Baby Lead Weaning Support Thread - Part 7

[bakershaker]

Myla loves mandrin oranges right now. I have to peel the skin off each peice..which is time consuming, but she loves them.
Also for fruit we do the canned peaches ( the ones packed in water not syrup). She loves those for breakfast also! Besides that we haven't had much fruit either since the grocery store doesn't have much in....

[*Ali*]

Cadan likes fruit and recently has had blueberries, strawberries, dragonfruit (gives shocking poops!), satsuma segments, pear, dried prunes (those last two are good for loosening the stools) papaya, banana, red graps and nectarine. Our stores get stuff sent over that isn't grown/in season here so you can often get most things easily around here.
I made the meat loaf BTW and it was very nice. Thanks Magan for the tips.   

[inoella]

We've been using frozen blueberries - I just defrost about a half cup at a time. She loves them so much and I  think they help keep her regular so she gets those every night. Yogurt is good too. Have you tried giving water between meals? DD drank A LOT over the summer. Also, the only puree I still give her is Gerbers apple/prune - she seems to know when she needs it and sometimes will eat the whole jar - other times just a few bites. Really helps!

[~Sarah~]

Both kids love the frozen bluberries here.  I actually keep them frozen bc both are teething so it kills 2 birds with 1 stone!  By the time  Elise gets to the swallow part, they are warm and mushed up.

Apples are everywhere this time of year...how are you all preparing them for LO's? 

We are also at the point here where spears are not making her super happy...she has moved on to chunks of food.  It's kind of nice bc she is able to keep more in her mouth with the chunks.

[newmummy82]

Had a frustrating day today. The mummy need to 'feed up' DD is hard to ignore! Today she has sucked some bread crusts and licked a rice cake. Just keep telling myself 'food is for fun' etc but I just want her to *get* what it's all about IYKWIM. She is soooo not bothered about soilds! Looking at the non-BLW books and they are all saying 'give 5-6 tsp' etc. Not even close.

[EloysH]

If LO is intolerant to salicylates like mine, I use red kidney beans or lentils for passing the poo. A sprinkling of physillium husks over the food is a very gentle stool softener if you can get them (usually in health food isle of supermarket)

[~Sarah~]

Thanks Eloise, I am going to try some beans.  I did give her lentils, and I can't remember if it made a difference.  Do you use a pro-biotic at all?  I thought one of us did and I can't remember who.  I am thinking of trying it for El.

Newmummy-I still think give it some time.  If she is making an effort to try, that is all you can do.  She probably would not be eating as much puree either, but you would just be forcing it on her IYSWIM.  Puree can just *slide* down instead of learning how to eat it.  I know it is hard, DS who was not BLW still eats like cr@p and I have the hardest time not forcing him to eat.  I have started the BLW theory whith him at an older age (18mo), and honestly he has started to eat way more than when I was trying to make him eat.

[Edesanja]

J doesn't seem to be getting the hang of actually getting much down as much as I remember DD (and she didn't have as big an appitite as J). I know he'd eat quite a lot if I spoon fed him. We've only got a few foods so far because of digestive issues and intolerances. Rice, chicken, lamb, avocado. I've cooked the meat till tender but he still can't gum it very well and I tried rice pasta for the first time today and he couldn't do that either.

[inoella]

we all want our LOs to be fat and sassy, huh?  just keep it up - you'll be oK. take it from me - DD is just long and skinny - at 12 months she still doesn't eat a lot and is only 10% in weight but she's perfectly happy and is willing to try new foods and can feed her self with a spoon. so, i just plug along.
at 7 months she ate a lot of cottage cheese and avacado (i tried to get the most fat in per bite lol!)

[~Sarah~]

(i tried to get the most fat in per bite lol!)

This is me right now!!  Elise is in the 10% as of today...well, she always has been, she can't have dairy, but we should own an avocado plantation the way she and I go through avocados! 

Her big brother was always in the 75-85% and he was a terrible eater...still is!

[Whatbit]

DS is also long and skinny but eats fabulous- great variety and lots of it!!  LOL!  Don't know where he stores it, but comes to show you that the cute chubby ones aren't always better eaters!

[Mrs Coops]

S was on the 50th then climbed sharply to the 98th! TBH I prefer the petite, much easier on your back!
 J has tailed off towards the 50th, we're starting BLW in the next week it'll be interesting to see how he goes! S was a gannet, still is, LOL!

For those with slow starters some babies don't get it until about 10 months! It's all about letting them do it at their own pace, ignore what other babies are doing or what all the commercialised media says and trust your LO!

[bug_blues70]

but comes to show you that the cute chubby ones aren't always better eaters!

Definitely not... Ellen is 95th percentile for height and weight and eats like a bird. I struggle to get 28 oz in her to avoid NW, let alone any solids which she hardly ever eats!

[timmysmommy]

Just thought I'd pop on and see how everyone is doing!  T seems to be doing well with eating.  I offer food at all three meals, but he only eats a lot at one meal.  He kind of picks at the other two meals, but I'm not concerned.  I have tried a few sippy cups with him, but he either chews on them, or dumps them out.  So I tried the cap to one of my bottles- it is about the size of a shot glass.  I fill it about half way with water.  He picks it right up and drinks it.  It is the cutest thing!    His poops however, are not cute btw.  I cloth diaper, and this is WAY different than those nice bf poops lol!

Just wanted to add that my little guy is little- 10% so far.  I haven't been to the doc for his 6 month yet, as I am trying to get his records transfered to the new doc, but I would bet he is still on the 10% track.  He is still in 3-6 month clothes, as he is going on 7 months now.  I agree about it being nice on the back! He is a bundle of energy though, always on the go!

Also, all I do for my apples, is peel them.  And for pears, I just give them to him to eat.  Is that wrong?  Am I supposed to be doing something with them?  He has his two bottom teeth, so he just uses them to scrape off the fruit.  He loves his fruit.  Banana is his fav. I would say.

[bug_blues70]

Amy - have you tried those flushable diaper liners? They are similar to dryer sheets (without the scents/chemicals and much softer) to give you an idea of what they are like, and you just lay them in on top of the CD and then when they poo you just pull the liner out and out comes all the poo - works GREAT and SO much easier and cleaner. You don't have to rinse your diapers at all. You have to change it with every diaper, poo or not, but it's biodegradable and flushable and IMO so very worth it. Some of them you can even wash and reuse if there was no poo, but I'm not sure which ones. If you're interested, I can send you a link to a few different kinds on amazon.

And as far as fruit, if it works, I wouldn't say it's wrong! That's what BLW is all about, isn't it? I can't wait till Ellen has teeth and can scrape fruit and carrots and stuff.