Can anyone recommend good online resources for BLW?

[hmmmum]

I did purees with my dd and it worked well, I quite liked making interesting blends and spoon feeding her and knowing I was giving her a nutritional diet with lots of different tastes :)
But my ds (7 months old) is having none of it! He really fights me when I try and spoon feed him and cries and fusses and pushes the food out his mouth. He responds much better to baby led weaning - he loves holding a bit of food himself and sticking it in his mouth. But so far he is mainly chewing on rice cakes (the Organix baby ones), sticks of red pepper, and cooked baby corn. I want him to have a more varied diet than that, and was just wondering if anyone could recommend good websites or online advice?
My ds has just started shouting when he sees one of us eating, as though he wants to be eating too... Yesterday I was eating a hamburger and I gave him a piece of the roll and he started contentedly shoving it into his mouth. I'm concerned he's not getting enough food and is hungry, but then I suppose their diet at this age is still meant to be mainly milk anyway?
Any advice would be much appreciated!

[CornishYarg]

Have a look at //www.babyledweaning.com

[CultureSucksDownWords]

As long as the food you make is low salt, has no whole nuts or similar, and has no honey, then you can give him some of your food. That's one of the bonuses of BLW, you can cook the same thing for you and any other children.

If you aren't confident giving exactly what you're having, then any steamed veggies would work. Roasted root veg can also be good. Batons of cheese, slices of soft fruit like pear/nectarine/peach, grapes (cut in half), raspberries, blueberries, strawberries. You could give strips of chicken, or make burgers/patties from mince. Pancakes (savoury or sweet) are good - I would do a drop scone/american style pancake. Savoury cheesy/veg muffins are also easy to eat. Pasta with sauce can be entertaining as it can be a bit messy! Also omelette strips, hard boiled egg, spanish omelette.

There are lots of recipes on the baby led weaning site. I also found the River Cottage Baby and Toddler cookbook to be very good.

[squizita]

Pinterest is AMAZING for food ideas ... just ignore the American "can't have xyz food till xyz age even when blw" scare stuff.

[squizita]

Oh and boots do salt free stock cubes. I use these for everything now, remove baby food portions, then salt adult portions. Easy to make loads of spaghetti sauce, soup, mince etc this way.

[TwoLittleTerrors]

I have done BLW with DD1 and am doing it with DD2.

You don't limit to what is considered finger food for babies. You give a bit of what you eat to them, within reason. Low salt, no whole nuts kind of thing.

So meat in any form, whether it's a burger patty, a strip of chicken, roast, or even cottage pie mince. Mashed potatoes, pasta, omelettes. Anything that doesn't require pincer grip at that age. Either it's large on its own or can stick to his hand or a spoon to shove in.

[TwoLittleTerrors]

And rice is surprisingly sticky even though you won't consider it as finger food. Even a 6mo can manage risotto.

[TwoLittleTerrors]

A good tip I have is to have them eat naked. It's easier to wipe down a naked baby.

[youmakemydreams]

Another place that sells good low salt/salt free stick cubes and things is polish supermarkets. My friend gave me loads to try when ds2 was weaning. They have brands like knorr which are low/no salt and much nicer than what we have in our supermarkets.
That is the joy of blw is with sometimes a little adaptation just give him what you are having.