Hi,

I'm after some advice regarding weaning. My DD is 6 months on the 10th February and for a couple of weeks have been giving her tastes of food (broccoli, sweet potato, carrot and parnsip), but she seems to spit nearly all of it out, is this what happens in the first few weeks of weaning? She is still having all of her milk feeds. Also how long do you keep doing the tasting for? I saw the health visitor at clinic on Friday and she said that she should be on 3 meals a day in 10 days time but that seems far too soon as she is still not taking much of the food. I want to take it gradually and not rush her.

Any advice / experiences gratefully received!!

She puts it to her mouth and then proceeds to throw it on the floor!

It's telling me not to rush her. Thanks for the advice, just good to hear other people's experiences

 My hv kept telling me that my lo needed to be on 3 meals a day by 6 months too. I chose not to discuss weaning with her. We started BLW at 5 months 3 weeks and by 6 months she was eating a very small amount of food but having a fantastictime playing with food. Anything I was eating she was offered some too (within reason) I have always just gone with my instincts and taken the hv advice with a pinch of salt. 

 I highly recommend the Baby-Led Weaning book by Gill Rapley. It's very reassurring. Basically, babies don't need food for nutrition until they're one - until then, nutrition comes from milk and food is for tasting and having fun exploring with. They might eat it, might not, but that doesn't matter at this stage. My LO loved trying food, but didn't start eating big amounts until he was about 11 months and even then I would say he was 14 months before he would eat more than a couple of mouthfuls at a time. So definitely don't worry! Incidentially my HV was brilliant - she said don't spoon feed, don't worry at all about amounts, just offer him food and let him do what he wants without worrying about how much ends up in his belly. That's what I did and he loves all kinds of food now.