I’ve just started weaning 4 month Abigail and she won’t eat anything but pear I have just started to wean Abigail (I started 7 days ago), but I can’t get her to eat anything but pear. She will eat baby rice only with pear in it. I’ve tried her with carrot, but she won’t eat […]
Continue ReadingAt what age should I wean my five-month-old twins who were born prematurely? My twin girls will be six months old at the end of this month, but since they were born two months prematurely, I’m not sure when to start weaning. They weigh around 6.5-7kg at the moment and their daily milk intake is […]
Continue ReadingI am concerned my 5 month daughter will start to wake up in the night, as her milk intake has been going down since starting nursery. My daughter, who is just over five months and weighs 5.8 kilos, has just started day care. She seems happy there, but her routine is not always followed, and […]
Continue ReadingWhy does Gina advise introducing first solids at the 11am feed? Many of my friends who have weaned their babies started doing so after the first feed in the morning or after the 2/2.30 pm feed? To establish a healthy pattern of three solid meals a day, it is important that milk and solids are […]
Continue ReadingAm I overfeeding my 5-month-old baby? I am concerned that I am overfeeding my five-month-old daughter. I was been advised to start her on solids, but am getting confused about how much I should feed her and when. She is eating about two tablespoonfuls of vegetables and fruit twice a day. She weighs over fifteen […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s the right consistency for baby rice? I have a question regarding the preparation of pure organic baby rice, as suggested in Gina’s book The Little Contented Baby Book of Weaning. I live in Denmark and here you can only purchase pure organic baby flour, which you then prepare yourself. On the package it is […]
Continue ReadingI’ve introduced baby rice and would like to drop the 4am feed for my 5 month baby My daughter is 5 months old with a brother of nearly six years. She weighed 2.1kilos at birth and now weighs 7 kilos. She has always been fed by bottle as she was in an incubator for a […]
Continue ReadingMy son is 19 weeks and has suddenly and drastically reduced his milk intake My 19-week old son sleeps well at night (from about 8pm to 7am), although I have to wake him and give him a full feed at 10-11pm. The problem is that up until three weeks ago he was taking 6-7 oz […]
Continue ReadingIs twenty weeks too early to introduce protein? I just wondered if there is anyone there who can give advice on starting protein. I weaned my very large son (9.9lb at birth, and 14.5lb at 8 weeks!) early. We started on Gina’s weaning guide at 13 weeks rather than 4 months as he was going […]
Continue ReadingAlthough I weaned Jack at 17 weeks, he still wakes for milk in the night My son weighs 15lb 10oz. He has been formula-fed since the age of 16 weeks and l started weaning at 17 weeks. Jack has never slept through the night. He wakes between 3-4am and l usually give him a 3oz […]
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