The Joys of weaning babies

At the moment we are weaning my 4 month old baby Scarlett, its very entertaining!!! They say its best to start weaning at 6 months and to leave it as late as possible but i just couldnt wait to see her eat REAL food!! I have no idea why they now suggest later as before they used to say anytime between 4 and 6 months, and it never did my Liam any harm or anyone else i have known!! We started her on Baby rice which only lasted a couple of days, then we moved onto banana cereal which she absolutely loves and now she wont touch the baby rice...so that was a waste of £1.50 lol!! Its okay though good tip is to add it to anything you by mistake make too runny!!

Lunch and Dinner

We then moved onto Sweet potato which was soooooo simple to do...i just baked it in the oven for about an hour whilst i was cooking a roast for us. Then once it was done and cooled i peeled the skin threw this away (im sure you could do more with the skin but im not that clever!) mushed up the inside and mixed it with a little of Scarletts milk and VOILA dinner/lunch for 6 portions!! To store i placed in ice cube trays and froze!! no need for these expensive baby food holder trays or bowls!! Just make sure nothings on top to contaminare...you could always place in a freezer bag to protect it!!

I have also made up Parsnip which was really easy...i steamed in the microwave (this keeps nutrients over boiling). Once it was Cooled again i whizzed in a food blender added some milk again and froze like before...this gave me 4 portions from 1 parsnip...this is mine and her favorite as it s very sweet for her plus doesnt stain as badly as sweet potato :-)

My next idea was Carrot and Brocolli, this i was making for us anyway...i just had to make sure i didnt add anything like salt etc as you mustn't give babies added salt at all. Once bolied i whizzed up all together and placed again in an ice tray :-) so simple.

Puddings i decided to leave but i have given her mini yoghurts which she doesnt mind buti think it is a weird sensation as shes used to everyhting being warmed :-) bless..her face is sooo adorable!

I am on my 2nd week of weaning Scarlett and grateful for any tips anybady has to share :-)