Hello!
I'm new to BLW, DD was weaned on purees and she loved it from day one, so I never actually looked around at the time. DS is 6 months old, so I tried the same thing but he rejects everything. I tried marrow, squash, sweet potato, apple and he ate one spoon, made a really disliking face
and then refused to open his mouth again. With DD still a great eater, I was quite puzzled and started to think about BLW as DS is interested in food and tries to grab the spoon off me and put it in his mouth, but just dislikes purees. I gave him a thick aspargus today and he chewed on it for ages. So I think I'm going to give it a try. I have my first questions:
- shall I steam things like apples or pears - they are quite hard?
- how do I give berries like blueberries or grapes? I'm just scared he'll the put the whole thing in his mouth?
- how do I give runny things - DD LOVES soups and cereal, so we are having a lot of those, and we don't eat bread. Could I help him with the spoon with just the watery part of the soup (not chunks of vegetables)?
- I love spices and I taught DD to eat them from quite an early age, she's obviously not having chillies, but I do add pepper and other spices. Shall I cook without anything?
Just a general concern: DD took a while to learn to self feed, but she is totally independent now and is a VERY clean eater. She asks for a napkin and cleans herself and she hates to be dirty. We don't have bibs any more at home. I always thought that's because I'd always clean her right away when spoon feeding her or when she had finger foods, just taught her a habit. I can't imagine her getting hands into puree or mashed potato really. It was important for me to teach her food is not to be played with, and we eat neatly. So I guess I will need to brace myself to see DS getting hands into yogurt or cottage cheese)... but more importantly, if he does that, that teaches him dirty and messy is ok, will he ever develop a feeling having food all over him is not nice?
Any other first starter tips? I want to start tomorrow and see how we go from there.
TIA!