Baby Food Hints/Tips

I have a 2 and half year old child. As a baby he loved eating but now he's too busy playing and gets distracted from eating! I breastfed him until he was one year old but started his solids at four months. As all new mums i was paranoid of how he would react to diffrent types of food or if he would be allergic to any. So initially i used to give him ground rice from boots. I did add a little sugar to give him some taste- somthing my mother advised me to. I turned out to be fine so i don't hesitate listening to my mum for any suggestions. Whether you follow them or not is left tp you! Anyways, back to my son's food habits- after shop's ground rice, i started ...  Read the complete review

Weaning can be one of them things which is either very easy or very difficult. Of course like us babies enjoy different tastes and smells, so getting them to try solid food is difficult enough but you have to try and give them things they enjoy and recognise the signs when they don't enjoy something. I was told not to start weaning until quite late, but I decided against this as my boys were very hungry babies and I don't think formula milk satisfied them enough. Whether people agreed with my decision or not I don't know but as mothers (parents in general really) we know what our children need and want and I really don't understand how health visitors advise ...  Read the complete review

Weaning my son on to solid food was an experience I found enjoyable, terrifying, frustrating and very funny all at once. There's nothing quite like seeing your little baby laughing away as he covers himself in carrot puree, or the panic as he chokes on a lump which the blender hasn't quite managed to eliminate, the frustration as he refuses to even open his mouth for a meal which you've spent ages preparing or the satisfaction you get when he devours you weren't sure he'd like. First Stage Weaning I started weaning my son at 21 weeks - a bit early on current recommendations but he was a big baby (9lb 6oz at birth), was regularly draining 9oz bottles of ...  Read the complete review

I have three children aged 4.5, 2.5 and 1 and the advice for weaning changed with each of them. The current recommendation is to wait until your baby is 6mths old but it really is something that you need to decide yourself with advice from your health visitor. My first son was 4.5mths when we began weaning him, my daughter 5.5 mths and my last son was 5mths. Each child had their own needs and you need to be mindful that the foods you introduce must suit their age and development. For example my eldest was on purees because he was only really able to take the food from a sppon, however my daughter (2nd child) was a lot more stubborn, older and more developed at ...  Read the complete review

I am the proud parent to 2 children, however they are both very different and their eating habits are very unique. Child 1 was born at 36 weeks and was bottlefed (not through choice), he ate bought baby food and was very difficult to wean. He really only enjoyed bland food and yoghurt, he also did not like textured food or finger food, we had some terrific toddler tantrums (from him and me!). He still will not eat mixed food like spaghetti bolognese or shepherds pie as he hates mixed textures. Child 2 was breastfed, she was fed home pureed food. I started her on sweet potatoe puree and pureed apricots, she ate lumps and mashed food and generally anything we ate ...  Read the complete review