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any one tried baby led weaning???
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hi pippa's nearly 5 months old and i really like the sound of doing baby led weaning (as don't have to make puree's) but ust wondered if anyone had tried it and how it wworked in "real life".
thanks
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I have been doing blw with my little one. Personally I couldn't be bothered with the pfaff of purree-ing. It works really well - I started with lo sitting at the table with us at about 5 months and put toys on the table then at 6 months just started giving him food. I started with cooked carrot battons and green beans. He just played with them for the first week then put it in his mouth.
2 months on he loves his food and eats most things - he especially loves steak and strawberries (not expensice tastes or anything!) I have to say, it is messy - although I can't see how any baby learning to eat wouldn't be. Last night was spaghetti bolognese which he loves. I just put a washable shower curtain under his high chair (we have a tripp trapp so it pulls up to the table) and put him in a long sleeved bib and he's fine.
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Really looking forward to starting as i'm sure she'll love it
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If we are having something unsuitable (like fajitas) then I just do some new potatoes, green beans and carrots for him. I guess I could try him on fajitas to see what he thinks, he seems to like pizza with chilli oil on it!
I did this with my now 2 year old and it worked so well - it was fab - go for it.
I found a whole website about baby led weaning which was full of great ideas.
I did the whole puree thing with my first and spent hours making up batches of purees !!!!!!!!! But with the blw I could just give her bits that we were having and adapt stuff etc....
The website is good because it gives advice about choking and the best sort of sizes of things to give your baby
Good luck
http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/blog
http://www.babyledweaning.com/forum/index.php?sid=8f58db05834961962458531863c7208f
I haven't been on it yet, but it looks good xx