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Struggling with weaning
I've been trying to wean Noah for about 6wks now, but apart from his creamy porridge for breakfast he refuses absolutely everything else! I started with carrot, swede and sweet potato purees and have also tried other veg. I even bought some Ella's kitchen pouches and tried them incase it was just my cooking he had a problem with! Ds1 didn't have any problems with food and was a brilliant little eater so all this is new to me. Just wondering if anyone else is having/has had problems.
He's still bf but not by choice as he also refuses bottles and cups. I'm desperate to get some freedom from him so thought things might improve with some solids, but I just feel so frustrated with it all I really could scream!!
We're going on a short break next wk and I'm dreading it because I don't do feeding in public and he's still getting up several times in the night-we're staying in a caravan and it's going to be freezing through the night!
If only I could go back to when he was a few weeks old and introduce a bottle then, going on how ds1 was after he switched to bottles I know that life would be so much easier!!!
He's still bf but not by choice as he also refuses bottles and cups. I'm desperate to get some freedom from him so thought things might improve with some solids, but I just feel so frustrated with it all I really could scream!!
We're going on a short break next wk and I'm dreading it because I don't do feeding in public and he's still getting up several times in the night-we're staying in a caravan and it's going to be freezing through the night!
If only I could go back to when he was a few weeks old and introduce a bottle then, going on how ds1 was after he switched to bottles I know that life would be so much easier!!!
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Ive been lucky lo has always been a hungry little thing and hasnt refused anything yet lol! He really enjoys fromage frais plum baby do some with no added sugar or salt. They contain 2oz of milk.
Sorry i cant help more as i bottle feed but Have u tried all sorts of bottles TT are quite breast like and ive seen some called breast flow. Also there is a bottle called hadderman feeder the baby whisperer recomended it on her shows as it acts in a similar way to the boob baby has to suck harder.
Hope ive helped in some way, hope u have a nice time away
When i cant get Biba to try something though i always let her see me eat a little bit so she knows that its yummy it usually helps, perhaps you could try that?? We have been going a little backward with weaning as she is clamping shut more and more and after 6 weeks i thought we would be making more progress especially as there are some on here who are just starting to introduce meat! It is disheartening, have you spoken to your HV, she might have some advice?
I am completely with you on the whole bottle thing and going back to the start, we have had no sucess with any bottle, even the breastflow and even though she is intrigued by a sippy cup most of the water in it ends up on her rather than in her!
It's a minefield and one which there doesnt seem to be too much support with - i hope that he starts taking some solids soon xxx
Just a suggestion, I hope you manage to work something out soon.
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I started this way with ds1 and he is the least fussy eater I know. Ds2 is a little more fussy but I didn't start with finger foods straight off as I was scared where he was younger when I started weaning. Wish I had though as his loving that and we are getting less fussy as time goes on.
Good luck
I think because of this now he's hit 6 months (today) I'm going to try a bit more baby led weaning. I had been really against it initially although I think this is mainly because I didn't understand it. I have bought the cookbook (don't bother with the actual theory book as the cookbook has all the basics you need to know about anyway) and it has some really inspiring recipes in it. I'm actually looking forward to it now (hope i'm not on here in a couple of weeks time saying differently!).
Maybe it would be worth trying finger foods instead and trying (as BLW suggests) to go more with the flow of the baby rather than becomming fixated on stages etc as per traditional weaning.
I can't advise on bf as he's on a bottle but a friend of mine had similar problems with her lo accepting a bottle. They tried literally every bottle on the market and ended up with her eventually accepting the first one they had tried (tommee tippee)some weeks after starting. It was a while before she would accept a bottle from my friend though (as she could smell the milk when she was trying to feed)so maybe try getting other people to give the bottle initially if you haven't done this already.
We've decided that as he is at least eating breakfast we're going to give him a fruit porridge at tea time for the next week or so and then try the purees again. He had some last night and despite the fact he still had 3 feeds through the night,which is normal at the moment, he didn't do his usual of waking up screaming in between so even that brought some relief!
I've given him some finger foods, just the end of a breadstick and some apple rice cakes and although I'm fishing out the bits that break off, he does seem to enjoy it. I'd looked at the carrot puffs and think I'll get some when I next go shopping, for some reason it never occurred to me that they will dissolve in his mouth!
As for the bf, we've tried anything and everything to get him to take formula but it's just been a no go. We've tried 5 different types of bottles and 4 different cups but he's just not interested. I'm not sure if it's the formula he's got a problem with so now he's over 6mnths I may try the follow on milk-anythings worth a try!