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1.	How old is your child?
	6 months - 8 months
	9 months- 11 months
	1 year
	2 years
	3 years

2.	Was your child born at full term (>37 weeks)
	Yes
	No

3.	What was your child's birth weight?
	<5 Ib
	5 Ib 1 oz - 6Ib
	6 Ib 1oz - 8 Ib
	8 Ib 1 oz - 9 Ib
	>9 Ib

4.	Did you initiate breast feeding at birth?
	Yes
	No

5.	What form of milk does/did you child have?
	Breast milk
	Infant formula
	Combination of both
	Other

6.	At what age did you begin the weaning process and first introduce your child to complementary food?
	<3 months
	3-4 months
	4-6 months
	6-8 months
	8 months +

7.	What were your reasons for this?

8.	Did any of these factors influence your reasoning for starting the weaning process? Please select all appropriate
	To help the infant sleep
	Big baby so needed feeding earlier
	Instinct that the infant was hungry and not satisfied with milk
	Infant started to sit up
	Infant was beginning to show an interest in food
	Experience with a previous child

9.	What was the first food you introduced to your child?

10.	Did you introduce pureed food or solid food first?
	Pureed food
	Solid food
	Combination of both

11.	About how much of the food you give your child is homemade?
	None
	25%
	50%
	75%
	100%

12.	Were there any particular foods that you consciously avoided giving your child when you began weaning? If so what foods did you avoid

13.	What is the current recommendation from the Department of Health of when to introduce complementary food?
	3-4 months
	4-6 months
	6 months +

14.	Where did you seek information and advice about weaning? Please select all sources used
	Midwife or Health Visitor
	GP
	Family and friends
	Books, magazines and leaflets
	Internet
	Other

15.	Did you feel that you were given enough information and advice by your health visitor about starting your child on solid foods?
	Yes I was given enough information
	I was given some information but could of done with more
	No I received no information

16.	What were the difficulties (if any) you faced when you started to wean your child? Please select all appropriate
	Infant would only take certain foods
	Infant disinterested/ wouldn't take food
	Infant prefers drink
	Infant vomiting
	Infant will not eat from a spoon
	Infant does not like lumpy foods
	Problems related to infant being ill
	Food allergies

17.	Please state how strongly you agree or disagree with these statements
		Strongly agree		Agree		Neither agree nor disagree		Disagree		Strongly disagree
	My child is a fussy eater
	My child has a sweet tooth
	My child has a varied diet
	There are many mixed messages and recommendations when it comes to weaning which can be confusing for parents

18.	On a scale of 1-10 how confident overall did you feel about starting the weaning process? (1 is not at all confident and 10 is extremely confident)

19.	How old were you when you had your (youngest) child?
	18-24
	25-29
	30-34
	35+

20.	Do you smoke?
	Yes
	No
	Used to

21.	Prior to falling pregnant with your (youngest) child what form of employment were you in?
	Full time
	Part time
	Unemployed
	Full time mother
	Student
	Other

22.	What qualifications do you have? Please select highest achieved
	GCSE's
	AS/A levels
	Foundation degree
	Undergraduate degree
	Postgraduate qualifications

23.	What is your marital status?
	Single
	Cohabiting
	Married
	Separated
	Divorced
	Widowed

24.	Any other relevant comments you wish to add

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire and help with this research.