weaning

[Aggie]

My girls were so careful introducing solids and letting them taste all different flavours , now one will eat any thing an other is sooooooooo faddy , third is sensitive to everything and her eczema flares up if her diet isn't strictly adhered to , so it is true they are all different

[GrannyHaggis]

GS is allergic to eggs and when Mum suggested he try a little bit to see if he was OK with them now, he told her that he couldn't try them now, but would try when he was 5(in a few months time) ! He seems to think that when he starts school everything is going to change for the better!
GrannyHaggis

[Granny Goggins]

Originally Posted by GrannyHaggis

GS is allergic to eggs and when Mum suggested he try a little bit to see if he was OK with them now, he told her that he couldn't try them now, but would try when he was 5(in a few months time) ! He seems to think that when he starts school everything is going to change for the better!
GrannyHaggis

Lets hope he is not disappointed then GrannyHaggis.

[Craftynanna]

Hi Irene. My daughter has a 12 month old son and she was advised to do the BLW. He is now off formula but seems to be eating very little apart from yogurt. He pushes away the spoon before he tries things. We look after him 3 days a week at present and my daughter sends his 'lunch' with him. He has dry cheerios, buttered toast and banana for breakfast and then lumps of cheese, tomato, grapes and cucumber or melon followed by yogurt for lunch. We offer whole milk in a sippy cup which he refuses more often than not and most of the food that we give him ends up on the floor. Having raised 3 children the 'conventional' way ie purees and increasingly lumpy foods I am worried about our GS!! Also he only ever eats cold food. We are due to mind him full time from July and I dread having to feed him this way.

[simatmum]

My twin grandaughters have started being weaned today, having a spoonful of baby rice, which was quickly polished off. They seems to be ravenous the whole time! I can see them with a full roast dinner by the time they are one at this rate!

[tizzyb]

My eldest GS and my little pink person both eat like little piglets. Ben (our heart baby) is like a little sparrow. He will not drink anything other than plain water however you dress it up. If you could make everything look and taste like a raspberry or strawberry he would eat it otherwise it is a battle to get anything inside him. Mealtimes are a competition to see who can persuade him to eat the most. Granddad does the "I bet you can't eat ....." doesn't work. Grandma is left with the compromise "if you eat this much (scrape a little bit of food to one side of plate) you can have some ice cream and sprinkles"

[jeangenie]

Craftynanna - hi and welcome.

My neighbour (a GP) did BLW with both her children. She and her husband are real foodies and the children eat what they eat. The children both have healthy appetites and love their food. They've never tasted 'baby' food!! My DIL cooks GD's food from scratch in batches and freezes it. GD's never had baby food either, and at 19 months she eats brilliantly. Today she had Weetabix and toast and Marmite for breakfast. Lunch was Spag Bol plus yoghurt and tea was Chicken risotto and fruit. She still likes a bottle of whole milk morning and before bed but otherwise drinks water.

I think some children are just more difficult to feed than others, no matter what you do. I had one very picky eater and one who would eat anything and everything!

Jean

[simatmum]

My daughter would blend enough vegetables to sink a battleship and hide them in a tomato or cheese based sauce for the babies to have with pasta, whilst they got used to having the same meals as mum and dad. They will eat anything now, especially 'trees' (broccolli).

[GrannyHaggis]

My 2 loved cabbage and when sprouts were in season, I told them they were baby cabbages and they polished them off!
DS was always hungry and I seemed to be breast feeding more often than not. My Dad was staying with us and he suggested giving him some mashed potato. I was a bit dubious, but DS ate it all and that was him started on solids.He was much happier and I was able to have abreak from breast feeding. He refused to take a bottle and went straight from breast to cup! He was a nightmare of a child...come to think of it he's still a nightmare at 32 !
GrannyHaggis