It feels like we may be getting somewhere only to take two steps back at the next spoonful. I think it is more their cup of tea. I thought long and hard about starting solids as Ashlee and Ethan were 8 weeks pre-term, there is not a lot of literature on the subject. I had always corrected Ashlee and Ethan's age and was going to do so for starting solids but have since changed my mind. I am feeling a bit out in the cold.
Iron deficiency is the biggest problem for otherwise healthy babies in a western culture.
Eventually I came to the conclusion that seeing as we are 6 months from birth we should be eating extra iron. Apart from all that we amazingly have a routine worked out, through a lot of trial, error and compromise on my part and it is wonderful. I think we found routines hard to start as Ashlee and Ethan didn't need so many baths, they didn't need to be changed into nighttime clothes and we demand fed, our solid feeding is more scheduled at the moment.