Hello all.
I just started to wean my 6 month old. But I don’t know what to give him. I ve only been giving him rice cereal for past 12 days. Gave banana twice but he has cough and isn’t taking it well.
I am in Pakistan so all off season stuff isn’t available here.
My question is what to give him other than cereal and in what form? Baby is MA 6 .5 month old. Out of recommended fruits, The only fruit available is banana. So I m stuck.
Also how many times shud I give him. So far only gave him once and followed 250ml rule that once he takes 250ml one te then start 2nd meal etc.
Am I doing it right?
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rice cereal + banana = constipation.
I would go for vegetables like carrots, peas, spinach, sweet potato, yams, broccoli.
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Are you weaning him off breast milk or milk altogether?
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^ I think some people use the term “weaning” to mean introducing solids.
And I agree with Lusi, start with mild tasting veggies first. The list she gave is great. Also try squash. Carrots, sweet potatoes/yams, and squash are the mildest on the tummy.
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Yoghurt? Very soft cooked khichri, a few spoonfuls. At 7+ months sooji, its a great source of iron.
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Bhabi and mum made home granded baby meals
like half apple and half banana and a pear one day
next day brocolli and carots
strawberry and mango diced in little cubes
My nephew didn’t liked the white rice, so mum sometimes put some food color in it… the lill one got dazzled by the colors and did eat it 
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^^ at 6 months it has to be pureed or mashed formed, diced stuff comes a little later.
I haven’t started rice yet, I plan on starting them next week when he will be around 8 months old. Also, instead of plain white rice go for rice cooked in the sock. Add lentils, veggies, or some sort of meat to them.
Till 7.5 months I just gave him vegetables and fruits, add chicken and lamb when he was 7.5. Rice inshahAllah nest week.
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boiled mashed potatoes, infact any cooked+mashed vegetables, soups and stock, mashed rice and pasta, custard, yogurt, roti dipped in shorba/dal and gently mashed, cooked lentils and chanas(mashed), soft halwas, biscuits/rusks dipped in milk/tea
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Sorry meant mashed.. but not to much…just enough to swallow 
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Is squash kaddu or paitha?
Thank u for suggestions.
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both!