Stacey Solomon has recruited a nutritionist to help her hit back at trolls who criticised her for weaning her five month old son, Rex.

The 30 year old revealed on Thursday night that she had given Rex his first solid food in an adorable Instagram post.

But many aired their concerns after pointing out that Rex was a few weeks short of six months — the typical age weaning begins.

Loose Women panellist Stacey took to Instagram to shut down the critics in front of her 2.4million followers with the help of her nutritionist friends.

Charlotte Stirling-Reid of SR Nutrition has been helping Stacey prepare to move her and Joe Swash's son Rex on to solid food, blending broccoli to three different textures.

Addressing her followers on her story, Stacey said: "When I last spoke about weaning, lots of people were concerned about him not being exactly six months yet and being a few weeks off of that.

"I just thought we’d clear up some of the myths and whatever behind that."

Charlotte advised Stacey's fans: "The recommendation is around six months of age and that’s absolutely fine.

"Rex is around six months of age, he’s five and a half months, it’s fine. It’s all about looking out for the signs that they are ready."

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Stacey then asked: "And you think he's ready?" to which Charlotte replied: "Yeah, definitely.

"He can sit up for a little bit, hold his head and neck steady, he can reach out, see food and put it in his mouth all by himself, and he hasn’t got much of a tongue thrust so we are good to go."

Stacey shared pictures of Rex before and after eating the broccoli on Thursday night , and wrote: "Dinner time. And so it begins… Our weaning journey has officially started.

"First stop steamed and blended broccoli. I forgot how much fun this is.

"He absolutely loved playing with the food and his spoon, I’m not sure what he thought about the eating part. his face when he ate it was the funniest thing ever (in the second picture).

"I cant wait to introduce loads of different foods and have him at the dinner table with us.

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"Well done Rexy we love you to the moon and back. And thank @sr_nutrition for giving me the best advise and for being here on such a special day."

She also shared plenty of videos, including one where she puts the spoon of broccoli in Rex’s mouth for the first time and he pulls a face, leading to laughter from his dad Joe and older brothers.

Stacey’s fans sent her and Rex plenty of messages of support as one person said: "Someone is not impressed with broccoli. Bless him so cute."

Others said: "Love it, well done rex best boy xx" and: "He is Joes double!! Happy eating wee man!!"

And another new mum wrote: "Stacey, just wanted to say I love watching your stories. I’m a first time mum to a 7month old Theo & we are going through the weaning stage & I can relate to a lot of the mummy activities you post about.

"Your stories make me LOL on those long, sleep deprived days so thank you. Xx"

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