Nom nom nom nom nom is about the only sound to be heard the past couple of days in our house.
Why? Because of this.....
Yes, the boy has started weaning. Two weeks earlier than the six months but I realised the other day he was really wanting food and to get stuck in and also he is just growing so much and is hungry. Getting to bang on six months was more a thing for me and my personal milestone count. He has been looking longingly at our food for a while and also now tries to grab our food when we eat. And its a different kind of grab to other non food things. He gets what its about. I realised that I needed to get over myself there and let him loose with a spoon and to get messy.
So how did it go? Brilliantly I was all set for him spitting it back out or not being sure what to do with it but lo, within a few mouthfuls he was grabbing the spoon well and aiming for his mouth and by the end of the first feed was sucking it off the spoon and swallowing it Second feed did more of the same, but was really yelling and leaning forward wanting more *now*, third he was really holding the spoon and was determind to do it himself..... and so we progressed.
So far I've stuck to baby rice (bleh) mixed with my breastmilk but I am having a hard time expressing more than a couple of ounces off. The first feed I did one spoon baby rice to 10 spoons milk. Second feed I did plus half that again and he demolished it. Third feed the same. Wolfed it down. So this pretty much uses up all my milk. He had 2 less boob feeds today. Had baby rice at 9.30am and 5.30pm. He did get offered the boob but wasn't interested on those two occasions.
Anyone offer any advice on how quickly I can up his food stuff and how quickly we could progress to three meals a day? I don't want to rush him but seeing how he has been the past two days I can tell he is loving it and just wants more. I don't plan any finger foods just yet, but have some carrot, pear and apple to cook and puree down a bit. Also a banana to mush in with baby rice.
Would I be rushing him to start with one of those tomorrow tea time? The carrot instead of baby rice? Or better to stick to baby rice for evenings and give carrot earlier. I don't want to put him on three meals a day too soon and thought I'd be building up to it gradually. I'd hoped to do breakfast and tea time with puree and stick to the boob for the rest for now. But am open to suggestions if there would be a better way to go about this.
Any tips for the coming couple of weeks before he starts into finger foods. He sucks his rice off the spoon so well already and swallows it well so am sure he'd take to other foods well. I am giving him a spoon and also holding one myself. TBH he is happy to hold the same spoon as me and he more or less puts it in his mouth. I just hold on to the end so the spoon doesn't keep going flying. But he gets messy and fingers in the bowl and so on. But he isn't interested in his fingers to taste or put the rice in his mouth. He knows the spoon is where its at Bit like his mother, he appears to be a real foodie
Some more pics of Galen having his first nom
All dressed up and ready for my first Nom!
Incoming spoon for my first mouthful of Nom
Nom nom nom nom nom
The noms are good
Why? Because of this.....
Yes, the boy has started weaning. Two weeks earlier than the six months but I realised the other day he was really wanting food and to get stuck in and also he is just growing so much and is hungry. Getting to bang on six months was more a thing for me and my personal milestone count. He has been looking longingly at our food for a while and also now tries to grab our food when we eat. And its a different kind of grab to other non food things. He gets what its about. I realised that I needed to get over myself there and let him loose with a spoon and to get messy.
So how did it go? Brilliantly I was all set for him spitting it back out or not being sure what to do with it but lo, within a few mouthfuls he was grabbing the spoon well and aiming for his mouth and by the end of the first feed was sucking it off the spoon and swallowing it Second feed did more of the same, but was really yelling and leaning forward wanting more *now*, third he was really holding the spoon and was determind to do it himself..... and so we progressed.
So far I've stuck to baby rice (bleh) mixed with my breastmilk but I am having a hard time expressing more than a couple of ounces off. The first feed I did one spoon baby rice to 10 spoons milk. Second feed I did plus half that again and he demolished it. Third feed the same. Wolfed it down. So this pretty much uses up all my milk. He had 2 less boob feeds today. Had baby rice at 9.30am and 5.30pm. He did get offered the boob but wasn't interested on those two occasions.
Anyone offer any advice on how quickly I can up his food stuff and how quickly we could progress to three meals a day? I don't want to rush him but seeing how he has been the past two days I can tell he is loving it and just wants more. I don't plan any finger foods just yet, but have some carrot, pear and apple to cook and puree down a bit. Also a banana to mush in with baby rice.
Would I be rushing him to start with one of those tomorrow tea time? The carrot instead of baby rice? Or better to stick to baby rice for evenings and give carrot earlier. I don't want to put him on three meals a day too soon and thought I'd be building up to it gradually. I'd hoped to do breakfast and tea time with puree and stick to the boob for the rest for now. But am open to suggestions if there would be a better way to go about this.
Any tips for the coming couple of weeks before he starts into finger foods. He sucks his rice off the spoon so well already and swallows it well so am sure he'd take to other foods well. I am giving him a spoon and also holding one myself. TBH he is happy to hold the same spoon as me and he more or less puts it in his mouth. I just hold on to the end so the spoon doesn't keep going flying. But he gets messy and fingers in the bowl and so on. But he isn't interested in his fingers to taste or put the rice in his mouth. He knows the spoon is where its at Bit like his mother, he appears to be a real foodie
Some more pics of Galen having his first nom
All dressed up and ready for my first Nom!
Incoming spoon for my first mouthful of Nom
Nom nom nom nom nom
The noms are good