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[kcw81]

Its funny, one thing I didn't know is once you start BLW and the toast and rice crackers and letting them do it themselves, there is no going back to spoon fed purees. So all the purees I make for jimmy either are a spread on toast or on fruit or he can try holding the spoon himself which means he flings the puree onto his forehead and starts playing with it like a toy. But he will NOT let me spoon-feed him, he grabs the spoon and is very defiant. So My advice to anyone would be decide if you really want BLW 100% cause once you start messing with it, that's your way! Thank goodness jimmy is still predominately on BM for nutrition and that I have plenty other wise he would starve! or go to formula. There is nothing wrong with formula but after all this damn effort I put in I want him on BM for a year dammit!

Lou I am no example but I only do a BLW feeding session thing once a day. 3 times is great though, no wonder he is getting good at it!

 

[kcw81]

Lou with the amount of time that kid is awake then I imagine feeding him frequently is something to do, something to fill the time! eating is a fun activity for me at least.

 

[babyloulou]

Yeah that's true Casey- we have plenty of time to fit the meals in!

As for the spoon feeding thing I think that's down to individual babies- alot of people are forced into BLW anyway cos their babies won't be fed!! Ben would love it if I spoon fed him! The lazy monkey opens his mouth and just sits there when I offer a preloaded spoon! I don't do it though- I just put it down and then he picks it up!!

 

[kcw81]

Oh! I thought for sure once u give them the right to DIY then they won't let u ever again based on Jimmy! I read once they hit 8 months they are more defiant and independent so we will see if Ben stops being lazy!

 

[Onelildream]

Lou- great pics! I love the Teddy bear backs one and the one where he's eating ste! Haha. And the under the blanket ones... And all of them, really! Good luck only picking 10 out!

Casey- have u started blw too? Or just the purees?

Lou, Suz- did u guys not do any feeding sold until after 6 mo? Not even purees? Connor is soooo interested in food he just sobs when we r eating. He's even tried to eat my plate a few times. I wonder if I should let him try purees or oatmeal or rice cereal or something right now. ? Ideas?

 

[lisaf]

My friend's daughter isn't BLW and is so defiant.. they said she went a whole week and refused to eat solids. They ended up doing pre-loaded spoons for her.. she chucks the empty ones at them though and they have to catch them, refill and get them ready before she finishes the other one I don't think I could handle that, but who knows what Daniel will end up doing.

Daniel watched me eat with fascination today. I'm still going to wait until 6 months. What kinds of foods do you start them on? Is there a BLW site that has tips on this stuff. I'm really interested in it mainly for the ease of giving him whatever I'm eating.
MIL asked today if he could have some bread I don't know if she was just trying to wind us up or if she was serious. I KNOW she didn't give her kids solids until 9 months old and then did the traditional puree stuff, so why on earth she would think he could have bread is beyond me!

Is it ok to start giving him tastes of stuff? What about allergies?

Cloth went SO well today. He had a massive poo that was perfectly contained! DH swears he could smell the poop from the wet bag in the nursery though. I think he was hallucinating because I stuck my face in the opening on the bag and couldn't smell a thing!
First poopy diapers in the wash. I did a rinse & spin cycle, then a regular cycle with Hot/Cold water, pre-wash, extra rinse, extra spin.
We're going to wait until next weekend and give them another try before trying to make our babysitters use them. We didn't get a chance to try the Grovias at all.

 

[kcw81]

Hi Chell! I sort of started BLW in a half ass way a month ago where I let jimmy try eating different soft finger fruits and veggies and crackers just to see how it went. He still gets 99% of his nutrition and calories from BM but he has gotten a lot better at eating and more interested in it and to introduce different foods I make purees of veggies or fruits and spread them on toast pieces for him to eat. He won't be spoon-fed, but he will try mashed carrots or peas or whatever mush I make if its on something else. I usually try to spoon feed a couple bites of something and get total defiance and him batting the spoon away so I puts loads of the mixture on the toast or banana that he will eat and that way I can see if he doesn't mind the flavor or isn't allergic to something. His poops have gotten a lot more frequent and solid and stinky and so I know he is getting some nutrition from this food now even though I Still feel like we are exploring with it. The issue I mentioned to lou would be that if you are trying to make sure Connor starts getting some portion of his daily calories from healthy purees or solids then you might want to spoon feed him some applesauce and baby grain cereals first so he gets the hang of being spoon-fed and learns that way, then going to finger foods after you established that. On the other hand, Connor is still young and would probably be submissive enough now to try self feeding and you spoon-feeding. I Started Jimmy late.

PS. I dropped my ipod touch in a sink full of water and now its blank. I turned it back on already and I think that ruined it by short circuiting it. I think I am screwed. I might not be able to chat as frequently now. Lou what did you do when you got your ipod wet?

 

[kcw81]

Lisa just do one thing at a time and you will be good, I mean, the first thing I did was apple and he seemed fine after a day so then I tried banana, and he always just seemed fine, I didn't wait very long to see either. WE have no family allergy history so I figured he would be safe with most fruits and veggies and grains.

