BLW - Baby led weaning support thread

Hope Hebe is better soon Mervs Mum and that your LO does too Rach.

I'm just popping in as I'm getting all excited about weaning!!! I'm waiting til 6 months but I'm reading about it now.

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New age hippy stuff. My mom thinks pretty much the same though I'm not full on BLW 90% of what Hannah gets are finger foods and though she's had the odd jar here and there (mostly trying to get rid of them now) she mostly eats things I make.

I've been told several times that I'm going to give her an upset tummy

OK OK so the other reason we might be off our food is because on top of his cold he is cutting tooth number 3! Can see it through the gum but its not popped through yet - that will explain the loss of appetite!! D'oh! Hope everyone else's LO's are doing ok.

Evening Girls!

Thought I'd finally come in here and say hello as I decided ages ago that I wanted to go with BLW when Deri was ready!

I've been sneaking in and reading every now and again too! I love reading to see how the LO's are doing!

I'm halfway through 'THE BLW BIBLE' and think it's such a brilliant thing....we bought a highchair at the weekend and last night and tonight have put Deri in it with us at dinner and put food on his tray for him to explore (I know he's only just coming up 5 months but I thought it might be a good idea to let him 'play' this early and see how it went).

Last night we gave him carrots and broccoli - he seemed to love it. He concentrated on trying to pick the broccoli up for ages and decided in the end to move his head to his hand to get the food to his mouth. Very amusing to watch! I didn't intend for him to actually eat anything but just to watch this space and let him explore!!

Tonight he had cucumber and pepper but was tired from a busy day so was grizzly and didn't last long in the highchair so will try again tomorrow!

I've not been cooking seperately for him, just give him what I feel is suitable for his age until he's 6 months.

There's more I could waffle on about but I'll leave it at that for now as I'm sure I'm probably boring you all I'm just SOOOOO excited about BLW...think OH is getting a bit fed up of me going on about it!!!!!

So anyway....I'll try and keep up withi this thread for support and inspiration!

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*Edit* You girls and your LO's are doing great! Hope all your LO's are doing ok in the heat too *hugs*

Look forward to hearing Deri's progress!!

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Can't wait to hear Deri's progress reports. You remind me of me - I drove hubby mad with my excitment of it all! Still do now a bit, I think!

Good luck babes - it is such good fun!

Just another quick update from the world of Oliver!

We had bolognaise sauce in jacket spuds for tea. Oliver loved it so much! He was picking the little bits of mince beef up, with his new pincer technique. So cute! I also gave him avocado for the first time - not sure why he hasn't had this before?! he loved that too.
In fact, why don't I save typing time and space and just say he loves everything he tries and will continue to do so!!!!

Thanks Lisa - will update as much as I can! How is Hebe feeling now? Is she eating any better?

Kat - thanks! I've been excited at the idea of BLW for ages and am even more excited now we're almost there!!! Yes, OH probably gets fed up of hearing about it but I really believe it's the way to go....glad to hear I'm not the only one! How is Oliver doing?

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*Edit* Kat you must've been typing that as I was asking - glad to hear all is well in the world of Oliver!

Dont you just love the fact that everyone that follows BLW is so excited about weaning and their los love everything they try. Theres no threads of 'hes stopped eating' 'he wont eat this or that'. Its great! Im excited too Laurie, Meadows 11 days younger than Deri so we should be starting at the same time.

I could have done a few 'She's redecorating the kitchen AGAIN' threads.....