My 6.5-month-old son now wants milk more than solids at his meals My son has recently begun to be difficult to feed at lunchtime. For three weeks now, he will not give up his milk at lunchtime. We are down to 5oz, but he refuses his solids and cries throughout lunch for his bottle. He is not content to just have some of it between spoonfuls. He does eat the solids, but is very unhappy throughout. I have tried feeding him earlier, and giving him a mid-morning snack in case he was just too hungry to wait for solids to fill him up; neither worked. Now, he is beginning to…

Should I speed up the weaning process now my son is 6 months old? I started weaning my son at 4.5 months according to the guidelines in Gina’s weaning book, and he took to all the solids I introduced (the “first foods” as stated) very well. However, I took him on holiday to America for 3 weeks (we have just returned) and while I did continue feeding him solids to keep him interested, after making sure he had had a full breast feed before each “meal” , I didn’t venture beyond the “first foods” which are baby rice, pear, apple, carrot, sweet potato, green bean and courgette. He has been…

My 7-month-old daughter seems hungry and irritable before lunch and tea time My 7-month-old daughter has been feeding and sleeping well on the CLB routine. However, she does seem to get very irritable and hungry well before her feed times at 11.30am and 5.30pm. She seems satisfied after each meal, so I am not sure whether I should also be giving her snacks between meals. At present she is being weaned from the breast, recently dropping the 11 and 2pm feeds. At breakfast she takes 2 tbsp porridge or small unsweetened yoghurt, half a banana or 2 cubes of apple/pear and approx 6oz milk. Lunch is 5 cubes of vegetables…

What finger foods can I give to a 8-month-old baby with no teeth and a possible wheat allergy? As my husband had a severe wheat intolerance as a child (almost fatal!), we waited until 9 months before introducing gluten to my older son’s diet, and will do the same with my 8-month-old baby. However, this restricts the finger foods we can give him. My older son (4 years old), was very slow to accept textured food, or lumps, and his brother is showing signs of going the same way. I’ve tried introducing fruit: pieces of banana, melon, raspberries etc, and he is very keen, but he invariably gags, often bringing…

My 8 month daughter still wakes at night for a feed. Is she really hungry? My daughter who is just 8 months is still waking for a feed in the night. Can she really still be hungry at this age? We started the CLB routines from week 1, but she has never consistently slept through the night. However we dropped the 10/10.30pm feed at 4 months, as she was still waking up again for another feed before 7am. We found that if we let her sleep, she would only wake up once in the night before 7am. We felt that this was acceptable to us, and we honestly thought that…

How do I adjust the routines for teatime so my husband can still enjoy putting our 7mth old daughter to bed at 8pm? My daughter is very much a contented baby, thanks to your routines. She is now 7 months and is about to start the second weaning stage where protein will be introduced at lunch time. My issue is that my husband leaves the house at 7am and does not return until 7pm. If I put my daughter to bed at 7pm he will not see her until the weekend which is not acceptable to us. Up until now my daughter has been feeding and sleeping according to the…

My daughter of 6.5mths has begun to wake in the night wanting a feed since starting solids I started giving my daughter solids when 6 months following Norwegian guidelines. Since starting solids she first started to wake up more often at night, about 3-4 times per night. Now she is back on twice. We decided to drop the afternoon nap after she took almost 45 minutes to fall asleep, if she did at all. Now she is really tired and grumpy from 4.30 instead. She also wakes earlier in the morning now since dropping the afternoon nap. But our main problem is that she hates eating solids. I have tried…

Since starting second stage weaning with my twins of 7.5mths I am concerned that I am losing the routines and they seem to be eating less Since starting second stage weaning three weeks ago the routine is going completely wrong. I did initially start with organic baby food jars as we moved from the USA to the UK and then stayed in various places before settling down. The last two weeks I have made their own food. The twins were 6 weeks early so I use their adjusted age for weaning. Both babies seem to be able to take much breakfast. I have tried tier feeding, solids first, full bottle…

At 7mths my son is refusing to eat is his tea at 5pm which is causing him to wake up hungry in the night I have been trying to move tea to 5pm, but finding it difficult to find anything my 7mth old son will eat at this time of day. I have tried thick soups, pasta with sauce; jacket/mashed potato with various toppings, baby rice with vegetables mixed in. He eats really well at other times of the day, but at tea time just screams and has now begun to wake up in the night hungry. It was 4 times in the last week – he had been sleeping…

My baby is nearly seven months and weighs 7.7kgs. We introduced breakfast when he was six months, gradually increasing it to 4.5teaspoons of cereal with fruit puree. However, over the last few days he has absolutely refused solids at breakfast, and his milk intake has also dropped My baby is nearly seven months and weighs 7.7kgs. We introduced breakfast when he was six months and have managed to gradually increase the amount of gluten free oat cereal to 4/5 teaspoons with fruit puree. However for the last few days he has absolutely refused his solids at breakfast and his milk intake has also dropped too. Today I managed to get…