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Too late for BLW?
Hi i hope you ladies can help as im at my witts end. DD will be 8mths tomorrow and im having such a tough time weaning. We started at nearly 6mths and she has good days and bad. I have always given her purees and finger foods as snacks.
My problem is for the last few weeks it has been such a struggle to get anything into her and im finding meal times so stressful and am starting to dread them. She is now completly refusing a spoon and lips are clamped shut if i try to feed her. Im really worrying that she is not getting enough nutrition. I spoke to the HV who said she will eat when she is hungry but this just is not happening. Weaning should be fun but we both just end up in tears!!
If i give her a sandwich she we eat some feeding herself. So am wondering if i should do BLW but is this to late to start? Im also worried i have already given her bad food habbits.
If i was to do BLW where do i start? I know you can give them anything but if i put a bowl in front of her she just throws it and if i give her a spoon she just ends up chewing on it on flicking food everywhere. I put finger foods on her high chair tray but what do i do about getting her to take from a bowl eg wetter foods?
Sorry for the long rambling post but i just dont know what to do anymore and am starting to worry that she will never eat properly.
Thanks for listening i feel slightly better already!
MicMic and Grace
xx
My problem is for the last few weeks it has been such a struggle to get anything into her and im finding meal times so stressful and am starting to dread them. She is now completly refusing a spoon and lips are clamped shut if i try to feed her. Im really worrying that she is not getting enough nutrition. I spoke to the HV who said she will eat when she is hungry but this just is not happening. Weaning should be fun but we both just end up in tears!!
If i give her a sandwich she we eat some feeding herself. So am wondering if i should do BLW but is this to late to start? Im also worried i have already given her bad food habbits.
If i was to do BLW where do i start? I know you can give them anything but if i put a bowl in front of her she just throws it and if i give her a spoon she just ends up chewing on it on flicking food everywhere. I put finger foods on her high chair tray but what do i do about getting her to take from a bowl eg wetter foods?
Sorry for the long rambling post but i just dont know what to do anymore and am starting to worry that she will never eat properly.
Thanks for listening i feel slightly better already!
MicMic and Grace
xx
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I don't see an issue with just finger foods just now...give her a week or so and then try a spoon again? I think they all come round in the end.
In all the shows I've watched about fussy eaters it's all usually down to parents 'caving in' and giving the baby what it wants..as long as you persevere, don't get worked up and stop whenever you feel a tear you'll be great. A tip to get her eating new foods is eat it with her. I sat with ds a few days ago, gave him an orage segment and I had one too..then I lifted it to my mouth and so did he so that earls for me
good luck x
I don't use bowls. Just put straight onto (disinfected) highchair tray. I mainly give dry foods. I've been getting creative with making things she can pick up and eat quite easily and I've been amazed at how quickly she has progressed. She's happily eaten things like:
Fishcakes with hidden veggies in!
Meatloaf with hidden veggies in!
Lentil Loaf
Flatbread
Chicken or beef burgers with hidden veggies in (are you noticing a theme!)
Savoury muffins and scones
Cheesy vegetable nuggets
I'm going to try wetter food like pasta and mashed potato soon and will just put that on tray for now too. My niece was fed like this for ages and now eats really well from a bowl/with cutlery so I'm not too worried. It will come.
Here is a pic of Leighton after a bowl of spag bol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Modified by: tamarabell on June 21, 2010 03:42 PM]
Love me and Erin x x x
I have taken all your advice on board and am just offering finger foods on high chair and its actually going well. Lunchtime is great she is managing to eat a sandwhich with organix crisps and cucumber and has even let me feed her a fruit pot. Breakfast and tea are coming along slowly but im sure we will get there.
I have been so laid back with Grace since having her but this weaning marlarky is really getting to me. But im now a different mummy and Grace is so much happier just playing with her food and having the freedom.
your pics are so cute thanks for posting them makes me realise that i was depriving Grace of lots of baby fun.
Mez i cant believe how much Erin has grown up.
Love a changed MicMic and Grace!!!
xxx