyone not weaning?
Hi
is anyone holding off on weaning til 6 months? It seems like everyone has opted for early weaning.
Charlie is a very hungry baby, always has been, and has shown all the 'signs' for a couple of months already. Apart from sitting unaided, which he hasn't mastered yet. He is staring at food, devouring every feed and crying when it's finished, although he has always done this anyway. He has just started waking in the night again (although I read this is a developmental rather than hungry thing?) he self settles though...
As the guidelines say 6 months I am trying to wait. However I do think the pressure is there to wean early ie from mil, and even my 8 year old step daughter who keeps making comments and comparing Charlie to her 4 month old cousin who is allowed food and therefore I am not doing things right!
Everyone on here seems to be weaning and I've seen them discussing it in bif and bim. Am I depriving him by not weaning at 21 weeks? Also do people consider '6 months' to be 26 weeks?
Personally I am in no hurry and I wish he would stop growing up so fast!
is anyone holding off on weaning til 6 months? It seems like everyone has opted for early weaning.
Charlie is a very hungry baby, always has been, and has shown all the 'signs' for a couple of months already. Apart from sitting unaided, which he hasn't mastered yet. He is staring at food, devouring every feed and crying when it's finished, although he has always done this anyway. He has just started waking in the night again (although I read this is a developmental rather than hungry thing?) he self settles though...
As the guidelines say 6 months I am trying to wait. However I do think the pressure is there to wean early ie from mil, and even my 8 year old step daughter who keeps making comments and comparing Charlie to her 4 month old cousin who is allowed food and therefore I am not doing things right!
Everyone on here seems to be weaning and I've seen them discussing it in bif and bim. Am I depriving him by not weaning at 21 weeks? Also do people consider '6 months' to be 26 weeks?
Personally I am in no hurry and I wish he would stop growing up so fast!
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We're hoping to do mainly baby-led weaning, but I'm not adverse to giving her a spoon & letting her have a go. We would also like to miss out the puree stage really, as if their digestive system is ready for food at this age, and their motor-skills are developed enough to cope, I don't see the point in giving puree (just my opinion though!).
I would be lying if I didn't say I was nervous about weaning, but I think it's partly because it's the 'next step' & our little girl seems to be growing up so fast-it's scary!xx
I don't think it'll be worth trying to stop the dogs hanging around at mealtimes (they do anyway!) Just as long as James doesn't start to deliberately drop things!
HV did stress though that although this research is going on the guidelines are still for 6 months.
I was very much for exclusively breastfeeding Flo until 6 months and then try BLW but started weaning her almost 3 weeks ago as she was showing all the signs. But I think it depends on each baby as my MIL didn't wean my OH until he was 7-8months!
Lots of people misunderstand 'signs' that their baby is ready and think that they're desperate for food when really it's something else.
You most defintiely aren't depriving him and ignore all those silly people who are trying to put pressure on you!
I can never understand why people want them to grow up so quickly anyway - they're only babies for such a short amount of time as it is!
Love NN and Olyvia xxx
No one can tell you either way whether to wean, or when to wean. Only you can know the answer to that. I think it is unrealistic to expect that all babies will be ready to wean at the golden age of six months. some are ready earlier, some later. Some take to it like that, and others take a while. Thats what makes it so exciting!
You have to follow your instincts.
Plus having spoken to lots of docs and specialists, then general consensus that came back is, its not when you wean them, its what you give them that the issue. Thats what causes the problems, not the weaning its self.
Joanna x