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age and BLW...
Hi everybody, hope you're well and had a nice Christmas.
Since being pregnant with Finley I've had my heart set on doing BLW with him. He's now 8days shy of 5months old. I got Gill Rapley's book about BLW for Christmas, and have already read it from cover to cover!
I just got a little confused about the age guidelines. Now, I'm aware of the general 6month rule for weaning, and all of the reasons/research behind it. The book also states through and through to begin BLW at 6months. One phrase in the book (don't have it to hand to quote directly) was along the lines of "watch the baby not the calendar". And it gave a couple of pointers for when baby would be ready to begin experimenting with food such as sitting unaided and being able to reach for food of their own accord and bring it to their mouths.
Now, Finley can do both of these things, has more than doubled his birth weight and has lost his tongue thrust etc. If I were going down the other weaning route, ie, purees, I would definately be waiting longer. However because with BLW he won't actually be EATING the food to begin with, is it ok to offer him bits on his high chair now for him to simply play with and experiment with?? I figured since in general it takes a couple of months for babies to begin chewing and swallowing the food, he will be over 6months when he begins to do this is I allow him to have foody play times now. Am I just getting the wrong end of the stick? I'm a bit confused.... what do you all think? XX
Since being pregnant with Finley I've had my heart set on doing BLW with him. He's now 8days shy of 5months old. I got Gill Rapley's book about BLW for Christmas, and have already read it from cover to cover!
I just got a little confused about the age guidelines. Now, I'm aware of the general 6month rule for weaning, and all of the reasons/research behind it. The book also states through and through to begin BLW at 6months. One phrase in the book (don't have it to hand to quote directly) was along the lines of "watch the baby not the calendar". And it gave a couple of pointers for when baby would be ready to begin experimenting with food such as sitting unaided and being able to reach for food of their own accord and bring it to their mouths.
Now, Finley can do both of these things, has more than doubled his birth weight and has lost his tongue thrust etc. If I were going down the other weaning route, ie, purees, I would definately be waiting longer. However because with BLW he won't actually be EATING the food to begin with, is it ok to offer him bits on his high chair now for him to simply play with and experiment with?? I figured since in general it takes a couple of months for babies to begin chewing and swallowing the food, he will be over 6months when he begins to do this is I allow him to have foody play times now. Am I just getting the wrong end of the stick? I'm a bit confused.... what do you all think? XX
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So I say go for it!
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daddy was mildly horrified when i gave his 6 month old sandwiches as he didn't understand BLW but i wanted to do it so we persevered and he loves that now we can plonk her in her booster seat and she'll eat almost anything she's given. our only problem is should we be in a hurry and need to spoon feed she doesn't like it and still tried to eat with her hands...daddy gets very annoyed but i thinkit's so cute!
Hello, just seen this, my LO is 1 year old, eat breakfast from a spoon (which I feed) and dinner but tea time refuses to be spoon fed so ive been giving her hotdogs, pasta, chicken, veg, fish bites etc, but i feel like im giving her the same things, any advice on meals she can feed herself? x