How to wean at 6 months?

[wenyihsu]

My son had a mild case of eczema when he was 3 months old so when he first tried formula (at 5.5 months), we only tried hypo-allergenic ones. He tried Nestle Nan-one, and Peptid. He wouldn't take any of these two even when I mixed it up with breastmilk. Finally he drank Meiji (hypoallergenic version). You can probably also ask your pediatrician cause they normally have smaller trial packs at their office.
In terms of book, I highly recommend Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron. I've never seen it in HK but you can order it from Amazon. It's an excellent book that covers you up until they are toddlers:thanks:thanks

 

[rani]

Thanks Nashua852. We normally place book orders to our US warehouse every Mon/Tues and the shipment arrives in a week.

 

[joyofliving]

Hi Rani,
Gina Ford's "The Contended Little Baby Book of Weaning" seems to be out of stock at ShopHK. Any idea when will it be available?
Thanks.

 

[rani]

I think we have 1 copy left. Will check and get back to you later today.

 

[mummymoo]

Dear Geomum,

One thing I have heard that sometimes works is to use a breast shield when breast feeding your baby so that she becomes used to the silicone feel of a teat, which may ease her towards the bottle.

I, too, highly recommend the Gina Ford book but agree with Sherwes, take from it the main points, adapt it to your baby and ignore the rest, you would become very obsessive, compulsive if you followed her regime religiously.

Finally with regards to formula, I use S26 by Wyeth and my baby loves it, but it is not sold in the US as it is slightly higher in calories (as per the Wyeth representative).