Does anyone plan on doing BLW?

Daniellemf1228 · July 2012

I know I am ahead of myself but am doing some research on baby led weaning. Any second time moms have experience? Any first timers planning on blw? I think it is a great idea and plan on doing this with my lo. At first I was going to puree my own food but after thinking about it we will introduce soft solids without puree.

TucktheTurtle · July 2012

I actually started reading the blw book last night. I think we're going to do it, but I have to clean up our diets first.

JFH2010 · July 2012

I'm planning to! I haven't bought the book yet but that's our plan. The whole concept makes a lot of sense to me.

MrsGreen620 · July 2012

Ftm here, we'll be doing it! Breastmilk has all the nutrition she needs until she's 1 or older, so we're taking the "food is fun til one" stance.

hass2001 · July 2012

Can someone explain this to me please? I don't know much about it.

Daniellemf1228 · July 2012

hass2001- Instead of pureeing food and introducing with a spoon (i.e. force feeding textureless food) you introduce solids. For example one the baby is able to sit unassisted and is at least 6 months old put the baby in the highchair and feed it hand sized pieces of avocado (For example) and allow them to explore it with their hands and mouth. Eventually they will put it in their mouth and learn to chew instead of just swallowing down purees. The idea is that the baby will be less picky and grow up eating what you eat. They learn to chew and have a healthy relationship with food instead of being spoon fed.

dixee.deluxe · July 2012

If you guys haven't already, make sure you take an infant CPR class.

We tried it with Edie. She didn't care for it.

Mamasaurus · July 2012

I want to do it! I do plan to eat more mashed cauli, hummus, and the like when she gets interested in foods though.

katesy21 · July 2012

I plan on doing it with LO. I didn't know about it with DD1 so we did what pedi recommended and started cereal at 4 months and quickly moved on to other purees. She never cared for any of it and is still a very picky eater. I think if we had introduced food differently she might be a better eater. I'm hoping BLW will work with DD2.

Patella1129 · July 2012

We did a combo. We started with homemade purees, but only did them for a couple months. He ate mostly what we ate by the time he was 8 months. Although I'm not sure I buy into the idea that BLW will automatically create a non-picky eater. DS didn't have purees for very long, but lately he is really only into PBJ, quesadillas, cheese, and grapes. It's because he's a toddler, not because he had purees. He ate a wider variety of foods when he was eating purees!

With this baby, we'll probably do fewer purees simply because I probably won't have as much motivation to make purees.

Luv2eatcherries · July 2012

Planning to try this with DS. We'll see what happens.

WildcatPrincess · July 2012

TucktheTurtle:
I actually started reading the blw book last night. I think we're going to do it, but I have to clean up our diets first.

One of the things I love most about it is how much better we eat now. It also really got me focused on how much sodium we were eating, it was really bad.

Lit worked great for us. DD was 6.5 months when we started and she took to it pretty quick. They say they might not ingest a lot at first, but she really did. There was the normal gagging at the start, but it only lasted maybe a week or two before she learned how big a bite she could handle. I always suggest watching YouTube videos to see what it looks like because it can be scary for some, but their gag reflex triggers very close to the front of the mouth so they have plenty of time to spit it out. Obviously every parent should know CPR, but we never had any real choking incidents.

Overall though she's a great eater, I liked that I never had to spoon feed her, and it was so easy because I wasn't cooking stuff for her separate.

marriedsisterofbride · July 2012

One thing that really scares me is that one of the websites suggested "gnawing on an apple" I am friendly with an older woman that is a pediatric nurse. She has told me a million times NOT to give even a toddler uncooked apples. I guess more kids choke on them then you would expect. She has had a 2 1/2 yr old die on her from one.

Mrs.Teddy · July 2012

We did it with L and plan to with E as well. It was one of the best choices we made! And funnily L made it for us. We waited till about 6 months and tried purees, he hated it screamed and gagged it was awful. I read up on BLW and gave it a shot, he did amazing. He is an awesome eater. There are things he doens't like but for the most part he will try anything and does have a good palette he will eat Dim Dum, Indian, Chinese, etc not just the typical kids fare.

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