@sara-lou, @west94, totally agree it has to be right for your baby thanks ladies x

id say go with your mumma instincts you know your lil one best :) xx

I waited until 6months with Morgan. He was happy on milk so there was no need to wean before. I started weaning Max just under 5months because he had been ill, had been off milk for weeks & had lost weight. He was also very keen to try food. Grabbing it from our hands, leaning for forward for it etc lol. He could also sit up so I was happy to try at that point.

I believe all babies may vary when their ready. I don't feel we can all go by the book. But at the same time I feel quite strongly that parents should do their research & look at their reasons for wanting to start at an early age. I hate parents weaning early to 'make them sleep longer'. This actually makes me a bit angry because their doing that for their needs & not their babies. But otherwise I think we just have to look at our baby & go by them. They soon let us know in their own way!

@west94, aw thanks Hun, things change a lot that's all my son is 13 now lol x

I started my boy on carrot purée and banana porridge, he was 12 weeks and he still eating and he's 15 weeks this Saturday @hawkie75, xx

have a look on cow and gates website they have a 5 step weaning plan and i think they have updated guidlines. it says 6months but has a video up for 4-6 months weaning aswll may help :) xx

@west94, yeah I guess if they are not satisfied you have to try something, my little girl is 13 weeks but absolutely fine at the moment, she's on anti reflux milk, I was guna aim for 16/17 weeks to start, I read that once they have doubled their birth weight they can handle it body wise, not sure if this is correct though x

when she was around 5/6 months i introduced baby pasta stars with pure veg she also done well with that considering texture ect xx

@littleelf85, yes my son ate everything in sight and started him at 16 weeks, not fussy at all. Do you think waiting contributed to your second son being fussier ?

okay yeah then it was a week after she was 3 months old, she was a very hungry baby and the hungry formula made her constipated so tried baby rice and cooled boiled water and she loved it! shes 4 now n loves her grub and healthy child xx @hawkie75

@west94, yes I mean like baby rice/cereal type things, with my son I ground down a little of a Farley'a rusk and mixed with his formula and fed him that, is there a reason you started at that time, was she displaying signs ?

do you mean introducing baby rice ect because with my DD i started at 3/4 months xx