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My daughter has been having baby rice and a bottle for her breakfast for a couple of weeks now and I think she is erady to move onto having food for other meals. I know to start of slowly and give her breakfast and a little dinner but I am confused as to how I go about giving her food and a bottle.

Do I give her a little food for the taste and still give her a full bottle? or do I do something else, I am so confused, please help me and give me advice on this and where to go from there too.

Many thanks Sara and Lilly :)

 When I started by son I would give him his full bottle then about an hour later give some food, then again my boy would eat anything so maybe just try a spoonful or two to start then slowly give more food and then slowly reduce bottle size. Well thats how we did it. Hope that helps a bit

Thanks, that helps alot. I tried her today with a lil baby food and she loved it, smacking lips together and everything. She was so cute lol.

Hi there, I dont know how old your little one is but my daughter Esme (now 6 months) was 4 months (17 weeks) when we started weaning.  I always gave Esme about half of her bottle, then gave her the first foods.  and gave her the rest of the bottle if she wanted it.  I asked my health visitor how important the food/milk balance was and she said about 50/50 so i stuck to the half bottle first for the first few weeks of food. 

we only gave Esme baby rice for about 3 days and very quickly moved onto fruit and veg.  Have you tried baby rice, its horrible!!  i couldnt give it to her again after i tasted it!!

We very quickly moved onto 3 meals a day and now she has her food first, then has her bottle.  we find this works well.  You will soon know what your baby wants/needs, best to follow their lead.  good luck with it, and dont forget to let your little one get messy, its all part of learning about food.

im really confused about this aswell! im just starting my daughter out tomorrow and needed some advice. sammywab, your advice seems to make alot of sence thank u! x