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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #30 on: January 30, 2012, 08:50:23 am »
She wiggles about on her tummy but not quite crawling yet. I was wondering if probiotics might help her cope with them better. I seem to run out of ideas for veg  :-\



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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #31 on: January 30, 2012, 08:52:15 am »
I've heard that cooking them with a bit of ginger can help with digestion too!
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #32 on: January 30, 2012, 09:05:24 am »
I;ve been hiding a lot of veg in meatbals etc- put a fair bit of grated broccoli in some i did the other day, and some zucchini...
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #33 on: January 30, 2012, 09:48:38 am »
She will eat vegetables without hiding them... its more that some of them seem to give her gas. Will go to the greengrocer to get some ideas



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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #34 on: January 30, 2012, 09:57:27 am »
That's interesting about the crawling and gas (am now imagining a baby being jet propelled by gas...!)

I've ordered the Annabel Karmel book of finger foods as I'm getting stuck for ideas of things to give Sofia (she is all about taste - so a steamed vegetable stick is of limited interest. She will take it, but loses interest pretty quickly!) I had a look at the book at a friend's house this weekend and there looked like some really good recipes (pancakes, patties, rissoles etc) so am excited to get some inspiration...

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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #35 on: January 30, 2012, 11:43:34 am »
did you see this website rachel? (god.. i think i'm harping on a bit... i'm just getting most of my meals from it!!)

http://mamacook.blogspot.com/

THe annabel Karmel book is good from what i've seen too (in the shops)- I really like the rissoles and patties they break up easily and i don't have to worry about him choking at all- and they freeze well- so you can stock up! I have to make some pancakes too- might be nice for breakfast, altough he loves that weetbix! (Do you guys have weetbix over there?)
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #36 on: January 30, 2012, 11:45:44 am »
Hamish won't even let broccoli INTO his mouth!
Same here!  No broccoli, no cauli, no potato (unless it's a chip which is a rare thing here).  These days no carrot or sweet pot either which he used to eat by the plate full.  Since his stay in hospital back in Nov he went right off veg and he's slowly getting back to it.

There's some good recipes in the finger food, BLW and toddler recipe threads too.


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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #37 on: January 30, 2012, 11:49:26 am »
Can you remind me what the hospitalisation was for? Good that he's getting back to it!! Hamish does like potato... so far!
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #38 on: January 30, 2012, 12:09:39 pm »
He had a virus (like bronchiolitis but tested negative for that), 'just' a cold really!  But he stopped eating, almost no milk or water either, really struggled to breathe.  He was in 4 days, really scary.  On oxygen the whole time, nebulizers, steroids and inhalers.  He wouldn't even look at food for a few days, and it was an ccumplishment to get an oz of water or milk in, at one point they threatened to tube feed, then one day he held a piece of fruit but didn't eat it.  I think on his last day he ate some mixed veg...could be saying something about hospital food here (or more realistically he associates the experience of being ill with that food) as although he ate it he's not wanted veg since!  Hi nappies were gross for a good while too.  He was a very very poorly boy :(
He was ill for several weeks following, ate like a new born, milk every hour or so plus lots of NW for milk and almost no solid food.  Took until about xmas to get back on solids properly.  It was great to see him tuck into his xmas dinner :)


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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #39 on: January 30, 2012, 12:43:21 pm »
Poor little boy! That sounds horrible :(



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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #40 on: January 30, 2012, 13:00:47 pm »
Oh no!! Hugs! So glad he's on the mend!
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #41 on: January 30, 2012, 23:26:37 pm »
Hi ladies. I'm signing up. I haven't quite decided of I'm going to do blw just yet but we're planning to start Colby on solids soon.since he is nearing 6mo. He helped himself to the crust from DH's bacon sandwich this weekend and had a good sick on it. Was just a soggy mess by the end though, I don't think anything actually went in.

Hmm, I'm not sure what food to start with. What did you all start with?

Are you all doing pure blw? My ds1 cadan really like baby porridge and it is so full of nutrients I would kind of like colby to have some at some point. He's a way off feeding himself that though if I remember rightly.
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #42 on: January 30, 2012, 23:34:13 pm »
I did pure BLW- it starts slow at first but ith hamish after about 2 weeks he got right into it. He used the rest of the time to explore! Milk is the main food till 9 months or a year anyway! I started with bananna and pumpkin, as well as avocado. THese are my favourite websites:

http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/

http://www.babyledweaning.com/ - I don't use this one heaps, but it has a lot of the information about it. If you can get the book too it's relatively inexpensive and full of great info...

Doing a combination is also fine- but for us we went BLW all the way!
Katy, Mummy to Hamish!


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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #43 on: January 30, 2012, 23:41:06 pm »
Oh yes my sister has the book actually. I will borrow it and read up.
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Re: Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10
« Reply #44 on: January 31, 2012, 01:51:28 am »
Hi Ali!

I never gave baby porridge as I didn't think fortified cereal was necessary either - but I did offer normal oats from very early on.
If you did want to give baby porridge I imagine you could use it in lots of ways other than spoon feeding, as I did with standard oats, eg:

  • add when making meatballs, etc, instead of breadcrumbs
  • use as a thickener in pasta sauces
  • add when baking sugar-free cakes or muffins
  • roll fruit pieces in it to make them less slippery (I have tried this with wheatgerm with limited success!)
I'm sure others will have more ideas!
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