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BLW anyone?
Hi all!
We're planning on giving baby-led weaning a go, just wondered if any other April mummies were doing the same? My friend passed on this blog website which is both funny & informative - http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/blog/GettingStartedFingerFoodBasics/FingerFoodBasicsMonth1
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We're planning on giving baby-led weaning a go, just wondered if any other April mummies were doing the same? My friend passed on this blog website which is both funny & informative - http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/blog/GettingStartedFingerFoodBasics/FingerFoodBasicsMonth1
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PS - nice to see you in here Bodlondon! how are you getting on? x
I am BLW. Ok so I am a bad mummy and started a bit early (Finley is 24 weeks) but my instincts said go so I did and I have a stubborn little man who point blank refuses to be fed by me anyway.
So far it s going ok but I do sometimes think that he isnt eating enough. I am still BF and he is still only 13lbs which the HV says is fine but I am beginning to worry that he isnt getting enough because I cant see how much milk he is getting. Anyway I digress... so far we have tried rice cakes, sweet potato, cooked apple, advocado, fromage frais, parsnip, broccoli, swede and banana
He loves banana and loves having fromage frais loaded on a spoon and given to him (very messy). He tries everything but doesnt really eat very much, although his nappies tell me that he must be swallowing something.
Th only bad thing so far is that since we started he has taken to biting me when I am feeding him and not letting go almost more painful than labour
I'm just going to be led by Grace and what suits her and if that means we stay on baby rice til she's old enough for finger food that's great but if she's eager for more variation sooner I'll just go with it. She's 22 weeks tomorrow so I'm not too worried about starting a little early.
He's so huge I thought he'd want to be weaned early - just got him weighed again today and he's 19lb 4oz!!
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I'm good. A bit tired as j may be teething so he was up every hour last night. I've been hanging out in born in may as that's when j finally put in an appearance. Hope you're well
B x
Wif, with the biting thing, apparently you should push their face into your boob when they do this as it cuts off their air supply to their nose and so they release....B's done it quite a few times but he lets go himself (then I say "no" in my teacher voice and he laughs at me....!).
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Looks like another example of nhs advice being all over the place as my HV told me not to do baby rice or purees and go straight to finger food. She didn't call it BLW but that's basically what they recommended.
I'm mixing and matching I think. Til 6 months or thereabouts I'm going to do baby rice and purees and then start offering finger foods. Can't face giving her loaded spoons though - too much mess lol!!!
Btw Ruth, my friend who is a GP says 24 weeks/5.5 months is fine to start BLW. Prob best to avoid bread/dairy/strawberries for the first 2 weeks like you say but def ok to start on fruit and veg.
She seems to quite like the baby rice, she pulls some funny faces whilst she's eating it, but most of it seems to be going down!
I'm going to do a 50/50 approach which is baby rice or yoghurt for breakkie (spoon fed) and then some bits of 'stuff' for lunch i.e. breadsticks and/or cucumber/pepper with hummus on - and see how she goes.
Just cooking up butternut squash, carrot and sweet potato to puree but have also left some to roast to see how that goes as well.
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O had this self feeding thingy (not sure of the name!) but it has a handle on it and a screw on top which is like a soft mesh. You put a peice of fruit or veg in it and they can suck on it/eat it without you worrying about them choking. It's really good.
H xx
I'm chomping at the bit for her to get to 6 months so I can give her more finger foods! 3 weeks to go
Going to try steaming some broccoli tomorrow to see how that goes and may even try pasta now as she is 6 months TOMORROW. Gulp where did the time go.