with all current weaning advice, Rapley, says babies should only be given milk for their first six months. However, where most people expect to mash up a baby's first 'solids' to help the baby eat them more easily, Rapley champions the Baby-Led Weaning (BLW

Once your baby is coping well with roughly mashed food, eating without gagging on lumps, and getting to grips with finger foods, then you can start thinking about giving her 'proper' family foods that are minced, diced and chopped rather than mush

My son, Aidan, loves fruit but has some objections when he sees vegetables on his plate so I do these:1. ''hide'' vegies... I mash potatoes with carrot, stick carrots/peas inside pasta shells etc.2. Make a face out of vegies and turn eating each

in terms of one or two spoonfuls of food alongside a full milk feeding regime.Between six and 12 months, babies will make the transition from one vegetable mashed up, to combinations of fruits or veg, or even the beginnings of other meals with meat, pasta

, are very welcome additions to the shop shelves!Continuing their line of nutritious, organic recipes, the new items reflect Plum's belief that by this stage, baby food should be a little more textured (as if mashed with a fork rather than pulped in a

to swallow.Try…Pureeing your baby’s food as normal, but stopping while it still has a few lumps in it.Splitting a batch of food into two halves, pureeing one half until smooth, mashing the other half with a fork, and mixing the two

recipe from a book and just adapt it for babies, eg remove nuts, added salt etc. Em x I used to give my daughter everything we had but put it through a blender first or mashed it up.I left salt out of everything and it doesnt take a minute to take a bit

Hello I am new to these forums and I was wondering if anyone has any healthy ideas for meals for feeding my 18 month old daughter , she eats with her hands mostly,I have tried things like mashed potato and scrambled eggs etc. Thank You Marks

in the fridge.8. Fishcakes made from mashed potato, mashed up fished and mashed up cooked broccoli and fried into patties are are tasty way of getting fish and vegetables into your little one9. If you've got the time (or your own breadmaker) experiment

either organix porridge or baby muslie that I get in the health food shop is really nice and filling I had some pureed fruit apple and pear and he eats the lot. Tracey and Luca Weetabix with mashed banana and hot milk or porridge with pureed fruit seems