Introduction to solids
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Do you have a baby aged between six to twelve months? Have you started introducing solid foods?

Would you like a chance to win £30 just by completing a simple questionnaire about your experiences of introducing solid food?


This questionnaire will look at your experiences of introducing solids so far. It will ask you some general background questions about yourself and your baby, alongside questions looking at whether you breast or formula fed and your own eating habits.

You will also be asked some general background questions about yourself including your weight and your height. This information will be used to calculate a BMI (body mass index). If there are any questions you do not want to answer for any reason please just leave them blank. Similarly if you do not wish to carry on completing the questionnaire for any reason please do not continue.

There are no right or wrong answers – we are interested in your honest opinions and attitudes so please answer as truthfully as possible. Any information that you do give in the questionnaire will only be used for the purposes of the study, and will be kept confidential. You will not be identified from your answers in any way.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in contact with Amy Brown in one of the following ways:

Email: a.e.brown@swansea.ac.uk
Phone: 01792 602518
Post: Amy Brown, Department of Psychology , Swansea University, SA2 8PP

Importantly if answering any of the questions raises concerns about caring for your child in any way, or about other worries that you have, you should contact your health visitor or G.P. for further advice or support.

Please read through the following statements and select your response to each one. If you can answer yes to each question please complete the questionnaire.
1. I have read and understood the above information about the study
2. I understand that any information I give will be treated confidentially
3. I understand that I am not obliged to take part in the study and that I can withdraw at any time
4. I agree to participate in the study
The next section looks at some background information about you. Please feel free to leave any question blank.
5. Date of birth
6. Highest level of education achieved
7. Marital Status
8. Were you employed before your first child was born?
9. Have you, or will you be returning to work?
10. How old was / will your child be when you return to work (if applicable)
11. What is your occupation?
12. What is your partners occupation (if applicable)?
13. What is your approximate yearly household income?
14. Which best describes your home?
15. What is your postcode?
16. Your height
17. Your current weight
18. Your pre pregnant weight
19. How many children do you have?
20. How old is your oldest child
The next section looks at some questions about your youngest child aged between six and twelve months. Please complete it for this child if you have more than one child.
21. How old is your child
22. Is your child
23. How many weeks pregnant were you when your child was born
24. Did you have morning sickness during pregnancy? How would you rate it?
25. Did you have any complications during pregnancy? Please select all that apply
26. Did you have any problems during the labour?
27. Did you have any problems postnatally?
28. Was the birth
29. How much did you child weigh at birth
30. If you know, how much did you baby weigh at approximately ten days old (usually first health visitor visit)
31. At birth, how did you feed your baby?
32. If applicable, how long did you breastfeed for (or how long do you plan to breastfeed for)
33. How many milk feeds does your baby currently have during a day (24 hours)
34. Does your baby currently wake to feed during the night? How often on average?
35. Does your child use a dummy?
36. Approximate weight of baby now
37. Approximate weight of baby at six months
38. If you have older children did you breast or formula feed them? For how long did you breastfeed?
39. Is your baby regularly looked after by someone other than yourself such as a nursery or childminder in the week?
40. If applicable, what age did they start going there?
The next section looks at your experiences of introducing solid food to your baby. Again please answer all questions thinking about your youngest child aged 6 - 12 months if you have more than one child.
41. How many weeks old was your baby when you started when you first started to introduce solid foods?
42. What were your main reasons for choosing to introduce solids at this time?
43. What was the first food you gave them?
44. Was the first food you gave them home made eg cooked carrots or commercial baby food eg jar of apple puree or baby rice?
45. Was the first food pureed or mashed or in its whole form such as a carrot stick or slice of apple (even if chopped into sticks or pieces)?
46. At what age did you first give your baby whole food eg toast, a banana (not mashed) or a carrot stick?
47. How often during the day were they having solid foods at 6 months?
48. Can you describe a typical days food for your baby – what sort of foods do they eat, when and how much?
Baby led weaning is the process of placing foods in front of your baby and letting them feed themselves – picking the food up themselves and putting it in their mouths unassisted. This could involve them using a spoon themselves. It does not usually involve pureeing foods but can involve liquid foods such as yoghurt
49. Have you heard of baby led weaning before today?
50. If your baby is in your care how would you describe the method of feeding?

