Help please I'm so confused with weaning!!

[familygirl30]

I started weaning my boy who's nearly 6 months 3 days ago,he's still having 4 somtimes 5 7oz bottles a day roughly every 4 hrs.Anyway I've tried him with a few mouthfuls of baby rice after his first morn feed around 7am ( he likes it) I'm just wondering when I introduce more foods and meals and drop milk,it's all really confusing me and I feel like I don't have a clue about it! hv no help just passed me a leaflet to read! I have made up so purred veg ready in the freezer,and I'm not wanting to do blw yet,advice would b helpful please

 

[missk1989]

I introduced solids at mealtimes just to help myself structure the process. I started with breakfast and after about a week or two introduced lunch and then dinner. I went at a pace i was comfortable with. If lo was ill i stopped and if we had a day out planned and we skipped a meal I didnt worry about it i just made sure he had enough milk before bed. I didnt drop feeds. I bf on demand and after a few weeks noticed that lo wasnt asking as often as usual. If you ff you will probably notice lo wont finish bottles. Dont stress.

 

[Laurakiaora]

Just go by baby's cues, if that makes any sense. If you try changing a schedule and it doesn't work out you can always change it back again.

We started out with a little bit of breakfast mid-morning (mashed banana, yogurt, baby porridge). After a few weeks I started giving her dinners around 5-5:30 (pureed veg mixtures). I didn't drop any milk feeds by this stage.

She naturally went down to three bottles a day (she's still on three) and we've only just really introduced a proper lunch (breakfast is still mid-morning as she still has a bottle first thing and 'lunch' before was always just snacks).