Matt Hazell Blog

So, just finished our first week of weaning Tyler.  Her first tastes this week have been Apple, Pear and at the back end of the week Banana and she actually loved them all.  At the start of the week most of it went all over her face, bib and hair and hardly any in her mouth.

A few little tips for you – if you’re finding it hard to get your baby to open their mouth, I’ve found with Tyler, that if I give her a spoon she’ll try and put that in her mouth and when she does, I pop a little puree in.  Also, try to remember this is a “true first” for your baby, and as such you’ll need to take your time and relax.  Also, I find that if I gave Tyler half to three quarters of her milk before trying the puree then shes content and calm enough to give it go, but not too full not to want to. 

By the end of this week, she was actually beginning to open her mouth and now sucks the puree off the spoon with her top lip which is amazing and really quite funny to watch. 

However, we’ve found her developing a nappy rash with all these new foods going through her system, so Rach and I have started to give her lots of airtime over the last few days and it seems to be getting better.  

Next week we are going to try Carrots, Swede and Sweet Potato – all fantastic root vegetables.  She is getting hungry so I think next week I will introduce purees at two of her feeds.

Have to say a "Huge" thank you to Cosatto who gave us their new 3Sixti Circle highchair for Tyler – very funky looking.  Check it out at www.cosatto.com.