Stupid BLW question

yankeebear · May 2012

We have been doing purees with LO since about 4 1/2 months and she loves it. We are not really doing BLW but I want to include some regular food and see how she does. I gave her some toast this weekend and she did really well with it. My question is - is it OK to put butter on it? I did butter the toast without thinking about it because it keeps the toast softer, but I wonder if this is off limits because it is made of milk. Sorry if this is a totally dumb question.

mamaZbo · May 2012

I usually spread banana on toast. You could try putting a little fruit puree on it instead of butter. I don't know if butter is recommended at this age, but I know they can have yogurt and cheese.

pennysuedog · May 2012

mamaZbo:
I usually spread banana on toast. You could try putting a little fruit puree on it instead of butter. I don't know if butter is recommended at this age, but I know they can have yogurt and cheese.

Oh, I love the idea of banana on toast, maybe it won't be quite as messy Wink

mamaZbo · May 2012

Sorry to disappoint, but bananas on toast is messy...unless my DD is just a slob Confused

. It ends up a big, gooey mess that I find stuck to everything. She loves it though, so we keep feeding it to her. I thought she'd done a good job eating the other day until I picked her up and found a bunch of stuff stuck to her butt. We eat outside whenever possible.

aliciaroset · May 2012

I don't see what's wrong with a little butter.

You can give them dairy products, just not milk. DD has had yogurt and cheese.

blu-eyedwife · May 2012

I don't put butter on every piece of bread he has, but every now and then I will use some unsalted butter. Again, babies are supposed to have more fat than you and I. Butter is not a great fat for them to have (saturated fat and all that) but I think it's probably fine every once in a while.

Other things I'll put on bread/toast/rice cakes are:

hummus

yogurt

cottage cheese

chopped liver