Weaning is one of those controversial topics which everyone has an opinion on. The health professionals at the moment are suggesting waiting for weaning until baby is 6 months old. However, there is also a list of criteria that can be used to see if LO is ready.
Isaac could do all these things at 19 weeks and was starting to show a lot of interest in food. At 20 weeks he grabbed some mango off my plate and ate the whole thing! At that point I decided to pursue baby led weaning as you can't get more baby led than that! Most advice was still suggesting waiting until 6 months for a child to eat.
At that point I introduced "sticks" of banana and cooked carrot once a day. He enjoyed eating and usually polished off the whole thing!
Just before 6 months old, I went to the HV who suggested that I should start 3 meals a day because he had done so well with his weight. Most babies double in weight by 6 months, he had nearly trebled!
I did this quickly and Isaac began to have what we were having. It was so easy, and now at 13 months he eats so well. I never have to worry about what to make him or to take anything out with us.
I'm a big advocate of BLW I tell everyone how easy it is and will certainly do it again should we be blessed with any more children.
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