blw and tw

kirstr1984 · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:28 PM

Can u do both. For instance start with tw at 5 months then move on to blw at 6?

BabyBoo36 · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:31 PM

Not sure, but I'd be interested in the answers, as I want to combine the 2 as well xx

kerrie24 · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:32 PM

Traditional weaning means you start off with purees,but then introduce finger food later.It doesnt mean you 'switch' to blw,its just a natural progression from purees to solids.

If you do blw it means you just give whole foods and baby eats themselves,no puree.

chloeandbaby · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:33 PM

what does blw and tw stand for? im probably going to feel stupid for asking this lol

kerrie24 · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:34 PM

BLW- baby led weaning
TW-traditional weaning

citygirl1 · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:36 PM

I do tw with finger foods. Daniel has fruit, veg and meat purees and he loves finger foods such as brocolli, toast and butter, breadsticks, fruit, crackerbread and I am going to try him with pizza square and tuna pasta this week. For us this works best as I wanted to get him used to a variety of introductions to food. But like anything else, everyone's different its just trial and error really.

special_kala · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:38 PM

You can tw then go to blw but you cant combine the two

Blw isnt finger foods its full on meals no purees at all.

Tw you offer finger foods alongside puree from 7 months anyway

shimmy · Oct 10th, 2011, 12:59 PM

we do both!

started off TW and now we mainly BLW but my lo will have a jar (we have loads still!) some of the time, we also feed him yoghurt obviously... lol sometimes we put some of the food down for him to pick up and some puréed. Hes taken to BLW so well! he loves it , so yes you can go from one to the other! what i think helped was having him "feed himself" (me and him holding the spoon) x

special_kala · Oct 10th, 2011, 13:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

we do both!

started off TW and now we mainly BLW but my lo will have a jar (we have loads still!) some of the time, we also feed him yoghurt obviously... lol sometimes we put some of the food down for him to pick up and some puréed. Hes taken to BLW so well! he loves it , so yes you can go from one to the other! what i think helped was having him "feed himself" (me and him holding the spoon) x

That's TW. Puree and finger food.

Blw is no Puree at all and all self feeding

summer rain · Oct 10th, 2011, 13:03 PM

^I'm afraid that is still TW with finger foods, BLW is no purees ever once you've decided to do it (unless its soup or something normally pureed), and the baby would feed themselves yoghurt etc on a pre-loaded spoon which you leave for them on the highchair tray and they pick it up, no holding any spoons for them. I don't want to sound pedantic and there is nothing wrong with TW with finger foods but BLW is a whole other concept xx

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kirstr1984 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leeds uk Posts: 514	blw and tw Can u do both. For instance start with tw at 5 months then move on to blw at 6?

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BabyBoo36 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,842	Not sure, but I'd be interested in the answers, as I want to combine the 2 as well xx

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kerrie24 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: uk Posts: 6,023	Traditional weaning means you start off with purees,but then introduce finger food later.It doesnt mean you 'switch' to blw,its just a natural progression from purees to solids. If you do blw it means you just give whole foods and baby eats themselves,no puree.

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kerrie24 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: uk Posts: 6,023	BLW- baby led weaning TW-traditional weaning

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citygirl1 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 307	I do tw with finger foods. Daniel has fruit, veg and meat purees and he loves finger foods such as brocolli, toast and butter, breadsticks, fruit, crackerbread and I am going to try him with pizza square and tuna pasta this week. For us this works best as I wanted to get him used to a variety of introductions to food. But like anything else, everyone's different its just trial and error really.

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special_kala Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: West sussex, england Posts: 20,546	You can tw then go to blw but you cant combine the two Blw isnt finger foods its full on meals no purees at all. Tw you offer finger foods alongside puree from 7 months anyway

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shimmy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Central, london Posts: 1,355	we do both! started off TW and now we mainly BLW but my lo will have a jar (we have loads still!) some of the time, we also feed him yoghurt obviously... lol sometimes we put some of the food down for him to pick up and some puréed. Hes taken to BLW so well! he loves it , so yes you can go from one to the other! what i think helped was having him "feed himself" (me and him holding the spoon) x

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summer rain Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East England Posts: 16,363	^I'm afraid that is still TW with finger foods, BLW is no purees ever once you've decided to do it (unless its soup or something normally pureed), and the baby would feed themselves yoghurt etc on a pre-loaded spoon which you leave for them on the highchair tray and they pick it up, no holding any spoons for them. I don't want to sound pedantic and there is nothing wrong with TW with finger foods but BLW is a whole other concept xx

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