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Post by musicallyinclined on May 22, 2017 1:12:57 GMT
Noob alert. What is BLW? Is this like a BLT? Baby led weaning. Giving baby Whole Foods that they can then pick up and fed themselves. Essentially weaning themselves onto solids. You steam the foods or cook them so they are soft enough to gum. But not purees or spoon feeding by a parent. |
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Post by wildflower on May 22, 2017 1:21:17 GMT
Noob alert. What is BLW? Is this like a BLT? BLW is baby led weaning. Basically you don't do cereals or purees, and just give kiddo chunks of real food (like half a strawberry or a strip of meat) to gnaw on and explore on their own. There's a book called, wait for it, Baby-Led Weaning, that explains a lot and that I really liked. We had a lot of success with DS1 with BLW and I'm very glad I never sat at the table spoon feeding him. We let him use his hands until he expressed an interest in eating with silverware, and now at 2.5 years he handles a fork and a spoon like a pro. |
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Post by billie on May 22, 2017 1:22:43 GMT
Cereal is not really a thing here, I guess? We usually start with fruit and then vegetable / grain purees. That's what I did with DD starting at 6 months. I might do a mix of purees and BLW this time around.
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Post by evelyn333 on May 22, 2017 1:28:58 GMT
Not sure what my plan is. I'm conflicted between waiting the recommended 6 months or starting earlier. I guess I will watch for signs from him and go from there.
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Post by loves2shop4shoes on May 22, 2017 2:16:00 GMT
Guys, I'm not ready for my kid to eat food food. She's just a tiny!
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Post by shawnabm1320 on May 22, 2017 2:20:47 GMT
Guys, I'm not ready for my kid to eat food food. She's just a tiny! I'm not ready either. So much more mess! Spraying cloth diapers also is a major bummer  |
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Post by littleredfish on May 22, 2017 3:00:21 GMT
loves2shop4shoes - Baby Led Weaning pivot I was afraid too but neither of my girls ever choked to the point of needing intervention. Apparently they are less likely to choke because they are in control and can judge better for themselves. I will admit though DD1 used to chipmunk her food in her cheeks and we'd have to take her plate from her until she finished what was in her mouth for fear of her choking. Strangely, the fear inducing choke of her life was on a tiny square of plastic film like from the outside of a new DVD.
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Post by ellabee on May 22, 2017 3:45:17 GMT
We did a combo of blw and homemade purees (mostly for daycare) with DD starting at 6m. We also did cereal mixed with bm starting a week or so before that.
We'll do the same with B.
Part of me wants to adhere to the 6months because of the open/closed gut stuff, but really I'm just lazy and don't want another thing to add to my day/prep schedule. Plus extra laundry...
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Post by pivot on May 22, 2017 3:56:18 GMT
littleredfish That makes sense as to them being in control. Good thing 6 months is 3 months away & I have time to think it over 😬
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Post by winegirl9 on May 22, 2017 10:34:06 GMT
Guys, I'm not ready for my kid to eat food food. She's just a tiny! I'm not ready either. So much more mess! Spraying cloth diapers also is a major bummer I'm not ready for the smelly man poops! |
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Post by flyinghorses6 on May 22, 2017 11:02:57 GMT
Wow I'm surprised how many are doing BLW. I literally know nothing about it. The pedi recommended cereal to me at 2 months for Rs reflux and I've been holding off. I feel like she's ready to eat! She's such a big girl and I feel like always hungry. Now you guys have me second guessing...
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Post by shawnabm1320 on May 22, 2017 11:27:05 GMT
Wow I'm surprised how many are doing BLW. I literally know nothing about it. The pedi recommended cereal to me at 2 months for Rs reflux and I've been holding off. I feel like she's ready to eat! She's such a big girl and I feel like always hungry. Now you guys have me second guessing... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You can always try it and then back off if it's not working for you. I have a friend who introduced food at 4 months and it gave her kiddo horrible gas pains, so she stopped and waited a few more weeks. It can be a trial and error process, I think. |
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Post by musicallyinclined on May 22, 2017 12:59:03 GMT
I was so ready for DS1 to start solids because I thought he would sleep better and not nurse as much, but that wasn't what happened. He didn't really start eating them til closer to 5.5 months and once he did, he would eat anything. Steam strips of zucchini and squash were his favorite, and chunks of butternut squash too.
He feeds himself really well now and is really good at telling us if he's hungry or full.
I gave him puffs and yumyums so there was something I could send with him to Daycare. So he would quit stealing them from other kids.
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Post by littleredfish on May 22, 2017 13:23:45 GMT
My pedi recommended cereal for both my girls too. Higher in iron I guess? I tried it for a bit but it was a hassle to feed her, she didn't really like it. We tried adding fruit, no dice. She got really bad gas and didn't sleep any better than she did before (even worse on the days we gave it to her at supper time). We stopped giving it to her and took a break and then I heard about BLW and tried that instead and I found it way easier and none of the same issues. I liked that I didn't have to feed her separately from us which tool up my time, I could just toss our food on her tray and let her go. I just continued to BF before all meals. So when it was DD2s turn I just kind of nodded my head at the recommendation but just did BLW for her too.
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Post by pivot on May 22, 2017 13:53:31 GMT
TTMA cereal for reflux. Does it help keep the spitting up to a minimum? DS is on reflux meds so they help with the pain associated with the spit up but he is still just constantly gurgling and spitting up. I feel bad for him.
ETA: I was going to skip the cereal all together this time but if it'll help with reflux...
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