BLW

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At first, I thought this idea was all crazy talk, but my DS will not eat my purees.  I have been trying to get him to eat off a spoon for a month now.  He will not open his mouth for the spoon.  I have tried everything I can think of and used all of your suggestions when I posted a question about it.  I do not want to force feed him, but he is nearly 7 months at this point.  He should be eating solids.  Since he puts EVERYTHING in his mouth right now, I thought I might try this BLW.  Is there a specific website or book which would explain the principles of it a little better?

WildcatPrincess

https://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&expIds=17259,24815,25638,26637,26639,27182,27284&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=baby+led+weaning+book&cp=18&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=17318540627763975406&ei=2s3KTLbCL8G78gaHhcTMAQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCAQ8wIwAA#

I was able to find it at B&N.  It's a pretty good read, I'm excited to try it!

AshSchultz

So I read the paragraph about the book.. I am confused.. My son eats great from a spoon.. I hold the spoon and feed him myself...eats the entire tub each time I feed him... but it said thaat they should feed themselves?

I don't understand? How in the world can a baby feed themselves purees from a spoon without it being a horrible mess and not getting ANY in their mouth?

I need an explanation perhaps?

MexiCali

AshSchultz:

So I read the paragraph about the book.. I am confused.. My son eats great from a spoon.. I hold the spoon and feed him myself...eats the entire tub each time I feed him... but it said thaat they should feed themselves?

I don't understand? How in the world can a baby feed themselves purees from a spoon without it being a horrible mess and not getting ANY in their mouth?

I need an explanation perhaps?

BLW is not about purees. It is about exploring textures and understanding how to eat with their hands. They don't use a spoon at first and that gets introduced later. Z can eat with a spoon now, all.by.himself, at almost 9 months. He scoops up the cottage cheese with his spoon and puts it in his mouth.

Wholesomebabyfoods.com also has great references to BLW. I really need to get my blog up and running, but I've been lacking.