tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213027177092753713.post5592898140799372355..comments2023-04-13T06:35:51.742-05:00Comments on Baby Love: Baby-Led Weaning?Ellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08499505564488050744noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213027177092753713.post-19407913561124984002010-05-15T03:37:25.473-05:002010-05-15T03:37:25.473-05:00huh,never heard of BLW, but am now intrigued. Than...huh,never heard of BLW, but am now intrigued. Thanks for the info!B MoMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031053140776474919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213027177092753713.post-78441295138283069002010-05-14T10:42:50.558-05:002010-05-14T10:42:50.558-05:00We tried to do BLW in the beginning, but it made m...We tried to do BLW in the beginning, but it made my husband way to nervous with the choking. They don't really choke, but a 6 month old will (at least James did) try to stick the entire piece of broccoli or whatever in their mouth, and then they end up gagging on it. <br /><br />That being said I was a lot more laid back with offering finger foods because of all I had read about BLW, and now James eats pretty much everything.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247274435004168123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213027177092753713.post-14329565715738358102010-05-14T00:27:02.577-05:002010-05-14T00:27:02.577-05:00I have heard of it and think it makes tons of sens...I have heard of it and think it makes tons of sense but also think that it is one of those things where the little one has to play along.<br /><br />There is always the possibility that they just aren't into it like in Aletta's case. I'm planning on trying it out though and am excited to see how it goes for you:)Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436636731066211849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213027177092753713.post-41995716834191993792010-05-13T21:53:27.923-05:002010-05-13T21:53:27.923-05:00First of all, yay for waiting until 6 months for s...First of all, yay for waiting until 6 months for solids!<br /><br />I was all psyched for baby-led weaning. And also ready to go for something like broccoli for starters. But, I never quite embraced it whole-heartedly, I guess. Patrick didn't take to broccoli, or the slices of avocado we tried, and so I ended up regrouping since I felt a lot of pressure to have him taking some solids, and his weight was starting to fall off (which may well be fine, but made me stress).<br /><br />So, we gave him applesauce, mashed banana, and sometimes mixed them with oatmeal (honest-to-goodness cooked oatmeal, not that baby stuff). We'd also offered him some or whatever we were having, if it was something you could imagine being able to mash up with gums and a tongue. You have to wonder if people who claim a baby needs teeth to mash up food have never felt a newborn's gums on their nipple!<br /><br />Anyway, he took better to that and we went from there. By 8 or 9 months he pretty much ate anything. The only baby food he's every had is pureed prunes, since they're not something I can easily replicate and have an important purpose. And I actually like how Gerber prunes taste. My rule is I won't feed him anything I'm not happy to eat myself.<br /><br />Oh, another secret people don't know is that with the revised AAP guidelines, you don't actually need to wait on anything except for honey - not even peanut butter. We did only give it at 11 month or so b/c of the stickiness.<br /><br />I've loved wholesomebabyfood.com for ideas. They focus on making "baby food" but you can just use their recipes and not puree at the end.<br /><br />Have fun!Alettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967847871979279063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213027177092753713.post-20735999268183057592010-05-13T20:09:15.752-05:002010-05-13T20:09:15.752-05:00Ella--I heard of this awhile ago and it made immed...Ella--I heard of this awhile ago and it made immediate sense to me as well.<br /><br />I think Sarah has done it with Desmond and even more so with Eloise, so you should ask her about it!<br /><br />One first food I heard recommended was something like broccoli or cauliflower steamed until it was VERY tender--it's nice because the baby can grab a pretty good hold of it but it pretty much dissolves in the mouth. <br /><br />But you probably got plenty of ideas from the book! <br /><br />But yeah, we won't be buying or making "baby food".justadriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352793325470030016noreply@blogger.com