When do you start weaning your lo? - Page 3

FierceAngel · Sep 30th, 2009, 06:29 AM

17 weeks as she started to loose weight... just on baby rice, ceral, fruit/veg purees.. but i never replaced her milk... she was having a min of 24 ozs a day but usually 35-40ozs!

she has just turned 6 months and now has most things 2-3 meals a day.. and only 2 bottles a day.. so i have switched to follow on and i make sure she has plenty of milk/dairy in her food...

i like the idea of baby led weaning but most of it goes on the floor lol

all her food is just mashed not purred..

Mum2b_Claire · Oct 2nd, 2009, 05:54 AM

After doing a lot of reading, we're waiting til 6m then doing BLW. Ruby has met all the developmental milestones that coincide with being ready for weaning, and she's on the 98th percentile for weight, but she's totally happy on milk. Hungry babies need more milk not food IMO, milk is more nutritious than a bit of mashed up carrot anyway. Plus if babies are given solids too early, they just pass through their systems without any of the nutrients being absorbed anyway.

MrsTatty · Oct 5th, 2009, 12:01 PM

I'm planning on starting to wean Patrick at 6 months. He's a hungry baby but quite satisfied with boob juice for now. Am currently reading up on BLW as I think that he will take to that better than puree.

Faerie · Oct 5th, 2009, 13:03 PM

Sofia is 5 months and starting to show an interest in food but I'm going to hold out a few weeks more, she is putting on weight at a steady pace.

The main reason as far as I'm aware to not wean before 6 months is because babies digestive systems are not ready for it, the longer you wait the better chance they have of dealing with all types of foods. Seeing as Sofia had bowel surgery when she was born and was born 3 weeks early theres even more reason for me to hold out.

mummymoo82 · Oct 6th, 2009, 12:43 PM

I am going to wait until the recommended 6 months, although that all depends the the milk continues to keep her full, Madison is a big baby.
It's very misleading with alot of the jars of baby foods out there say 4+months

kirsten1985 · Oct 6th, 2009, 13:04 PM

Yeah they are meant to be changing the labelling, guess they make more money if it says 4m+?

Mum2b_Claire · Oct 6th, 2009, 16:43 PM

The recommended age for weaning used to be 3m, and when it was put up to 4m, a law was immediately passed banning companies from labelling their products as suitable from 3 months. However, when the age went up to 6m, no new law was passed against labelling food as suitable from 4m.

I think it will happen eventually though.

Abz1982 · Oct 6th, 2009, 17:53 PM

Does anyone know where there is any info on what used to happen years and years ago with weaning - I mean like about 100 or so? I guess I am just curious as to what they used to do way back then.

I was weaned at 4 months and there is no food - other then eggs - I am allergic to. I also have very good health - other than a fat ass cos I am lazy

- its not to do with being weaned early as when I do exercise I can be thin and stay that way.

kirsten1985 · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:54 AM

I read a thing a while ago that sid in Victorian times they used to wean at about 9 months, but this was for BFing, they said that 'artificially fed' (FF) babies were weaned earlier, but I don't know how much earlier. I will try and find where I read it.

Mum2b_Claire · Oct 7th, 2009, 05:39 AM

yeah, it used to be much later, and babies were given foods to gnaw on like meat bones rather than purees! it was only when the commercial jarred baby food became available that people realised that you could feed 'solids' to much younger babies.

i was weaned at 4m too and am very healthy, but I probably didn't 'need' solids then. I am not overweight, but am poor at stopping eating when I am full. The book I have on Baby Lead Weaning seems to suggest that spoon feeding early MAY cause this, but it's all anecdotal evidence so who knows. Everyone is different.

Sep 30th, 2009, 06:29 AM	#21
FierceAngel Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 6,075	17 weeks as she started to loose weight... just on baby rice, ceral, fruit/veg purees.. but i never replaced her milk... she was having a min of 24 ozs a day but usually 35-40ozs! she has just turned 6 months and now has most things 2-3 meals a day.. and only 2 bottles a day.. so i have switched to follow on and i make sure she has plenty of milk/dairy in her food... i like the idea of baby led weaning but most of it goes on the floor lol all her food is just mashed not purred..

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Oct 2nd, 2009, 05:54 AM	#22
Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,907	After doing a lot of reading, we're waiting til 6m then doing BLW. Ruby has met all the developmental milestones that coincide with being ready for weaning, and she's on the 98th percentile for weight, but she's totally happy on milk. Hungry babies need more milk not food IMO, milk is more nutritious than a bit of mashed up carrot anyway. Plus if babies are given solids too early, they just pass through their systems without any of the nutrients being absorbed anyway.

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Oct 5th, 2009, 12:01 PM	#23
MrsTatty Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 184	I'm planning on starting to wean Patrick at 6 months. He's a hungry baby but quite satisfied with boob juice for now. Am currently reading up on BLW as I think that he will take to that better than puree.

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Oct 5th, 2009, 13:03 PM	#24
Faerie Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alsace, France (and Basel, Switzerland) Posts: 5,527	Sofia is 5 months and starting to show an interest in food but I'm going to hold out a few weeks more, she is putting on weight at a steady pace. The main reason as far as I'm aware to not wean before 6 months is because babies digestive systems are not ready for it, the longer you wait the better chance they have of dealing with all types of foods. Seeing as Sofia had bowel surgery when she was born and was born 3 weeks early theres even more reason for me to hold out.

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Oct 6th, 2009, 12:43 PM	#25
mummymoo82 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 86	I am going to wait until the recommended 6 months, although that all depends the the milk continues to keep her full, Madison is a big baby. It's very misleading with alot of the jars of baby foods out there say 4+months

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Oct 6th, 2009, 13:04 PM	#26
kirsten1985 Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Alfreton, Derbyshire. Posts: 4,215	Yeah they are meant to be changing the labelling, guess they make more money if it says 4m+?

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Oct 6th, 2009, 16:43 PM	#27
Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,907	The recommended age for weaning used to be 3m, and when it was put up to 4m, a law was immediately passed banning companies from labelling their products as suitable from 3 months. However, when the age went up to 6m, no new law was passed against labelling food as suitable from 4m. I think it will happen eventually though.

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Oct 6th, 2009, 17:53 PM	#28
Abz1982 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 3,963	Does anyone know where there is any info on what used to happen years and years ago with weaning - I mean like about 100 or so? I guess I am just curious as to what they used to do way back then. I was weaned at 4 months and there is no food - other then eggs - I am allergic to. I also have very good health - other than a fat ass cos I am lazy - its not to do with being weaned early as when I do exercise I can be thin and stay that way.

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Oct 7th, 2009, 03:54 AM	#29
kirsten1985 Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Alfreton, Derbyshire. Posts: 4,215	I read a thing a while ago that sid in Victorian times they used to wean at about 9 months, but this was for BFing, they said that 'artificially fed' (FF) babies were weaned earlier, but I don't know how much earlier. I will try and find where I read it.

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Oct 7th, 2009, 05:39 AM	#30
Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,907	yeah, it used to be much later, and babies were given foods to gnaw on like meat bones rather than purees! it was only when the commercial jarred baby food became available that people realised that you could feed 'solids' to much younger babies. i was weaned at 4m too and am very healthy, but I probably didn't 'need' solids then. I am not overweight, but am poor at stopping eating when I am full. The book I have on Baby Lead Weaning seems to suggest that spoon feeding early MAY cause this, but it's all anecdotal evidence so who knows. Everyone is different.

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