Question for those who have done blw

holly321

At what age would you give your child a whole grape?

i personally would never blw, I have a terrible phobia of choking, but friends of ours do, and I guess I am just curious if giving things like grapes and hotdogs, ie foods that are easy to choke on, early is the norm.

 

I realize my tone my sound a bit judgemental, that completely isn't the case, just a curiousity, or attempt to understand.  Like I said, the idea really freaks me out, poor dd's food might as well be grated I still cut it so small, but I know I am overly paranoid, so I am certain people don't understand the way I feed her. 

pitterpatter129

I didn't BLW, but I did away with those purees by 10 months...  (so kind of did)  My kid had grapes cut in quarters until he was like 14 months old and in half until he was closer to 2.   I still don't give him round candy...

 

 

adamsabigail14

verovladamir:

what is BLW?

Baby Led Weaning pretty much skipping purees and introducing table food when baby is ready.

tiffanyp

Whole grapes and other choking hazards are not included in BLW.

adamsabigail14

I think that with foods like that, easy to choke on, common sense comes in and I'm not at all trying to be snarky this is really what I feel on the topic. I have not done BLW yet but I plan to and my understanding is you are not necessarily giving them "whole" pieces of food but fist sized so they can grab it and control what enters their mouth. If I were to give grapes they would definitely be cut up same goes with hot dogs I would cut them in strips rather than chunks.

holly321

Good to know. Like I said, I don't want to judge other people's parenting, but I thought it was ridiculous to give an 8 month old a grape

penguingrrl

I started DD2 right on solids because she hated purees. I cut her grapes up until she was close to 3 and stopped eating grapes at all (neither of my kids eats grapes, I have no idea why). I still cut hot dogs for both kids (at this point I just slice them along the length to break the skin). No idea when I'll stop.

PnkDingo

On the opposite end of this conversation: Mom of the kids I nannied for still cuts grapes into quarters for the almost 9 year old even when the almost 9 year old asks for them whole. I only cut grapes for the kids when they asked me to, which was never. I did peal the skin off them for the littlest until she was about 20-22mos.

kelly321

I still cut DD1's grapes in half. I have no plans to stop anytime soon since she still occasionally chokes on things and throws up (most notably, apple skins when we have them at someone's house who doesn't peel them like I do). Recently she tried blueberries and I freaked out a little. A few years ago someone on TB linked an article about a woman whose son choked on a blueberry, had no oxygen for several minutes, and ended up brain damaged. She was appealing to parents to cut up all round foods that can get caught in the windpipe.