 

[lisaf]

aw Casey! what a bummer with the ipod! Hope you can get it fixed!!

oh, and Daniel has REALLY taken an interest in the animals lately.. Buster gets close enough for D to touch him which makes him giggle. I've been helping him pet our cat Biff. The other cats are still scared of him and I'm wondering if he'll ever get to see Figaro since he only comes out at night, lol.
He's been so fussy the past few days I think he must be starting to teethe.. I really should try to get an amber necklace for him but I keep forgetting to measure him until its late at night and he's asleep.

 

[lisaf]

my husband has a milk sensitivity and major allergies with pollen/smoke/dust etc.
My brother is lactose-intolerant and both of us were allergic to citrus as kids. So I guess I'm a little nervous about allergies. I'm also scared that my in laws will decide to introduce a new food without my approval... but that may just be because my MIL likes to tease us... it makes me not trust her since I can't tell 100% that she's kidding.

Oh, and when she said they had lots of great stuff for christmas toys at Costco I reminded/warned her that we don't want any big items. Her face fell and she said there were 3 things she wanted to get him! Lol. Then my SIL reminded her that she's already tripping over stuff at our house Yup.. no room for new toys! If you want to splurge, buy us the new rug we want for his room.

 

[SBB]

Chatty last night!! Ok let me try and remember:

Casey, I never tried spoon feeding S really at the beginning, but he totally let's me now! In fact at the moment he has a thing for spoons, if I give him pasta for example on the tray he's not interested... But if I put some on a spoon he'll eat it! He'll let me give it to him but I mainly let him do it himself... He used to be awful with a spoon and throw it around and chew it and ignore his food... But he's fine now, only just recently though.
If jimmys poos are more solid I bet he's taking a lot more than you think!

Lou we do 3 x per day too. I started with just evenings but then did mornings too very soon after. Then Because Danny was on holidays and we'd sit down and have lunch together we did lunch too because otherwise it was reallywan to sit there eating in front of him! I'm not sure why people wait til 9mo? Perhaps that's TW?

Chell we waited til 6 months even though S was v interested before that. We really wanted to do BLW for lots of reasons and 6mo is the best time for that so we stuck to it. We started off with just fruit and veg in the evenings....

Lisa there's a good BLW site but I can't remember it. it's something like babyledweaning.com

Was that it?! Sammuels voice is all hoarse it's really cute. Not sure if I can take him swimming today will have to call them and check I guess.

X x.

 

[SBB]

Heres a couple of pics and Vids:

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/73309b88.jpg

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/6ec8367c.mp4

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/6ffe5353.mp4

X x x

 

[SBB]

Here are the pics my sis took at my 30th:

Damn photobucket is giving me the same code for a couple of the photos for some reason...

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/cea0666e.jpg

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/fab7e331.jpg

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/b8e8776a.jpg

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/cea0666e.jpg

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/ec96ce16.jpg

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/93092a63.jpg

X x x

 

[babyloulou]

Aww those photos are gorgeous Suz! You're so pretty- Sammuel's definitely got your smile!

I was playing the video of Sammuel in the box and Ben was sat going "ba ba ba" when you were prompting it on the video!

 

[babyloulou]

Chell- yes we waited until 6 months too- never gave any purees or cereal- just straight to full food at 6 months x

Casey- I'm afraid if you've dropped it in water then it's had it

Lisa - Ben does the chucking food off a spoon at me too! He also bangs on his high hair really hard so all the food flies across the room! The monkey!!

 

[SBB]

Thanks lou I think maybe S is starting to look a bit like me!

Sammuel bangs on the high chair all the time, usually cos he wants fruit!!

Is anyone still signing with their baby? We let it slip but I'm trying to start again now...

Oh yeh forgot about the iPhone I'd say it's pretty likely it's knackered... But try leaving it in the airing cupboard. You could take it to Apple Store and see if there's anything they can do, sometimes they will give you a new one cheap to replace it. You'll have to tell them the truth about the water cos they have a tool that tells them if it's been wet!

X x x

 

[SBB]

That's funny Ben did bababa for me!! I love bababa its so cute! I will try and get a video of his 'proper' talking too cos it's funny...

X x x

 

[babyloulou]

Ste got a brilliant video the other day of Ben "talking" and doing his 'jazz hands'!! I'll post it in a bit!

Have I mentioned his hands to you before?? He does it constantly! Ste is actually a bit worried about it as he googled it and found it can be a sign of autism!!

Casey- with old fashioned phones they used to say take them apart and leave them in a bag of dry rice overnight. It used to work cos I did it with my old Nokia! The problem with iPhones/iPods though is that you can't take them apart very well. You could try it though

 

[SBB]

Yeh that's the iphone/ipod issue you can't take them apart!

Lou I'm sure Dr Google could diagnose all of our babies with something or other! I want to see the Jazz hands / talking video pleeeeease!

x x x

 

[babyloulou]

I'm just lying on the settee with him feeding/snoozing him at the mo. I need to upload the video off Ste's Flip! I'll do it as soon as he wakes up x