Scottish Sam
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Is anyone on here doing PURELY blw, or are you all giving a bit of mash/puree etc.
We are doing it in it's purest form, but now I've seen that you're all giving mash etc, I'm starting to doubt myself. We've tried porridge and weetabix, but with giving him the spoon loaded - it was a disaster! Should I just stick it out?
Tezzy, what did you do?
rhys never had any purees what so ever, no mash, no porridge, no spoonfeeding of any kind and ffion only ever has purees at nursery, shes purely blw at home just like rhys was. rhys never had coutlery until after ffion was born (around 18 months) and when i eventually gave them to him he was old enough to understand that they were for eating with not for playing with, i wont be giving ffion coutlery until she is around 18 months because most of rhys' friends who started with spoons at 6months STILL play with their spoon when they eat. thats just my experience im not saying that people shouldnt give spoons etc.. i just wont.
or you could give him things to dunk in it Kat?
can I ask why you're giving him porridge and weetabix? is it because you have it as a family or something? I know that sloppy foods are fine for BLW babies but it might be easier to start with something like bitesize shredded wheat? I know Alasdair could eat porridge and completely sloppy foods well now but when he was younger I had times where I felt like he hadn't eaten anything.
We weren't 100% baby led at that point, he just phased out the purees himself (at about 7 months) but as we started weaning at 5ish months for the reason that he was just so hungry and not filled up by milk; I really needed to make sure he had something in him!
Ally is doing fine with his weaning as always. Don't think he's had anything new. Oh, he is finally eating brocolli! Took long enough.
yeah they are quite strict at nursery about not giving finger food... ie giving purees then moving onto getting them to use cutlery. im not happy about this at all because i dont want ffion to have coutlery until 18 months and i would prefer for her to have finger food.
ive managed to get them to give her a banana/apple for her breakfast which is fantastic progress.. but they complain about the mess she makes and the time it takes her to eat. she doesnt eat her dinner much at nursery because she hates being spoon fed.. so i always give her a second dinner when she gets home at 1.30.
unfortunetly yes if it goes on the floor when we're out then its bye bye food!
ffion had toast at nursery this morning, i think theyre getting the hang of letting her have finger foods.