i soo can't b bothered with weaning my daughter , am i a terrible mum?

[rainbow83]

so the lo is now 6 and a half months old.

Tried a bit of blw but most of it ended up squished in her hand, or on the floor/ highchair tray. she has 4 teeth so she can cut up apple etc in her mouth and then gags and sometimes bits get stuck (they sit at the back of her tongue and she cries and wont swallow) and she looks really uncomfortable and so i have to pry them out. what a bother.

so tried some puree which she couldnt care less about. atleast she got a bit excited about normal food despite not eating it.

shall i just not bother then?
i feel awful because some 6 month olds have tried tons of things and are having things like breakfast whilst dd is being breastfed all the time. I'm worried she wont eat at all if i delay it too much. what do you all think?

[CorrieDale]

Leave it o her, I think. She will eat when she's ready - there is no weaning window. Mind you, i'd steer clear of your HV atm. Some of them are obsessed with weaning!

[mawbroon]

I would just give her the odd bit of banana or something to chew on now and again. She'll eat when she's ready and no point in giving yourself extra work preparing food for her to chuck on the floor.

Leaving her to find out about eating in her own time is not being a terrible mum!!

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

just go with the flow! at lesat you'll be spared those HORRIBLE nappies for a while!

[WanderingTrelawney]

Agree with CorrieDale and mawbroon - especially about avoiding your HV and you not being a terrible mum.

Let her play with food for a bit, she'll tuck in when she feels like it.

[NineUnlikelyTales]

I took a break from weaning DS after he lost interest at 7m. I just stopped offering him much and stopped caring whether he took it - just gave him the odd chunk of banana, toast etc. Lo and behold he developed an interest in his own good time and now eats anything and everything (except broccoli). He is 11m.

Oh, and those babies who are eating 3 meals a day now and eat anything won't necessarily stay that way. Most of the babies we know took to solids quicker than DS but now many of them are fussier and won't take lumps, don't like anything except bread etc.

[terramum]

I felt the same with DS when he as little. We started BLW with some gusto at 29 weeks...but then I got lazy & he wasn't that bothered about eating anything after the initial excitement so I didn't bother giving him much until he was nearer 8-8.5 months....doesn't seem to have affected him much - he is 3 now & eats everything than isn't pinned down or out of reach (& even then he just moves a chair so he can reach it! )

[Lorayn]

Its actually better for your babies stomach to put off weaning for as long as possible, You'll know when shes ready, You wouldn't expect someone to shove food down your throat when you just wanted a cup of tea would you!!!!!
As long as she is happy, thats all that matters.

[hana]

dd3 didn't start on solids until she was baout 7m. I was too lazy and itw was easier for me. She's nearly 11 m now and loves to eat - everything! they have a lifetime to eat, a few more weeks won't make a difference I don't believe

[IntergalacticWalrus]

DS1 was 9 months before he ate anything. Don;t worry.

FWIW< I hated all that weaning shite. I used to find it nmind numbingly dull spooning all that food into my babies mouth.

[trixymalixy]

Rainbow, my DS is just over 6 months and I have tried a bit of spoon feeding and BLW.

Spoon feeding he just clamps his mouth shut and won't let me put it in his mouth and BLW he just waves the food around and rubs it in his hair.

i feel a bit under pressure when other people with Los the same age have them on 3 meals a day, but it's so much easier and cleaner to just keep breastfeeding that I really can't face weaning.