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Posted: 16 December 2005 at 2:25pm | IP Logged

Hi bug..

Ella has no teeth either, but I'm still giving her finger foods at every meal so she gets the hang of things. I've done:

rice cakes
bread sticks
cucumber slices (quite long and thick ish - really nice on the gums!!)
cooked carrot sticks and raw carrot sticks
toast
little sandwiches
tomato (fresh)
apple
pear
banana
cauliflower (cooked florrets)
Heinz biscotti
rusks (didn't like them!!!)
pasta - cooked and cut up
cheese

It think thats it, but if I think of anymore, I'll add them in.

Oh yes, and Ella did grab a sausage off her dad's plate once but I grabbed it back in time!!!

Posted: 16 December 2005 at 3:29pm | IP Logged

lol i'm having to get the hoover out most morning's after leo's had his toast

good luck snibbug. let us know how meg get's on.

Posted: 16 December 2005 at 4:06pm | IP Logged

ive tried tom with scrambled egg a couple of times

he loves it and has been fine

no frothing at the mouth...well no more than usual

its all lumpy so he can used his wee fingers to grab n shove in his mush

ive tried all of dizies suggestions as well

Posted: 16 December 2005 at 4:35pm | IP Logged

I have tried ellen on

breadsticks, slices of bread, rice cakes, cucumber, cheese spread sandwiches.

She also loves jam on toast x

Posted: 16 December 2005 at 7:51pm | IP Logged

I have to hoover and clean the floor every day under Ella's high chair cos it all gets covered in spoons, food and what ever else she can find to throw!!!

The chair gets really grim... thank god for milton!! LOL!

I really do need to invest in more bibs with sleaves... Finger foods are great, but they go EVERYWHERE!!!

My mum came round this evening, and removed toast from my hair... nice...

Posted: 21 December 2005 at 9:13pm | IP Logged

Ryan(8mths) has eaten everything put in front of him from the 1st day. Seemed so easy when it was pureed, now I give him finger foods and any that have to be chewed he spits out. Things like apple he loves but will not swallow it.

Is it because he is too young? Really thought we had cracked this weaning lark.!!

Posted: 21 December 2005 at 9:22pm | IP Logged

Ellie loves rice cakes, rusks, biscotti, cheese spread sandwich, toast, cheese, pita bread - doesn't like banana though!

Am going to try apple and pear soon aswell as brocolli and cauliflour

Posted: 21 December 2005 at 9:26pm | IP Logged

Ella was exactly the same when I started to introduce lumps, but she gradually got there. What age was he when you started weaning?

I weaned Ella at 15 weeks as she was hungry piggy baby, and the HV suggested her dislike of lumps could be cos she'd got so used to purees.

I found that if I gave her a breadstick, and just let her get on with it, she'd eventually eat some. I've stuck with it and she is now accepting moderate lumps. Not massive ones, but we're getting there..

hope this helps xxx