u/Spirited-Beautiful30

In a few weeks time when my baby will be 7 months old, we will be going on a road trip, doing 4h on Thursday, 4h on Friday, staying put for the weekend travelling around London, then 4h on Monday. All places we are staying with friends who don't have kids.

I started weaning at about 5.5 months as she was sitting up independently, bringing stuff to her mouth, interested etc etc, and we wanted to tick off some allergens ASAP given the evidence about introducing egg and peanut before 6 months for eczema prone babies - all this to say that she will be about 6 weeks into weaning, and we've moved on from vegetable fingers to more of an adaptation of what we're eating, at the moment just once a day.

It is so messy! And I just wondered if people had any suggestions for anything that can be eaten less messily?

We're planning to break driving into 2h / 2h per day with a 2h gap in the middle for breastfeeding, walking, and potentially giving her some finger food given she normally eats late morning or early afternoon.

We've tried egg/peanut/oat/celery/fish allergens so far, we're currently dairy free to see if it helps her skin but may be back on by then, and will try wheat soon so thought pancake strips might be an idea?

Tried Indian but just couldn’t get into it…

I started weaning my 6 month old two weeks ago as she was super ready for solids in terms of interest, sitting up unsupported, and loss of tongue thrust reflex.
We’ve now been through about 12 different vegetables plus eggs and peanut butter and oats and I’m now wondering what the point is in keeping preparing stuff for her vs just giving her bits of what I’d make for us anyway? Like I’m happy if we eat fishcakes one day, and another day going to roast a chicken so will give her a drumstick with skin removed, and could do bean burgers. Surely as long as I don’t add salt, and it’s mashable (eg even if solid, mashes under pressure of an adult finger) then it’s all good for her to try?

On a un bébé de 6 mois et on essaie de lui parler en français et anglais (je suis écossaise mais bilingue). On a l’habitude avant des siestes et le sommeil de nuit de lire un livre; j’en ai trois en anglais qui a une bonne rime et cadence et qui se terminent avec les personnages qui vont au lit. Est ce qu’il y en a des livres semblables en français? On serait en France pendant l’été donc je vais pouvoir passer au fnac/vinted.fr!

Merci d’avance!

I’m looking ahead to mid June when we’ll be taking a long car journey (well several, planning to drive 4h/day over 3 days) with our baby who’ll be 7 months by then. She’s very alert and curious and doesn’t sleep much during the day ( we’ll try and make at least some of the journey coincide with her napping but she only naps for 2h15 currently across 3 naps). She used to hate the car but seems ok now, but wondering if anyone has any tips on things to keep her busy /calm. I have seen some busy board things online but not sure of the age range and also some of them seem just fairly plasticky.

Trialling going off milk to see if my wee one has CMPA. But breastfeeding munchies are strong! Chocolate digestives and buttery flapjacks were previously my easy snack… any good alternatives?

My 5 month old can roll just fine back and front and has for a month or so. Last night she rolled over and slept on her tummy for the first time- we’re not concerned about that as I know the guidance is it’s fine if they do it themselves- but the issue is that she’d been sleeping so well after sleep training, but this seems to have thrown her as she was crying on and off from about 4:15am until wake up at 6.30am - my husband went in to comfort her a couple of times, but it was more protest than anything else. She might also have been bored as we had to have a day at home yesterday rather than our normal going out and about so I’m wondering if her sleep need was lower as a result. Any similar experiences?