Hi Ladies
Roxymum - it seems you've had all your questions answered by the lovely BLW experts but just wanted to say that your LO will get the hang of eating - it just takes time (and patience on your part
) - and believe me I know cos it took my DD about 3 months to really start eating. I kept repeating the phrase 'until one food's just for fun' over and over in my head - every time I threw Alice's leftover or untouched food to our dogs LOL!! But now . . . I'm amazed at what she can eat - she's not in Callie's league (Nicola - it's probably quicker to list what Callie hasn't tried or doesn't eat
) but she's getting there - might help if I was a better cook!!
As far as gagging is concerned - that's part of the territory (as everyone else has already said) - funnily enough it was the one thing I didn't worry about because I'd been warned about it on here - and I didn't want to panic in case it gave off the wrong vibes to Alice . . . unlike my MIL who reached over and took a piece of apple skin out of Alice's mouth cos she was convinced she was going to choke - I'm still not happy about that
Bananas were one of the things that made Alice gag - I think the soft texture didn't work for her. Haven't tried them in a while . . . apart from in the banana muffins which she demolishes!
I remember being confused about the milk and solids thing too when I started weaning - I too had just read the BWSAYP and it suggested solids then milk - however, I went with the advice from the lovely ladies on here - that well used phrase comes up again . . . 'until one food's just for fun'
Okay - so it seems like a couple of you use spoons to feed yoghurt . . . so am thinking of having a go - any suggestions on which yoghurts to go for? Do you buy the little childrens' pots (petit filous, muller little stars, etc?) or just regular grown up stuff.
We tried raisins this morning - Alice picked them up one by one with her pincer grip and did get most of them but every so often would use her fist release to get the raisin in her mouth - doesn't quite work when the object you're trying to eat is between your thumb and forefinger!! So we did have a few on the floor, but they went down well.
Nicola - I think I might need to go and read the post about dropping to 3 milk feeds that you mentioned - am beginning to worry that Alice has too much milk (and maybe too much solids) as she has five milk feeds a day (tho one is a top-up before bed so don't know if that counts?) PLUS we haven't quite succeeded in getting rid of the DF either . . .
Ang - you have to post pics of J in a suit - how cute is that going to be? Sounds like he did you proud, bless him.
