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BLW ?

ElinJElinJ member
in May 2012 Moms
I plan to do a combination of BLW, as well as traditional pures. The other night we were eating steamed broccoli with dinner, so I gave LO a stalk to play with. He LOVED it! He seemed to love the experience, and he didn't hate the taste. However, he had an awful night that night, waking up multiple times. In the morning as he was fussing yet again, he finally pooped and instantly seemed to feel better. So I wonder if the fact that it was broccoli made him constipated or gassy, or just the fact that it was real food. He's only ever had breastmilk rice cereal.

Any other BLW babies experience some tummy troubles? I think our next veggie experience will be pures. I plan on attempting green bean pure followed by real green beans.
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  • joshandpandajoshandpanda member
    we started with puree's.  When we first started, I added a little more water so it wasn't as thick, and each time I make something now, I use less and less water, and am finding that it is now more formed when he goes to the bathroom... just keep an eye on it, it he seems to get uncomfortable, add more water to the puree'
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    I would like to state that I know how to spell puree. The iPhone changes the first "e" to an e with an accent at the top, which The Bump removed from my post! Damnit! I knew it removed dashes and other things. So anyway, pure = puree. :
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    Oh, now The Bump's mobile feature removed the smile from what was supposed to be a smiley face at the end. Can we get a fix please?!
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  • littleredfishlittleredfish member

    I plan to do BLW but we're not really going to go for finger foods it until she's 6 months then do a mix of both like you plan to. So far we've given her some purees or mashed stuff with the same result you said. She has a really fussy day, then a massive, smelly, thick poop and then all is well. I think it's her digestive system adjusting to solids so I plan to give her less at one shot and dilute with BM from now on.

    Edit: Just to mention the foods she's had with that result were carrots and potatoes.

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  • ELF4321ELF4321 member
    Broccoli and cauliflower are hard to digest and definite gas causers. You might want to start with foods that are easier on the digestive system like squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, avocado.


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    imagelittleredfish:

    I plan to do BLW but we're not really going to go for finger foods it until she's 6 months then do a mix of both like you plan to. So far we've given her some purees or mashed stuff with the same result you said. She has a really fussy day, then a massive, smelly, thick poop and then all is well. I think it's her digestive system adjusting to solids so I plan to give her less at one shot and dilute with BM from now on.


    Edit: Just to mention the foods she's had with that result were carrots and potatoes.


    Thanks for the info! Glad I'm not alone!

    imageELF4321:
    Broccoli and cauliflower are hard to digest and definite gas causers. You might want to start with foods that are easier on the digestive system like squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, avocado.


    Thanks for the tip! My doctor advised me to try 23 more bland vegetables before sweet potato or avocado. So maybe I'll do carrots. Does anyone know if green beans are easy or hard to digest? Thought I would try 2 days of green bean puree followed by 2 days of steamed green beans, BLW style.

    Either way I'm waiting a week or two before doing another veggie!
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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    I know I can not eat broccoli while bfing or lo is a gassy mess!!! I would think lo eating it would be the same.

    I've given Lucas avocodo banana in strips blw and in pure form and pured green beans. He loves avocodo and that was his first food other than bm.

    Good gravy you can't spell puree on an iPhone easily can you
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    imageElinJ:
     Thanks for the tip! My doctor advised me to try 23 more bland vegetables before sweet potato or avocado. So maybe I'll do carrots. Does anyone know if green beans are easy or hard to digest? Thought I would try 2 days of green bean puree followed by 2 days of steamed green beans, BLW style. Either way I'm waiting a week or two before doing another veggie!

    Interesting about the SP and avocado.  I was told that avocado was one of the best things to give early on because it helps with digestion and is relatively bland.  And SP was the first thing we gave her after cereal!  I guess all pedis have their own opinions on these things. 

    DD has not had any issue with digesting green beans or peas (although you can definitely tell what she ate by her poop color!)  We haven't done carrots yet.  That's next up.


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  • bornmommybornmommy member
    We started with purees mainly because we wanted to start early (4 months.)  We tried BLW for the first time last night with broccoli and it did not go well!  Connor put the stalk to his mouth and the face he gave was as if he had smelt poo.  LOL   Connor = not ready for BLW :) 
                  
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    imageELF4321:

    imageElinJ:
     Thanks for the tip! My doctor advised me to try 23 more bland vegetables before sweet potato or avocado. So maybe I'll do carrots. Does anyone know if green beans are easy or hard to digest? Thought I would try 2 days of green bean puree followed by 2 days of steamed green beans, BLW style. Either way I'm waiting a week or two before doing another veggie!

    Interesting about the SP and avocado.  I was told that avocado was one of the best things to give early on because it helps with digestion and is relatively bland.  And SP was the first thing we gave her after cereal!  I guess all pedis have their own opinions on these things. 


    DD has not had any issue with digesting green beans or peas (although you can definitely tell what she ate by her poop color!)  We haven't done carrots yet.  That's next up.



    Gosh it is so interesting how much pediatricians vary!! When she explained it to me it made sense, as far as boring, bland foods first. I never knew avocado aids in digestion! I might bump it up on my list. And by the way, I meant 2 to 3, not 23. The iPhone/Bump removes the dash!

    And to a pp, I've been lucky in that my LO has never been affected by ANYTHING I eat! No problems with dairy, broccoli, spicy foods, caffeine, etc. But it is easy to see how broccoli would be hard on his brand new digestive system!
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