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Mummy to Morgan & Niamh!
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Since I posted my last thread about being scared to start weaning and not thinking Morgan was quite ready, she has changed totally... draining every 7-8oz bottle and screaming for more, wanting her bottles closer together, being extremely restless at night and not really sleeping well during the day so much either....
I know it's not a growth spurt, as she did that a couple of weeks ago, so decided that she is although we're still miles off the 6 month mark, she'll be 20 weeks old on Tuesday, so we gave the baby rice a go this evening!! (Thought I'd also better do it while i had a burst of courage!!!
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I made up one teaspoon of dry rice with some of her formula... in fact, I probably made it a little bit too runny, but was scared she might choke otherwise!!
Morgan wasn't sure with the first couple of tastes, but then she seemed to do a lot better and was even opening her mouth for the spoon!!!
She polished off the lot bless her and seemed rather chuffed with herself!
So we'll probably stick at this once a day for a fair few days and see how we get on....
....and BTW, in case anyone wants to know, our GP actually suggested we think about weaning her to help with her reflux and when I saw the HV last week, she was more than happy for us to start, especially if we could hold out to as close as 20 weeks as poss!
I've taken some pics and a video... just waiting for them to upload onto photobucket so I can post them up!!
I know it's not a growth spurt, as she did that a couple of weeks ago, so decided that she is although we're still miles off the 6 month mark, she'll be 20 weeks old on Tuesday, so we gave the baby rice a go this evening!! (Thought I'd also better do it while i had a burst of courage!!!
)I made up one teaspoon of dry rice with some of her formula... in fact, I probably made it a little bit too runny, but was scared she might choke otherwise!!
Morgan wasn't sure with the first couple of tastes, but then she seemed to do a lot better and was even opening her mouth for the spoon!!!
She polished off the lot bless her and seemed rather chuffed with herself!So we'll probably stick at this once a day for a fair few days and see how we get on....
....and BTW, in case anyone wants to know, our GP actually suggested we think about weaning her to help with her reflux and when I saw the HV last week, she was more than happy for us to start, especially if we could hold out to as close as 20 weeks as poss!
I've taken some pics and a video... just waiting for them to upload onto photobucket so I can post them up!!
Congrats! Sounds like you did everything perfectly and that Morgan really enjoyed her first meal 
