spoon feeding

[bobkat]

hi,

been giving freddie some baby porridge and mushed up fruit and veg the past couple of weeks and he's loving it.

he keeps grabbing the spoon though so I have to literally yank it out of his hand. i tried (perhaps stupidly) giving him another one of his spoons to hold but he then went and rammed it in his mouth and down his throat which is obviously not a good thing so i abandoned that.

can anyone recommend some finger food that he can hold on to and then chew on in between spoon fulls. he's only 5 months and i'm worried about choking - if I steamed some carrot sticks would they be soft enough?? what do you reckon.

he'll prob keep grabbing the spoon anyway, i don't mind him doing that I just don't like having to snatch it off him, seems a bit negative iykwim

 

[Zazu]

Carrot sticks should be fine, just make sure you watch him so he doesn't choke, how about broccoli, he can suck on it but it's probably a bit big to get the whole thing in his mouth? X

 

[Esoames]

I bought a Nuby food holder, it's a mesh bag that baby can hold on to and suck the food through the mesh. Isla is 4 months and loves it already. Asda do their own version for £2.50 but I'm no where near a big Asda.

 

[bobkat]

I might investigate that food bag and some rusks.

Everywhere I look there's different advice on weaning, feel like I'm making it up as I go along.

 

[Esoames]

I might investigate that food bag and some rusks.

Everywhere I look there's different advice on weaning, feel like I'm making it up as I go along.

That's what I'm doing!! Xx

 

[tinkerbell86]

glad im not the only one making it up as i go!! i think im going to start on giving h lunch next week too!

has anyone given their baby pureed food with meat in it? as i made a cottage pie and was debating whether to blend some for h?!

 

[bobkat]

not sure how old your LO is tinkerbell and I'm not really sure myself but I was going to wait until at least 6 months before meat - I don't think it purees as smoothly as fruit and veg

 

[tinkerbell86]

He's 5 months and I was going to wait till 6 months but wondered what everyone else has done!
H loves 'helping' when feeding - very messy and very annoying at times!

 

[Lacey's Mummy]

I've given charley corn beef hash puréed and he loved it but got told after their not meant to have meat until 6 months!

 

[Amy_J]

I've given charley corn beef hash puréed and he loved it but got told after their not meant to have meat until 6 months!

lol i gave marley some pureed meat (without realising i should wait 6months) too!!!! did him no harm. he loved it. (we seem to be the rebel mums lol) what i dont get is the jarred foods that say from 4months are all like cottage pie, pork casserole etc etc?! surely fresh real meat is better?!

 

[tinkerbell86]

That was my thinking amy j!!!! We ended up staying for dinner at oh's aunts and had no food for h so he went to the shop and he got grandpas sunday lunch (was all they had) and H hated it and refused to eat it. I'm not surprised it smelt disgusting! So he ended up with a rusk for dinner!

 

[Amy_J]

That was my thinking amy j!!!! We ended up staying for dinner at oh's aunts and had no food for h so he went to the shop and he got grandpas sunday lunch (was all they had) and H hated it and refused to eat it. I'm not surprised it smelt disgusting! So he ended up with a rusk for dinner!

exactly!!! if they can have meat in a jar why not proper meat cooked in a better way?! all this stuff confuses me theres soooo much conflicting information!!!! my mum said i was eating meat (real home made meat not jarred) at 5months and i was-i am fine!!!

 

[Lacey's Mummy]

I was having this exact same convo with my neighbour earlier about jar's having meat in them so why can't we use real fresh meat!!!

 

[Squeakz]

i had never thought of that ( the meat thing)!! so confusing .........you could give rice cakes as finger food as well!! x