Member Advice on Baby Food

Weaning is a very exciting milestone for parents and babies, but some parents find this time to be a little daunting too. Weaning is a gradual process that requires time and patience. The weaning experience is different with every child. It is always a good time to start when you and your baby are in good health, and are feeling relaxed. It is also best to delay the weaning process if your baby is adapting to anything else such as teething. Health experts recommend that you wait until your baby has reached 6 months of age, to prevent your baby from getting allergies, and because a baby's ... more

With 'Baby Food' being such a huge topic and with much advice being available from health visitors and reference books, I thought in this review I would just take a look at one of my favourite readymade products and then just give some brief advice on foods to concentrate on as you wean your baby over the first 12 months. It is important to remember that breast or formula milk still has a huge part to play in your baby's diet over the first 12 months and that heavily sugared products should be avoided. Extra drinks can be given as cooled boiled water up until the age of 6 months and after that ... more

I am no expert on baby or any food come to that but this is about baby food hints n tips. I am a mum so have fed my children since they have been babies, it was different both times for different reasons. When my eldest was little the time for weaning was about 4 months now they say 6 months, years ago it was 3 months and when I was a baby it was probably about 8 weeks as they certainly starting weaning as soon as they could. I started weaning both mine before the recommended age but the world health organisation recommend 6 months because they worry that the baby won't get enough nutrients ... more

Every new mum will know how daunting it is just thinking about feeding your baby nutritious meals that you have prepared yourself! Finding out what they like and what they don't,they always let you know in the end either by crying or turning there little noses up at it or plain old projectile vomiting(yuck)! When I first started to wean my son he was great,not to fussy and loved things like pureed carrots and parsnips.These are great as they are naturally sweet for baby who tend to like sweet things!But try not to add sugar to anything as this will lead to a sweet tooth. I used to give pureed ... more

I found it easier to feed my daughter and my son before her from ice cube trays, these are a god send, I think I read it in a baby magazine first then someone else suggested it, maybe the health visitor, but if it makes life easier then its worth trying. So what to put in the miraculous objects?? Answer is anything (apart from Bananas as they don't freeze once mashed). This also depends on your babies age and what they have tried already. So starting from 4 months onwards, as it is not recommend to give solids before this age, you can give apple, pear Banana and Papaya and the trick is to make ... more