Meal planning is so important for us now that we are weaning. If I don’t have a meal plan then Eleanor probably wouldn’t be fed. We’re doing baby led weaning so I have to make sure that what we’re eating is suitable for her or I have something else for her in.

We’ve been weaning for over a month now so she pretty much usually tries everything that we eat at each meal. There are still some evenings where I really want a cheeky take away or a pizza so we are working out how to fit those in too. If you want to know how we started weaning, here’s a video on Eleanor’s first foods.

My baby led weaning meal plan for a family of 3. Eleanor is 7 months old and eats mostly what we eat so it's important that I do a meal plan.

This week’s meal plan I’ve broken down into breakfast, lunch and dinner and I’ll list the latter two meals below. Breakfast is usually crumpets, marmite on toast or fruit for Eleanor. I can’t stop eating crunchy nut cornflakes so I usually end up having two small breakfasts. Anyway, here’s this weeks meal plan!

Monday 24th

Lunch: (out) Flapjack and pear

Dinner: Toad-in-the-hole, mash and broccoli

Tuesday 25th

Lunch: Cheese on toast, pear

Dinner: Pasta bolognese

Wednesday 26th

Lunch: Jacket potato and cheese

Dinner: Sausages with scrambled egg on toast

Thursday 27th

Lunch: Jacket potato and cheese

Dinner: Tuna and tomato pasta

Friday 28th

Lunch: Pinwheels

Dinner: Fishcakes with broccoli and fine beans

Saturday 29th

Lunch: Pinwheels

Dinner: Homemade pizza

Sunday 30th

Lunch: Chicken curry

Dinner: n/a

My baby led weaning meal plan for a family of 3. Eleanor is 7 months old and eats mostly what we eat so it's important that I do a meal plan.

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I’ve found since we started weaning that we’ve become a bit healthier. And also we’ve saved money. We’re not always buying ready meals anymore as I’m cooking everything from scratch. You can find out what I spent in this week’s food haul video below.