Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10

[brookmom]

hi all

We tried the meatloaf and the beef and onion stew from BLW and they were excellent! it seems like she is sloooooowly starting to eat a little more. has anyone tried giving sticks of cheese or grated cheese like the book suggests?

thanks!

[amayzie]

I often give sticks of full fat- low sodium cheese. Hamish really enjoys them! he sort of munches them up, and swallows some, spits some out. the grated cheese is not really his favourite- too tricky to pick up to bother with... but it;s good on pasta. I find the mushed up cheese revolting!! But that's my little sensory issue!!

[beckygatt]

OK so Sophia has a new trick! When there's something she doesn't want she throws it on the floor! . Up until now she more or less eaten everything!

[amayzie]

ha ha- she's been learning from hamish! He actually chased MY hand around the other day to knock a pear out of it and onto the floor!! It wasn't enough that i was holding it ad he wasn't!! Does she then look over the side as if to say 'hey! How did that get there!?"

[timmysmommy]

Hi there!  I'm going to start BLW with my daughter.  Anything new that is not in the book?  I started DS with BLW just a year and a half ago.  Time flies!  Hope to be chatting with you all soon!

[amayzie]

YAY!! Just remember that it might take a couple of weeks before she starts eating much (at all!) Just keep calm and remember that 'solids till one are just for fun' - and especially at 6 months the milk is the main thing they need! It can be hard at the start to remember that! I was very anxious at the start- but the lovely ladies on here assured me that it was all ok!

[*Ali*]

Hi Amy I remember us being on this thread with our ds1s. Hehe.

Casseroled chicken and red pepper was a hit today. He just kind of sucked the flesh off and spat the skin out.

[*Ali*]

Ooh and rice is super messy 

[amayzie]

ha ha!! Yay!! Messy rules!!

Well- hamish is sick as some of you know- tonsillitis - He's pretty funny as he's SORT of off his food- in that he will sit in the high chair- and get all excited, then grab the food and put it in him mouth- then next thing TEARS!! Poor poppet! He was sooo excited about yoghurt at lunch yesterday, but no.. tears again!!

[londonlady]

Aw poor Hamish. The tummy says yes but the throat says no! Hope he's better soon. x

[anna*]

I am so emotional that we will soon be starting to wean!! Noooo where has the time gone?? So sorry if this has been asked before, I haven't read back at all, but is it worth getting a BLW book? Or can I literally just give her some of the things we're eating. She is reaching for our plates all the time so she is starting to get interested in big people's food. Still waiting a few more weeks, she is not overly hungry, still has the tongue thrust firmly in place, can't sit unaided yet. But it's coming, and it feels like it's much too soon! :`(

[amayzie]

Hugs!! Give it a few more weeks- she doesn't need it. You'll probably like BLW in that they take a good couple of weeks before they actually EAT much- it's very much in their own time.. so it's not like she'll be eating gallons a week after you start.

I found the book to be good myself.. but there are a couple of good sites.. let me see...

http://www.babyledweaning.com/

this site has a booklet you can download:

http://www.baby-led.com/

There are others too.. but i can't remember them all...

If you see it get it- but if you stick around here and ask questions as you need to we're pretty good at answering... ( i mean- we enjoy answering- the quality of the answers i'm not too sure about!)

Also- this website was my bible!!

http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/

[londonlady]

Can't believe Audrey is over 5m... the time is flying.

Katy - how's hamish (and his tonsils) doing, is he eating better now?

We're struggling a bit with breakfasts. Can't tell if it's because she is a bit poorly with a cold or if the dream feed (yes, stilllllll doing the stupid DF) is getting in the way of her morning appetite. (Keep trying to drop it but she keeps either getting ill or teething so it never seems like the right time.) 

Any ideas for tasty quick breakfasts? Been doing toast, crumpets, fruit, don't have time to make pancakes every morning... but she isn't eating very much of anything I give her so am thinking it's lack of hunger rather than not liking stuff but still interested to hear what you are giving...

Thanks,
Rach. x

[beckygatt]

Most mornings I give S french toast for bfast. She loves it! Occasionally hot cross buns, toast, cheese on toast...

[Fiver]

Porridge fingers

Anna, the book explains a lot of the philosophy of BLW as well as some of the basics and the difference between choking and gagging.  It's pretty good.  If you were thinking of getting the BLW cookbook, that has an abridged version of the main book at the beginning and has some nice recipes in it (including porridge fingers)