I don’t usually post this sort of thing but it was something I googled quite a lot in the lead up to Florence’s first nasal Flu Vaccine and frankly I was none the wiser by the time the appointment came around. Florence is quite wary […]
Hallowe’en. It is the marmite holiday of our time and people seem to either love it or hate it. Personally I love it as for me, it signifies the start of my favourite time of year. These magical few months It’s always been a big […]
We’ve reached one of my favourite stages of the baby days. The squishy newborn days are behind us for now and now that William has reached 6 months we’ve moved on to weaning! In truth, we started weaning a little earlier than 6 months – probably around 5 months as he is just such a hungry little thing. I find it so rewarding cooking and preparing new meals with new flavours for a baby and watching them discover a whole new world of food!
We started with baby rice, watered down a little more than advised as he was still younger than the recommended 6 months and that’s just what the Health Visitor had told us to do when we weaned Florence early. He had this maybe every other day to start with and then we introduced some Ella’s Kitchen fruit pouches / homemade fruit purees on the days in between as he began to get used to eating a bit more.
Once he turned 6 months I started to introduce a second meal each day with one of those being predominantly finger foods – cheese sticks, par boiled carrot sticks, cucumber, toast soldiers for example. He devoured everything I gave him within moments bless him and so before long we moved up to three meals per day.
He now has porridge every morning for breakfast, sometimes with a crust of Florence’s toast he can munch on between spoonfuls.
For lunch, he generally has a baby version of whatever Florence and I are having. A sandwich and some veggie / fruit sticks always goes down well, or sometimes we have pasta with grated cheese which he loves too. Both littles tend to have a yogurt with their lunch too. 
When it comes to dinner, unless what we’re having isn’t particularly baby friendly again he has a version of what I am serving up for everyone else. He’s had home cooked bolognese, a roast dinner, mashed potato & brocolli, noodles, even a very mild curry and loved it all! If what’s on the menu isn’t suitable for him or we are eating later than he needs dinner, I turn to a baby food jar or pouch. After dinner he’ll tend to have some fruit purree or baby banana custard.
I’ve taken a lot more of a baby led approach this time around while still using some purees to fill in the gaps or rely on when I just need to grab something quick for him. One thing I did forget is just how messy weaning is! Even a few bits of plain pasta leads to a whole host of mess so we either cover him with a giant muslin or strip him down completely.
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It’s something I’ve been considering for some time, switching from disposable to reusable nappies.
I figured even if I used one cloth nappy per day, it was 7 less disposables ending up in landfill each week, 365 every year. And when you put it like that, it seems more than worth it doesn’t it? Imagine a pile of 365 nappies!
We started small. I bought an initial bundle of 3 nappies from Baba + Boo and then one more for William’s Easter Basket as well as a little pack of washable liners.
I was really excited to get started so put William in one the day they arrived. They were much easier to put on than I thought and actually looked super comfortable. He was still a bit teeny at that point so I put it on the smallest setting using the adjustable poppers.
I was so worried he’d poop (I SO wasn’t ready for that just yet) so I changed him after 2 hours, wrapping the nappy, liners & inserts all up together the way you would a disposable and using the Velcro tabs to close it up.
The washing of them though just seemed a whole new level of daunting and so despite weeks passing by they just sat there in the little lidded bin I bought for them until this weekend when I bit the bullet and popped them in the wash. I had been so worried about ruining them but really needn’t have been. I put them on a cold rinse, then on a 40 degree wash and then another rinse. They were absolutely fine! To dry them, I hung them on the line and ta-dah! All done. Oh my, so easy.
With them all ready and washed I decided to try a whole day with them today and it went so well. We even ventured out of the house AND finally tackled a poopy nappy.
After such a positive day, I’m now even more determined to go cloth full time and start reducing the impact we make on the planet with each nappy change. Do you use cloth nappies? Or are you tempted to? I’d love to know your thoughts, experiences & tips if you have any in the comments below!
I’ve been giving this post a lot of thought over the last few weeks and while some parts might be a bit TMI I wanted to share my experiences in the weeks following William’s birth as some things came as a bit of a surprise […]
Despite my best intentions, I didn’t get around to finishing or publishing your three week update last week so instead, I’ve combined both your 3 & 4 week update in todays post. You’re four weeks old. A whole month old. It feels like you’ve been […]
