I'm really having a giggle at this
My DS was the same. I was absolutely sure I would wait until he was the full 6 months but at 5.5 months I could n't take it any more. I was litteraly losing weight because I could never eat. He could have just had his FILL of milk (I'd feed him first to make sure he wasn't hungry) and then bring my lunch in and he would SCREAM like I had not fed him in months. When I did start giving him solids he ate like he had been starved for the first 5 months of his life.
My advice:
- never eat a snack or meal that he cannot eat. It just isn't worth the screaming. If you need a fix of junk food or take out food save it for nap time or after BT - the screaming reduces with this method.
- every time you eat give him some food. You might be able to get away with an alternative (eg toast and butter whilst you have toast and jam) but chances are you won't, he'll spot the difference. So alter your shopping and cooking accordingly. Stop cooking with salt, honey, sugar, whole nuts etc. Chop veggies into batons to steam or wedges to oven bake which are easily picked up as finger food. If you make curry or chilli spit the serving for LO to have the 'same' then add extra spice to the adult version for you and DH. These are just examples, maybe you already have altered your cooking for LO.
- make a few batches of fruit or veggie pancakes, mini muffins, lentil burgers and shove them in the freezer for standby food. Pancakes defrost in just a few hours and are great for taking out and about for meal for snacks for example.
- When you eat as a family serve LO the same and let him pick it up and eat it himself whether it is chunks of food or a pile or mash which he grabs by the fist full. Finger foods are advised to be introduced at 6 months even with traditional puree weaning. This way you get to eat at the same time.
- be prepared to wash down baby, high chair, table and floor after each meal. it is worth it, I promise. The fun you will have watching him far outweighs the mess he'll make.
And yes, I felt like I was constantly feeding DS at 6 months. It wasn't a case of starting one meal per day here, by day 2 or 3 we were on 3 meals I think and a couple of months later snacks too. It does feel a bit crazy to be feeding every 2hrs when they have been able to go 4 hrs between milk feeds before, but it will settle down. I don't mean he will eat less (although he's bound to get a fussy stage at some point) but the whole routine will settle and not be quite so demanding on you.
hope something here helps.
