We gave Jamie some baby rice yesterday...he's been waking in the night for the past week and waking earlier and earlier, so we decided to go for it. Most of the rice came straight back out but I think he started to get the idea about swallowing. He still woke at 4am this morning so it certainly wasn't a miracle cure for the night waking (not that I expected it to be!)
Today I've done loads of cooking and pureeing, and I'm quite proud of my efforts (I'm a rubbish cook!) I gave Jamie some butternut squash mixed with baby rice at lunchtime and he loved it!! Kept opening his mouth for me to put more in. Tomorrow I'm going to try sweet potato and apple. Not sure whether it's too soon to move to 2 meals a day, but the Gina Ford book says it's ok to do that fairly quickly when they're close to 6 months. So I'm planning to give him lunch and tea.
It's confusing me a bit trying to work out how to fit solids in around his breastfeeds...I still don't know whether it's best to give milk first, then solids...that's what I've done so far. Gina seems to be saying that they should start reducing their milk intake quite rapidly once they pass 6 months, and upping the solids. I think it's going to take me a while to get used to giving solids and I'm going to miss the convenience of BFing while out and about...but I guess we'll get used to it!
Jamie is doing really well apart from the night waking. He's rolling loads and trying to sit up, and can sit for a couple of mins if I put him into the sitting position. His routine is a bit all over the place at the moment as we had a really busy week last week (my and my mum's birthdays) and his naps went a bit wrong. He naps really well at home and in the pushchair but it's hard to get him to sleep when we're in someone else's house.
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