BLW ers

tjkdlhb

How are you monitoring salt intake?!?  Obviously we are avoiding adding salt to anything and avoiding giving her processed meats, fried foods etc... but in terms of the things that already have salt in them.

For example... I'm planning to make spaghetti tonight.  If I give her a little ground beef, noodles chopped into TINY bits and few tbsp of sauce, that should be okay, right?  The sauce I'm using has 450 mg of salt per 1/2 cup.  She obviously won't consume that much.  If I give her a little grated cheese, that has 200mg per 30 grams. I have no idea the salt content of the meat... Noodles is 0.

FWIW ...Earlier today she had french toast fingers made with a tiny bit of milk, WW bread and a little egg yolk.  She also had some mashed avocado.  She obviously only ate a little bit of it. The slice of bread had 170 mg of salt, but I'd say only 1/10th of it got into her mouth, if that.

She's been going crazy for sips of water at mealtime, which is what makes me wonder about her accumulated salt intake.  It should be okay though... since even if she consummed every bit of full adult sized servings of each of these things (which she is obviously FAR from doing), she would only have 820 mg... right?!?

Man, feeding youngsters is hard! I think too much... ~ crazy mama signing out!

bellelamb

I know I don't worry that much about it as my kids get a little older, never done blw and as much as I'd like to this time it's not practicle since I'm alone at dinner with three kids. I can't watch closely enough. Any way I'd say try to advoid added salt and don't stress.

nicole0066

I wouldn't stress too much either.  As long as you are eating balanced meals and not adding extra salt to your LO's food I really wouldn't worry too much, especially since they aren't eating real food as their main source of nutrition.

hoping4sticky

I did a little BLW, but none of the BLWer's I know were feeding that type of food at 6 months. At 6 months, it was more banana, avocado, or other single type foods with mabye some toast. But I don't really start my kids on solids until almost 6 months so they are probably a bit behind. No scientific backing, and I'm pretty liberal with food, but I would not be comfortable giving spaghetti to my 6 month old. 8-9 months I would consider it though. Not trying to judge, I'm not a BLW expert, just my thoughts.

tjkdlhb

hoping4sticky:

I did a little BLW, but none of the BLWer's I know were feeding that type of food at 6 months. At 6 months, it was more banana, avocado, or other single type foods with mabye some toast. But I don't really start my kids on solids until almost 6 months so they are probably a bit behind. No scientific backing, and I'm pretty liberal with food, but I would not be comfortable giving spaghetti to my 6 month old. 8-9 months I would consider it though. Not trying to judge, I'm not a BLW expert, just my thoughts.

 Thank you, (seriously, not being sarcastic... I know it can be hard to tell online)

 All of the ingredients were on a BLW "starter list" that I read online (except the sauce which was a miniscule amount and I gave her plain sauce, not like we had w/ spices) I have cleared it with my HCP that I could start everything but egg white and honey...  I did do a few weeks with lots of banana and avocado... and they're still my 'go to' foods.  On a handout from public health, "foods worth trying" included grated cheese, pasta, and chili.  The pasta was cut into tiny pieces so as to avoid choking... and the ingredients were separated, not all together in one big pile.  We skipped purees altogether, but I did mash everything at first for my own peace of mind.  There is a lot of contradictory information out there, and each mama should do what is within their comfort level.  I am also watching her closely for signs of allergies, discomfort, etc.