Baby Lead Weaning Support Thread - Part 7

[*Ali*]

Ali-that is so awesome!  I can't wait to have Indian food again and I am hoping the kids will love it too.  It is one of my fav types of food, but they use so much butter that I can't have it until my little girl's tummy settles down some.

Yeah I am not convinced all that fat, salt, spice and sugar is good for Cadan and I wouldn't let him have it everyday but as a one off I just let him have what he wanted.

[Kimberlina]

BLW going great here, I think!!! He just loves getting his hands into everything! Plus, I figured out what to do with the frozen puree I'd already made...(inspired by Sarah's blueberries!) Jack is teething too, so prob could do with some cold...so I took out one of the (HEART SHAPED!) lumps of puree and let him go at it! HE LOVED IT!!! Soothing on his gums, a good size to gnaw on, and it thaws pretty quickly, so was easy to swallow... HE ACTUALLY SWALLOWED IT!

Now, speaking of swallowing... we've had a few choking incidents. It terrifies me, but I'm telling myself that he'll learn. He brings it back up REALLY quickly, but it's still so scary. Today, it was on a piece of plum wedge that he'd bitten (gummed) off... what do you girls think?!  AM I PUTTING HIM IN DANGER!?

Please please tell me I'm not a bad mummy!!!

[*Ali*]

Is he actually choking Kim or just gagging? Sounds like the latter if he is able to bring it back up himself pretty easily. i used to remove the skins from those sorts of fruit as they always got caught in this throat I found.
Cadan loves frozen pear puree too. If you put a little stick in it it's like a mini ice lolly!

[~Sarah~]

Kim I too think it is gagging.  True choking does not make much noise at all.   They really have a look on their face that is pretty unmistakable if he is really choking.  Also, if he is not crying or upset after, he is fine.  I think you are doing great!!

[bug_blues70]

I agree - probably gagging. Scary, but it's their learning process. No way are you a bad mommy for letting him learn how to eat!

[Mrs Coops]

Hey Kim he's doing really well. They do make a mountain out of a mole hill with the gagging though! I kept S in my lap until I was sure she could cope with it!

Should be starting J over the next few days, it's mad that he's nearly six months already!!

[Lola's Mum]

it's mad that he's nearly six months already!!

Don't know where the time has gone. It seems like yesterday that you had him.

[Kimberlina]

Thanks girls!!! I think you're probably right... I'll start taking the skins off for the next little while until he can manage a bit better...

Jack is 6mos tomorrow!! Bloomin heck!!!!

[timmysmommy]

Hello everyone!!  Do any of your little ones keep food in their mouths after they eat?  I always check T's cheeks, but recently found out he's been storing it on the roof of his mouth.  The pears I bought recently seem to have a tougher skin that he can't gum, so he wads it up and keeps it on the roof of his mouth.  So now I am checking the roof of his mouth after he eats as well as his cheeks  (and peeling his pears). 

Also, T is bound up .  Any food ideas other than pears to help him loosen it up??  I am hoping for a poo tomorrow!

[Mrs Coops]

Prunes & prune juice work well.

Yes S loved storing food for later! The after dinner mouth check became a  game for a while!

[~Sarah~]

Amy-we did beans for at all three meals for 2 days (mixed in other stuff like fruits and peas too) and she is back on track.  Also, we will be starting a probiotic bc she has frequent back ups from her PPI.  I have to pick up a non dairy one instead of the one I already bought

Marsha-shouldn't you be sleeping?

[EloysH]

thanks girls for the info on meat - I'll give meat balls a try!  I am finding though that with mince, he tens to store the little firms mince bits in his mouth alot and als gets annoyed with the texture.  I guess he is teething so annpoyed with alot of stuff.  He can do celery though if I peel off the strings... so I guess he should be able to handle a chunk of meat right?

If you make long thin strips of meat how are they supposed to get bits off and swallow -  K does well with finger foods that can be crushed in his mouth - he does have a chewing action going.  He also sucks his food to bits.  How would he do a strip of meat though?

[Mrs Coops]

Eloise if you cut with the grain of the meat they can't really gum it off to swallow it, but they suck happily! The juices are just as beneficial as the actual meat. If you cut against the grain they can pull chunks off, it's up to you, maybe try both ways and see which he prefers?

Sarah I had a rubbish night compared to the night before! He fed twice, then pooped up his back m, joy! He NEVER poops at night anymore, I was a little taken a back!

Well J has started BLW today. Tried with a banana, he kept attacking it then looking confused before attacking it again, then he had enough, cried and fed on me!
 He's more of a challenge than S because he rarely feeds on waking, so it was almost bed time when he fed! I didn't know he would guzzle a boob or two after he had done so I may have to do solids before a bf!
 Either way, I think he'll be slower than S, we'll see!

[~Sarah~]

How exciting Marsha, you are finally joining in. 

I remember the early days with El, she would get frustrated, I would nurse her and set her right back down with solids.  It seemed like she would be too hungry and could not concentrate to pick stuff up if she did not have some bm in her.  If she had just had bm, she did really good. That lasted a short time and now it does not matter when I feed her

[Mrs Coops]

How exciting Marsha, you are finally joining in.

Again!

Yeh, he'd fed on me about an hour before! I always knew he'd be more of a challenge! He'll get there.