51. If applicable, if your baby is in someone else’s care e.g. nursery how would you describe the type of food they eat?
52. If your baby is in your care how would you describe the type of food they eat?
53. If applicable, if your baby is in someone else’s care e.g. nursery how would you describe the method of feeding?
54. Of the food you give your baby what proportion do you think they actually eat for example does most of it just get played with, spat out or thrown on the floor?
55. If your family sit down at the table and eat a meal does your baby sit with you too?
56. Do they eat foods from the meal you are eating even if modified eg no salt
57. If they join in the family meal time how do they eat these foods
58. What consistency is the food when you give it them
59. Are you happy with your choice of weaning style whether that is baby led or parent led?
60. In an ideal world would you be
61. Have you, or do you turn to the following for advice about weaning your baby?

Health visitor
62. GP
63. Partner
64. Mother
65. Mother in law
66. Friends in real life
67. Friends on the internet
68. Books, magazines, internet sites (not chat or discussion boards)
69. The next section looks at feeding solid foods to your baby (not milk)
70. Would you describe your baby as
71. When your child is at home how often are your responsible for feeding her?
72. How often are you responsible for deciding what your child's portion sizes are?
73. How often are you responsible for deciding if your child has eaten the right kind of foods?
74. How concerned are you about your child eating too much when you are not around her?
75. How concerned are you about your child becoming over weight?
76. I make sure that my child does not eat too many sugary foods
77. If I did not guide or regulate my child's eating, she would eat too much
78. My child should always eat all of the food given to her
79. I have to be especially careful to make sure my child eats enough
80. If my child does not want to eat I try to get her to eat anyway
81. If I did not guide or regulate my child's eating, she would eat much less than she should
82. I keep track of the amount your child eats?
83. I keep track of the type of food my child eats
84. How would you describe your weight as a child?
85. How would you describe your current weight?
86. I feel confident about giving my baby solids
87. I worry about my baby choking when she is eating solids
88. I try and make sure my baby does not get in a mess when eating solids
89. I enjoy giving my baby solids
90. The mess my baby makes when eating makes me very anxious
91. I really dislike the mess my baby makes when eating
92. I worry my baby isn’t eating enough solid food
93. I worry my baby isn’t getting enough nutrients from the solids they eat
94. Feeding my baby solids is very time consuming
95. My baby really enjoys solid foods
96. I feel very knowledgeable about introducing solids to babies
97. My baby accepted solids very easily and quickly
98. Feeding my baby solids is a stressful experience
99. I encourage my baby to eat more solids through games such as "here comes the big aeroplane" or distracting them whilst they eat
100. I have a strict day to day routine for my baby in terms of sleep times etc
101. If so, which? Please tick all that apply
102. Did you follow a set routine for your baby during the first six months e.g. set feed times and sleep times?
103. If so, which? Please tick all that apply
104. I am following a weaning plan when introducing solids to my baby eg fruit at a certain age, finger foods at another stage, certain quantities of food, set meal times etc
105. Have you followed any books for guidance on weaning routines? If so please tick all that apply
106. I read lots of parenting and baby books in general
For the next section, please think back to the first months of feeding your baby when milk was their only source of nutrition (e.g. no solid foods introduced)
107. Did you feed your baby to a schedule or on demand?
108. As your baby was growing was she/he
109. When your child was at home how often were you responsible for feeding her?
110. When your child was at home how often were you responsible for feeding her?
111. How concerned were you about your baby becoming over weight?
112. How concerned were you about your baby becoming under weight?
113. I kept track of the amount my baby drank
114. If I did not guide my baby’s feeding she would feed too much
115. I had to be especially careful to make sure my baby drank enough
116. I fed my baby whenever he/she wanted feeding
117. I tried to stretch out my babies feeds so I was feeding him/her less often
118. I tried to get my baby into a feeding routine
119. I let my baby take control of how much milk he/she drank
120. If my baby did not want to feed when I thought he/she should I tried to get her to feed anyway
121. If I did not guide or regulate my baby’s intake of milk he/she would drink less than she should
122. I thought my baby should always finish the bottle or breastfeed for a certain length of time
123. I limited my baby’s feeding
The next few sections are all about you. Please feel free to leave any question unanswered.

