Any early BLWrs out there!? (5 months)

[bsd]

I did an apple pear, steamed broccoli and carrots, baby corn, even a little avocado (which I tried for the first time and hated it! ) Ben liked it though! So far he's interested in everything! Except he didn't like the way broccoli felt so he didn't care too much for that one..

 

[Excalibur]

Do you have to boil everything that we give them or just give them it whole? Can't you tell that I'm new to BLW?

 

[bsd]

Do you have to boil everything that we give them or just give them it whole? Can't you tell that I'm new to BLW?

I am new too I bought a book because there was so little I knew!
BUT I've read through the whole book and I still am learning new things everyday!

I gave him the baby corn raw (I liked it raw so I didn't think it mattered). I steamed the veggies so they were a little softer for him.. but someone suggested to me to give them raw carrots for teething, so I imagine people do that all the time too.

BUTTT recently I read that you aren't suppose to give them raw veggies because of bacteria! (I mean I wash them so idk the details of this statement )

I read this way after I gave him the baby corn and steamed veggies and it made me a little nervous because I didn't steam the corn that one time! But LO is obviously fine now, but still made me nervous a little! Anyways What I plan on doing is researching the "Do's and Dont's of BLW" or something like "Things you shouldn't give your baby when BLW" ...that way I cant get a straight up list of things to avoid! Everytime I've done this though I get the same answers.. nuts, peanut butter, honey, dairy (not sure about this one?), eggs, ect. The part I'm having the hardest time with is the sodium! In my book it talks about how babies under 1 should only get like .80mg of sodium a day or some ridiculously small amount per day. Which is understandable but everything has salt in it! Pasta, bread, even yogurt for gods sake. I'm having a really hard time making 'baby safe meals'. Everybody say's add the salt to your meal separately but if your making chicken and you are using chicken stalk.. how am I suppose to take the sodium out of that!?


So don't feel bad this is a huge learning process for me too!
Maybe I'm being stricter than I should?

 

[Excalibur]

Do you have to boil everything that we give them or just give them it whole? Can't you tell that I'm new to BLW?

I am new too I bought a book because there was so little I knew!
BUT I've read through the whole book and I still am learning new things everyday!

I gave him the baby corn raw (I liked it raw so I didn't think it mattered). I steamed the veggies so they were a little softer for him.. but someone suggested to me to give them raw carrots for teething, so I imagine people do that all the time too.

BUTTT recently I read that you aren't suppose to give them raw veggies because of bacteria! (I mean I wash them so idk the details of this statement )

I read this way after I gave him the baby corn and steamed veggies and it made me a little nervous because I didn't steam the corn that one time! But LO is obviously fine now, but still made me nervous a little! Anyways What I plan on doing is researching the "Do's and Dont's of BLW" or something like "Things you shouldn't give your baby when BLW" ...that way I cant get a straight up list of things to avoid! Everytime I've done this though I get the same answers.. nuts, peanut butter, honey, dairy (not sure about this one?), eggs, ect. The part I'm having the hardest time with is the sodium! In my book it talks about how babies under 1 should only get like .80mg of sodium a day or some ridiculously small amount per day. Which is understandable but everything has salt in it! Pasta, bread, even yogurt for gods sake. I'm having a really hard time making 'baby safe meals'. Everybody say's add the salt to your meal separately but if your making chicken and you are using chicken stalk.. how am I suppose to take the sodium out of that!?


So don't feel bad this is a huge learning process for me too!
Maybe I'm being stricter than I should?

Thank you very much for your reply. I have also read that giving babies raw carrots for teething is ok, I actually mentioned that to my OH today but he's scared that Tyler will choke on it, this BLW is proving to be more difficult than I had imagined, you are right though, everything has salt in it!

I will also have a read of some do's and don't's and if I find any useful information then I will share it with you Maybe we could learn together?

Tyler ate a full banana today that I boiled for him so it was like mush, he loved it!

EDIT - I just found this:

https://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/baby-led-weaning-first-foods.html

 

[bsd]

Thank you very much for your reply. I have also read that giving babies raw carrots for teething is ok, I actually mentioned that to my OH today but he's scared that Tyler will choke on it, this BLW is proving to be more difficult than I had imagined, you are right though, everything has salt in it!

I will also have a read of some do's and don't's and if I find any useful information then I will share it with you Maybe we could learn together?

Tyler ate a full banana today that I boiled for him so it was like mush, he loved it!

EDIT - I just found this:

https://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/baby-led-weaning-first-foods.html

That information is great! Almost everything I read on that site quotes rapely (ripley?) who ever it is wrote the BLW book I have. Thank you for sharing!

If you have any questions I can see what my book says about them
I think I need to read it again and refresh my memory on some parts!

Yesterday I gave Ben boiled sweet potato. The day before that I gave him banana. I'm not sticking the the 4 day rule at all..

 

[Excalibur]

Thank you very much for your reply. I have also read that giving babies raw carrots for teething is ok, I actually mentioned that to my OH today but he's scared that Tyler will choke on it, this BLW is proving to be more difficult than I had imagined, you are right though, everything has salt in it!

I will also have a read of some do's and don't's and if I find any useful information then I will share it with you Maybe we could learn together?

Tyler ate a full banana today that I boiled for him so it was like mush, he loved it!

EDIT - I just found this:

https://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/baby-led-weaning-first-foods.html

That information is great! Almost everything I read on that site quotes rapely (ripley?) who ever it is wrote the BLW book I have. Thank you for sharing!

If you have any questions I can see what my book says about them
I think I need to read it again and refresh my memory on some parts!

Yesterday I gave Ben boiled sweet potato. The day before that I gave him banana. I'm not sticking the the 4 day rule at all..

You're more than welcome.

Aww thank you very much, I will be sure to ask if there is anything I need to know

Did Ben like the sweet potato? Oops, each to their own I guess Tyler has had boiled banana for the past two days, someone mentioned on a thread that I made about BLW that I can just give Tyler a banana as it is rather than boiling it, feel free to join the thread

 

[XJessicaX]

We started last week. Just a little early as DD2 was a week late! Shes amazing! She just demolishing food!!