.Weaning and keeping up feedsIn the early days of weaning, whilst some babies might happily devour large amounts of mushed food, most take a while to adjust to this new experience and may only be eating one of two mouthfuls of 'solids' at a sitting once or twice a day

Weaning - the basicsIf your baby is approaching her 6-month birthday, you'll be thinking about starting the weaning process. But where do you begin?Weaning your little one from milk to pureed and baby food can be a challenging transition, however

with slightly lumpier textures. And after a year, you should aim to stop pureeing foods altogether.Is your baby ready for lumps?Signs that your baby is ready to move on to more solid foods include:Taking puree from a spoon and swallowing it with minimal gagging

and thumbs in his mouth! A spoon designed especially for weaning will be softer and smaller than adult options, and means you can both focus on the task at hand - getting that food eaten!To make your life easier, we've selected a handful of the top weaning

What is weaning?This is the fun (well, mostly) process of moving your baby from a solely milk diet to a diet of milk and solid food. When can I start?The latest recommendation from the Department of Health (DoH) is that you should begin weaning your

into two stages: stage one is the initial foray into food, and lasts until about 7 months, while stage two is where your baby gets used to different textures, eventually eating much the same food as the rest of the family. Here’s stage two explained

Gill Rapley, who is the deputy director of Unicef's Baby Friendly initiative, claims that feeding babies mushed up food from a spoon is not nautral and not needed, even when they are first weaning on to 'solids'.'Baby-Led Weaning'Although some

in your baby's pooAs you would expect, once solids (even the most runny small portions of baby rice) are introduced to your baby's diet, the end product after digestion is usually much more solid.Ideally, her stools won't be super-hard (if they are think

with solid bits of food. If you're very worried about your baby choking, this may not be the method for you You need to work hard to ensure your baby is getting a wide range of nutrients at the beginning. It's easier to give your baby a wider variety

with finger foods which are either quite soft, such as small pieces of banana, well cooked carrot sticks and small bits of soft bread, or which readily dissolve, such as toast and breadsticks. As your baby gets used to biting, chewing and gumming solid bits