BLW - anyone started yet?

welshgirl

We're trying to combine, making sure M is getting calories to keep her weight up, and tried our first finger foods tonight - after pureed carrots. She loves strawberries!!

What have you tried?? What works for you so far?

julesmarie80

What's BLW?

welshgirl

b aby led weaning, or baby led solids

curlydoglover

We're doing combined and just started 3 days ago, so no chance to offer finger foods yet.

How much puree are you giving?  We started with about 1 tbsp of homemade peas, just because I didn't want to offer too much and him have a bad reaction.  But I'm wondering if I'm being too conservative with the solids.

kj07

We haven't.  B is in daycare so we'll be doing mostly traditional pureed foods, but I'd like to incorporate some BLW from time to time.

mamaholmes2010

We have started.  We have tried bananas, mango, avocado, white potato, sweet potato, apples, grapes, honeydew, watermelon, spinach, summer squash, eggplant, sweet peppers, white fish, and steak.

I am not following the color rules, or concerned about introducing too many foods too quickly.  We don't have any family history of food allergies, and I am following his lead on what he is interested in.  Some things I use the food net for (like grapes) because it would be too difficult for him to "chew" these to get them down.  I will say that I have avoided anything with eggs, cows milk, or nuts because of the high liklihood of developing a sensitivity if introduced too soon. 

For the most part, he likes everything we have had.  He was not a fan of bananas but he loved guacamole...

heyitsme

We've done broccoli, cauliflower, polenta, and pears so far.

ETA: Oh and peaches. And cabbage.

For purees we've done prunes, sweet potatoes, and pears so far.

lynnicole2010

What you should do is give them the same amount of the same kind of baby food for a week, as only eating a little tiny bit once a day wont show an allergic reaction. Start with apples, then pears, the avacado, peas, peaches, prunes, squash, banana, zuchini. But only ONE food a week.