Below are a number of personality traits that may or may not apply to you. You should rate the extent to which the pair of traits applies to you even if one characteristic applies more strongly than the other
124. Extraverted, enthusiastic
125. Critical, quarrelsome
126. Dependable, self disciplined
127. Anxious, easily upset
128. Open to new experience, complex
129. Reserved, quiet
130. Sympathetic, warm
131. Disorganised, careless
132. Calm, emotionally stable
133. Conventional, uncreative
Below is a list of problems people sometimes have. How much has each of these problems distressed or bothered you in the last seven days including today?
134. Trouble remembering things
135. Feeling blocked in getting things done
136. Having to check and double check what you do
137. Difficulty making decisions
138. Your mind going blank
139. Trouble concentrating
140. Nervousness or shakiness inside
141. Suddenly scared for no reason
142. Feeling fearful
143. Feeling tensed or keyed up
144. Spells of terror or panic
145. Feeling so restless you couldn’t sit still
For the final part of the questionnaire please think about your own eating habits
146. If you have put on weight do you try to eat less than you usually do?
147. Do you try to eat less at mealtimes than you would like to eat?
148. How often do you refuse food or drink offered because you are concerned about your weight?
149. Do you watch exactly what you eat?
150. Do you deliberately eat foods that are slimming?
151. When you have eaten too much do you eat less than normal the following day?
152. Do you deliberatively eat less in order not to become heavier?
153. How often do you try not to eat between meals because you are watching your weight?
154. How often in the evenings do you try not to eat because you are watching your weight?
155. Do you take into account your weight with what you eat?
156. Do you have the desire to eat when you are irritated?
157. Do you take into account your weight with what you eat?
158. Do you have a desire to eat when you have nothing to do?
159. Do you have a desire to eat when you are depressed or discouraged?
160. Do you have a desire to eat when you are feeling lonely?
161. Do you have a desire to eat when somebody lets you down?
162. Do you have a desire to eat when somebody lets you down?
163. Do you have a desire to eat when you are cross?
164. Do you have a desire to eat when you are approaching something unpleasant to happen?
165. Do you get the desire to eat when you are anxious, tense or worried?
166. Do you have a desire to eat when things are going against you or when things have gone wrong?
167. Do you have a desire to eat when you are frightened?
168. Do you have a desire to eat when you are disappointed?
169. Do you have a desire to eat when you are emotionally upset?
170. Do you have a desire to eat when you are bored or restless?
171. If food tastes good to you, do you eat more than usual?
172. If food smells and looks good, do you eat more than usual?
173. If you see or smell something delicious, do you have a desire to eat it?
174. If you walk past the baker do you have the desire to buy something delicious?
175. If you walk past a snack bar or a café do you have the desire to purchase something delicious?
176. If you have something delicious to eat, do you eat it straight away?
177. If you walk past a snack bar or a café do you have the desire to purchase something delicious?
178. If you see others eating do you also have the desire to eat?
179. Can you resist eating delicious foods?
180. Do you eat more than usual when you see others eating?
181. When preparing a meal are you inclined to eat something?
This is the end of the questionnaire. Thank you very much for taking the time to complete it. Any questions please get in contact via the ways listed at the start of the questionnaire. Please remember all responses will be treated confidentially.Thank you.


Some people experience worries or concerns that arise as part of, or alongside, being a parent. It is possible that completing this questionnaire may have drawn your attention to problems you experience as a parent and/or other factors. If you feel that talking to someone might help with these problems we would strongly advise you to contact your Health Visitor or GP. If they cannot help you they should be able to put you in contact with someone who can.
182. If you would like to be entered into the draw to win £30 of High Street Shopping Vouchers please leave your contact details below.
183. We may conduct some follow up research or a similar study in the future. If you would be willing to be contacted with details of the studies as a possible future participant please fill in your contact details below. Thank you



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