If you are struggling with weaning your baby please don’t worry, you are not alone and it’s something that most parents experience.
Whether you’re worried about one of the below or have something else, there’s always somebody to help.
Common weaning concerns include:
- Choking
- Gagging
- Fussy Eaters
- What Foods To Avoid
- Why Won’t My Baby Eat Lumpy Food?
- Are They Getting Enough Food?
- How Much Milk With Food?
- How Much Water?
Where to Turn To for Weaning Advice
You can ask other parents, maybe even consider asking your parents? Mums and Dads are often your best port of call when you’re having any issues at all with your baby or toddler.
Parenting Support Groups can be a marvellous source of advice and tips, if you don’t have time to attend a group or club maybe take a look at the help that’s available online? We love following Mirna Sabbagh’s website and dual language EN/AR Instagram page for a wealth of information. Take a read on Mirna’s website to discover easily digestible information on this topic and you can followe here here @mirnasabbagh
Make Weaning Fun
Did you know that Eco Rascals was founded by two mums? We’re Kristina and Celeidh, and came together with a mutual desire to keep the majority of the food we lovingly prepare for our children off the floor! Sound familiar? By getting together we not only designed our stylish range of children’s tableware products but also learnt a thing or two about weaning. The one thing that we strive to do is make mealtimes fun. Play games, share songs and explore the food that’s being eaten together. If your baby’s plate of food looks adorable it will help to create that excitement over food that makes weaning easier.
Be a Positive Parent
No matter what type of weaning you’ve opted for ie baby-led weaning or parent-led weaning make each mealtime positive. If your little one doesn’t immediately adapt to mealtimes ensure you have plenty of healthy snacks to offer them. Smile, don’t get cross, even if there is a fair amount of mess and embrace the moments that only happen when your children are small.
Be a Positive Parent
No matter what type of weaning you’ve opted for ie baby-led weaning or parent-led weaning make each mealtime positive. If your little one doesn’t immediately adapt to mealtimes ensure you have plenty of healthy snacks to offer them. Smile, don’t get cross, even if there is a fair amount of mess and embrace the moments that only happen when your children are small.
Tricks and Tips
Make a start by choosing your little one’s favourite animal plate, be it a dinosaur, car, ladybird or one of the other fun suction plates that you find here at eco rascals. Make the food look gorgeous, you can follow us on Instagram for ideas. Find recipes that are easy and colourful, take a look here for weaning recipe inspiration.
