Hi everyone,
I'm jumping on here now as we started DS (one week away from 6 mo) on solids BLW-style today! I'm not sure we got it right though..
Decided to start with carrot, after his lunchtime milk. Peeled the carrot, chopped it in half then quartered the two halves lengthways to give sticks. Steamed the sticks for 10 mins. Left them to cool until just warm.
DS happily took an offered stick and jammed it straight into his mouth, no problem

Sucked at it a bit, then dropped it. Offered another stick which he took and again jammed into mouth, only this time he managed to bite a chunk off (about the size of a pea) and must have swallowed it, as he started crying then vomited it up

Tried again and he swallowed a larger piece which also had him crying and then up it came - poor boy

At that point I mashed up the remaining carrot with a little water, and put some on a spoon. He was very happy to take the spoon and put that in his own mouth, although the carrot bits dropped out. Did this for a while and think he may have sucessfully swallowed a couple of little bits! The rest was everywhere else

So, a few questions: Did I cook the carrots for too long because they were able to break off in his mouth? Would he have been better off with them harder so he could only suck them? Is it ok to give him raw carrot sticks instead?
We're doing butternut squash next (in 2 days time) and I'm not sure how much I should cook that for either in terms of how hard / soft it should be?
Apologies for being so clueless - can anybody advise?
Huge thanks in advance
