Baby Led Weaning Support Thread #11

[amayzie]

Anna- I think that at about 9 months or so (i might look back over my posts and see) that hamish started refusing the evening feed. We had some days where i'd do 4 and some days 3 as we transitioned between..

[*happy*]

hi!i was pointed in this direction for some tips on good finger foods to start with my almost 7MO...this is her 5th wk on soilds now & i've been giving her everything pureed so far but am thinking of introducing texture soon....any advice?

[Fiver]

Sorry, we never went through a "finger foods" following puree with DD as she was BLW so it was all things she could hold from day 1.

I think with DS I started giving him something like toast, perhaps?  Or rice cakes/breadsticks.  5 years is a long time ago!!

You could try mashing instead of pureeing if you want a few more lumps, too.

[*happy*]

thanks fiver...unfortunately i was super organised & went on a pureeing frenzy,so i have a freezer full of smooth fruit&veg now!!!maybe i could add in something lumpier with them?

[Fiver]

Might be worth a go.  I remember breaking up rusks into quite tiny pieces to add texture to fruit/yoghurt when weaning DS!

[*happy*]

rusks!that's a good idea....i need to go shopping!!!

[anna*]

Personally I would just give hunks of finger food alongside purees. Rusks have a lot of sugar in, you'd be just as well giving some steamed carrot, courgette, toast fingers, green beans, a bit of omlette - anything she can hold!

[*happy*]

toast scares me!!!!does it melt or do they have to chew?do you give finger food at room temp ya?

[anna*]

Well, you're on the BLW thread - so I'm thinking you might want to do a bit of BLW? That means just giving them proper food and let them get on with it! Basically yes they gum it and suck it. Sometimes they break off a bit and either spit it out or gag a little bit and then spit it out. They learn to chew pretty quick. Food can be room temp or warm or chilled just obviously not hot.

[*happy*]

i'm not actually doing the BLW (i'm a bit of a control freak im afraid!) but one of the others suggested i pop over here for advice on this topic.

[anna*]

Hm, probably not the best place since we're all doing BLW. How about this? http://www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/new-finger-foods

[*happy*]

aw,thank you!!!perfect!!!!

[creations]

Happy, you could use some of that frozen puree as a spread on toast or in sandwiches, or mixed through pasta, either now for finger food or when you decide to give finger foods.  Or use the puree fruit in a muffin recipe or something similar.
Also even with traditional weaning it is suggested you offer finger foods alongside the puree/mash/lumps from 6 months on.
There's a big list of finger foods here:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=95978.0
And if you wanted more there is a BLW recipe thread too (on the same board) which you could browse through.
hth

[*happy*]

thank you so much!!!!that's so helpful!!!!i'd really like to start some finger foods...x

[maggie2]

Hey ladies!

Is there a BLW intro or FAQ anywhere?  Can't seem to find one and I figured I'd check it out first before bombarding you all with my questions, lol.  Maybe I'll just google. 

But if you have any websites or something like that you can recommend I'd appreciate it.  Our fourth child is nearing the age of starting solids and I was thinking about trying something different this time around!!!