Question about BLW

RadicalDreamer143

I haven't given it much thought really, since Liam LOVES his purees, and I only feed him homemade baby foods.

However, I brought him to work since it's my last day, and I can't really search the interwebs at my leisure, so my question is - for babies that love purees, is there a point to try BLW while I am still cycling through new things for him to try?

MexiCali

BLW is great for texture exploring and learning how to use their hands to feed. That is what they don't get from eating the purees. I get a lot of compliments about how well Z eats and his eating habits. The kid eats Tofu for crying out lound and most adults won't even it eat, his parents included.

dcunningham2

We've just started introducing solids and I let E feed herself the purees using this by Sassy: https://assets1.mytrainsite.com/501035/30010_6o.jpg (I put food on the spoon and hand it to her)

I also give her chunks of apple and banana to play with and explore textures.

To me the most important thing is that she's controlling the feeding session - I don't feed her if she doesn't want it and she puts it in her mouth herself. And I don't only give her purees - that way she can learn the different textures of food.

Also, I only give her single ingredient purees; considering that I give her stage 2 (so she gets used to lumps from day one) there aren't many options that are single ingredient. I think this is important so she can learn to differentiate the flavors from each food.

To summarize I kind of do a hybrid of traditional feeding and baby-led. But it's what works for us. Hope that helps!