Baby led weaning

[Nomadess]

Leah when did you start with lentils?

[Peekaboo]

About a week ago , but only because I didn't think about them, lol. They're great for fine motor skills, too.

[Mummamia]

leah - (poor girl I will have so many questions for you!!!) did you start you little one at 6 months?

what were some of the first things she was eating and what age would this have been - testing your memory now

[Peekaboo]

Originally Posted by Mummamia

leah - (poor girl I will have so many questions for you!!!) did you start you little one at 6 months?

what were some of the first things she was eating and what age would this have been - testing your memory now

We waited until 6 months. Most babies are ready for finger foods by then, so you forget about purees. Avocado first, then around the same time, she was sitting on my knee while I was eating a banana, next thing I know shes got the whole thing in her mouth, now thats BLW! I make/bake all my family's food, so I know what's in it, so pretty much anything that is age appropriate as far as ingredients, yeah no, no nuts or honey kind of thing. I just put what ever we're having in front of her, if she's interested, she'll eat it. And just a note, she only has 4 teeth, but does fine with most things.
Leah

[Peekaboo]

I remembered a few other foods! Egg yolk omelet with cheese, pancakes, and mushed baked beans spread on toast with a bit of cheese.

[kath]

I'm also doing BLW with my 7 month old. He isn't too interested yet; he doesn't really know what to do with the food once he gets it in his mouth. He does alot of licking and sucking on foods, and then mushes it into his high chair tray.
So far, we've offered pumpkin, sweet potato, zucchini, carrot, potato, green beans, roast lamb, watermelon, apple.

[kath]

Well if this is going to be our BLW chat thread, I'll ask in here rather than starting a new thread...


How long do you give your baby to eat before you start cleaning up? Noah isn't really eating intently yet, so I can't really tell when he's 'had enough', because he mostly just mucks around the whole time, yk?

Thanks.

[Peekaboo]

Originally Posted by kath

Well if this is going to be our BLW chat thread, I'll ask in here rather than starting a new thread...


How long do you give your baby to eat before you start cleaning up? Noah isn't really eating intently yet, so I can't really tell when he's 'had enough', because he mostly just mucks around the whole time, yk?

Thanks.

We all eat at the same time, so I give her about the same length of time as Zane + my clean up time.

[kath]

Ok, good, that's what I've been doing so far.

[Mummamia]

Love to hear more peoples experiences of BLW,,,?

DD is going ok - I am not really sure what to give her next. Hmm she did have some rice the other day? and she sucked on some pasta but then I freaked out becuase it had a bit of pesto in it and prett6y sure she shouldnt have that ?

its harder than I htought it would be..

Oh and I just had to share this pic

cutest carnivore around

So yep she has tried a bit of steak and thought it was very yummy!!!!