Hi, I'm Jenny but I'm more often called 'daddy' by my confused 2 year old daughter lol. I'm also mummy to my 5 month old son called Morgan. Both my babies were born with dairy and soya allergies and I found weaning my daughter very intimidating, so knowing there are many parents out there that are in similar positions I feel compelled to share Morgans' great weaning adventure with you.
Day 1
After seeing my mini man staring at anyone that was eating and watching his chubby little hands waving around trying to steal food from us, I think he may be ready for something a bit more than milk. I've started him on a little baby rice made up with his formula. I'm beginning with a lunch time meal but may move it around depending on how he goes.
The first spoonful of rice was quite something, realising he was being fed something a little substantial, he tried to grab the spoon with both hands and was furiously sucking the rice off the spoon. I was in fits of laughter watching him!!! It felt cruel only allowing him a few spoons of something he so clearly loved but I don't want to push my luck on the first day and he still had a bottle to finish.
Tomorrow, I'll offer him a little more and see what he makes of it.
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- weaning with allergies
- I'm mummy to 2 gorgeous babies. DD is 2 years old and DS is 7 months. Both babies have reflux and food allergies. Weaning my daughter was a traumatic, lonely and frightening experience as despite having food allergies myself, how on earth do I wean a baby with allergies?? Now I'm weaning again, I'm so much more confident. It has prompted me to share our journey with you so parents and carers dealing with food allergies can be assured they are not alone.
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