BLW - Baby led weaning support thread

Originally Posted by Mervs Mum

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

I'll join you in those Lisa. Only mine will be 'decorating the dining room carpet AGAIN'!!!!

not sure why I'm looking forward to my while walls being covered in food!!! x

Originally Posted by sparkswillfly

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 totally agree (Sam isn't it?)! Babies who are BLW'd don't seem to have the issues that the babies who are given purees do.

And yes, all the mums who are either currently BLW'ing or about to start are so excited about it and enjoy meal times (why would you want to have a fight at the dinner table everyday?). Don't get me wrong, I bet there is plenty of food thrown around BUT a happy baby!!

How is Meadow getting on? Have you got a highchair yet?

Lisa and Kat - is it that bad with food getting everywhere????? Ha ha - I can just imagine...no need to comment! Deri made a right old mess with the broccoli the other night

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Originally Posted by lauriech

I totally agree (Sam isn't it?)! Babies who are BLW'd don't seem to have the issues that the babies who are given purees do.

And yes, all the mums who are either currently BLW'ing or about to start are so excited about it and enjoy meal times (why would you want to have a fight at the dinner table everyday?). Don't get me wrong, I bet there is plenty of food thrown around BUT a happy baby!!

How is Meadow getting on? Have you got a highchair yet?

Lisa and Kat - is it that bad with food getting everywhere????? Ha ha - I can just imagine...no need to comment! Deri made a right old mess with the broccoli the other night

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It's not tooooo bad. As long as you're prepared! Oliver gets stripped off and we put a ma down to protect the carpet. I bought a shower curtain from the pound shop, which I cut in half. So no. Not that bad really.

Originally Posted by XKatX

It's not tooooo bad. As long as you're prepared! Oliver gets stripped off and we put a ma down to protect the carpet. I bought a shower curtain from the pound shop, which I cut in half. So no. Not that bad really.

I was reading about putting a mat down (or using a shower curtain!) but we have tiled floor so easy to clean thank god but obviously if Deri threw ALL his food on the floor I wouldn't be able to give it back to him so think I will do this too.

I also plan to strip Deri off (as long as it's warm enough to do so)....

I gave Deri just cucumber tonight in his highchair (as all he seems to do is look at the food, attempt to pick it up and drop it) and it just kept slipping from his fingers....any tips on this?

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We also use a cheap shower curtain - much quicker to clean than mopping the kitchen floor all the time. We also have trouble with slippery food-saw a suggestion about rolling slipper stuff in crumbs to give it some grip.

Originally Posted by rach321

We also use a cheap shower curtain - much quicker to clean than mopping the kitchen floor all the time. We also have trouble with slippery food-saw a suggestion about rolling slipper stuff in crumbs to give it some grip.

Oooo - I remember reading that too...thanks hun! What type of crumbs would you use?

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I know I'm not weaning yet buuuuuut could it just be that picking it up that much is all he needs to do at the moment? Isn't blw really recommended from around 6 months? Hope you don't mind me posting that - I'm reading all about blw at the moment and that's what it seems to be suggesting x

Hebe picked up and put stuff to her mouth quickly but didnt 'eat' for a while.

This time of year is great for BLW - we had scrambled eggs in the garden this week and the dogs and the birds clean up!

Originally Posted by elm

I know I'm not weaning yet buuuuuut could it just be that picking it up that much is all he needs to do at the moment? Isn't blw really recommended from around 6 months? Hope you don't mind me posting that - I'm reading all about blw at the moment and that's what it seems to be suggesting x

You're right hun and I agree but Deri is nowhere near eating anything yet! He just attempts to 'pick' food up. I just wanted to start inlcuding him at mealtimes and to let him explore/play with the food. He is not co-ordinated enough to actually feed himself yet but he is happy sitting at the table with us and he's not bored if he's got food to play with too

I was only asking about the crumbs so I knew what to use ready for when Deri is 6 months x