Weaning Woes

I have been introducing foods to my 6 month old daughter for the past few days.  She seems to really enjoy the tastes and is taking the food quite well.  My issue is that in the evenings she now seems so much more fussy than ever before.  I am putting it down to her wee body feeling different as she tries to digest food etc...

I am hoping it doesn't last too long, she seems so upset and uncomfortable at times, I have tried to keep her foods mild and not overwhelming her.  I am going to give it a couple of more days and see if this issue resolves itself!

As a result of her not feeling so comfy she seems to want boobie more, which I don't mind but being constantly attached to me means that I am getting less and less done each night.  It also means my son is getting less attention that he deserves. 

Here's hoping that the next few days sees this settle and that I have my content little bubba back again!

Word Pictures

I have become slightly obsessed by these word pictures.  They can be customised into different shapes, colours, words etc.... I think I am going to create some of these and print them out and mount them in my daughters new room! 

The website I created this on is tagxedo.com definitely worth a look!

6 Months - Big Week!!

We hit the 6 month Marker on Sunday 26/5 exciting things this week:

• she got her first tooth 23/5
• she's moving around backwards
• first food 26/5

It is quite scary how quickly we have reached 6 Months.  It is a bittersweet moment for me. Up until now she has been entirely Breastfed and has reached a whopping 22lb 4oz on Breast-Milk alone.  Now we are introducing foods and I guess i feel as though I am going to be made redundant! I know she still needs the milk until she's at least 1 but now I am not her main source, it's kind of sad.  I have felt so proud knowing that she has thrived and I have been her source of life for the past 6 months (plus 9 inside)

Well I am just going to have to deal with it and let my little lady grow!

Weaning!!!

Weaning is a Mine Field - Baby Led Weaning (BLW) or using the pureed methods or neither, it's scary the confusing messages there are out there.  I have done this all before, I have a 5 year old but the information available now and the methods suggested are quite daunting.

I used the purees with my son, I spent hours looking at recipes deciding which mix of fruit and veg go best together, when best to introduce new flavours and at what rate.

Now with my daughter I am torn as to which method to use.  I am going to try a mix of purees and BLW which I know is not true BLW but it is something I feel most comfortable with.

Mona-Molly turned 6 months old on Sunday past 26/5 so we started her on some foods, as per the request of hubby she had a mushed up banana with some breast milk. She loved it x Tonight I hadn't planned it but she had some bolognese i pureed it slightly and she smiled each and every time I brought the spoon near her mouth.  I did play with the idea of giving her some pasta, i had some fusilli pasta when she tried to put it all in her mouth i freaked out a little and took it from her, I am not quite ready to let her do that.

I am feeling quite positive now about the weaning process seeing how well she got on tonight.  Exciting times ahead, lots of new foods and flavours and I think it'll be good for my son too as he ate much more this evening with Mona-Molly eating the same thing and making it almost like a competition between the two of them.  I am hoping to get him to try some new foods and flavours/tastes. (maybe even me too) ;)