When are you weaning?
When my boys where small the rec age was 4months - the guidlines have changed now and they rec 6months - Im going to take Evans lead on it...if i think he needs it before 6months i will wean him, hes 4months this week so feels weird not to wean him like the others!
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Erin-Beth is 4 months today and i think she has been ready for several weeks, she started waking during the nite (and after 8wks of sleeping thru its been hell!!! ) she sits up with a little bit of support, everything goes in her mouth and she follows the food you are eating!
I was hanging on cos of the 6month advice..but last nite i gave in and she had a munch of my banana (squished up)...mainly cos i felt so guilty eating it in front of her...she was looking at me like she was starving, and she absolutely loved it and it wasnt even feed time!
Today she had a big bowl of baby rice (only planned on giving her a spoonful) after her normal breast feed and she loved that too, so i have officially started and I'm being completly led by her, if she dont want it one day then im not gonna worry, just gonna go with the flow...thou im not sure how to tell the HV i was worried about her lack of weight gain only 12lb 2 at 17wks putting on only 1/2 ounce in 3wks!! hopefully now she will pile it on now )
HG if you get peter to six months on bf alone do it, i would love to get Evan to last that long but think its very unlikely! xxxx
Perhaps you might try Evan on baby rice and see what happens. One of the mums at my mum and baby group tried her son with baby rice at 19 weeks and he hated it. Four weeks later he was tucking in happily and is now well on his way with weaning. As malakin says, I think they let you know what they want when they want it!
We have an appointment with a consultant at the hospital on monday becuase of amelia's weight gain so I'm going to ask about weaning then and see what they recommend