I guess this is all part of BLW & he'll hopefully get the hang of it?
Yup!! That is all part of it...the mess is the unfortunate part, but the more you let him play the more likely he will eat stuff in the future.
My first baby I did not BLW, I did traditional feeding and he now is the worst eater ever!! He just now will pick new things up and put a tip of it on his tongue and make a face! That is what led me to BLW, I did not want a repeat of him! He still will not eat ANY meat. I try and try and if some is ground enough in sauce it will get into him, but not by his choice.
Kim-I read Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food. So insightful! It is kind of biased to no purees ever, but she does give fact and reason why you would want to avoid them.
Lisa-I feel your pain, Elise is MSPI which means we all are (she is still EBF) I miss the casseroles I used to make and I long for a lasagna!
We are boring for breakfast. Normally fruit and toast or cherrios, or eggy toast
DS is super cute...he tried to share his cheese with his sister, I know she would have loved it but her tummy would have gone nuts!! Yesterday he shared his peanut butter toast when I wasn't looking. We had no reaction thankfully! I had no interest in going to the ER at 6pm. She loved it though and had PB all over her face
I am making a lentil stew with fall veggies for dinner tonight...DD will love it, DS probably won't touch it!!
Oh-Kim-El loves pumpkin. I cut it into long wedges and roasted it with a little EVOO and left the skin on...then EL was able to get a good hold on it and would toss the empty rind over the side of her high chair...super cute. I think I started her a little early around 5.5mo as I had not read the BLW book. They recommend no solids until 6mo and then go directly to chunk food. She was so interested in food and had already been swiping it off my plate, so I kind of thought she might be ready.