BLW - what is it exactly?

[kanga]

Hi ladies

My lo is 3 months now so still some way off weaning. Anyhoo, all the blw books are out of the library at the mo, although I did pick up a puree book!

I'm interested to find out about blw and have been gleaning some info from here. What I'm picking up is that blw is letting your child finger-eat food and exploring it for themselves rather then being fed with a spoon.

If so I have a couple of questions.
- when do you transition onto cutlery
- can you offer a blw baby purees or do you just soften the food (par cook carrot sticks eg)

Any info re the thinking behind blw much appreciated!

tia

 

[summer rain]

With baby led weaning the principle is that you start as close to six months as possible, and offer your baby foods as you would eat them, so no purees unless it is something that would be pureed for the whole family anyway, i.e. soup or a home made chocolate pudding. It isn't just about finger foods but offering your LO family meals at the same time as you eat. Obviously as with TW honey, whole nuts (and stuff like whole cherry tomatoes), added salt, and unpasteurised or mould ripened cheeses should be avoided until your baby is considerably older. With regard to cutlery you can preload a spoon, ie put the food on the spoon and place it on the tray or table in front of your LO, this is fine when BLW. You can also offer your baby cutlery at any point and see how they get on xx

 

[kanga]

thanks. I googled it yesterday too, I like the sound of it. I'm confused which way to go now as was quite looking forward to making purees. I have some time to think about it tho. Cheers hun

 

[summer rain]

No worries hun, I did TW with two of mine and BLW with two of mine, both have their pros and cons xx