Been BLWing 2 days and dh has already got cold feet and we have already had an argument....

[WewishyouaBUMPERLICIOUS]

help!

Started blwing on Friday. Gave her pear and some toast on the first day. as predicted she licked/chewed the spat out.

yesterday tried green beans then a bit more pear. she liked the pear but didn't like it when bits came off in her mouth, didn't know what to do and got upset. so gave her some mashed pear on an oatcake. she loved it an liked all the pear off!

anyway dh is uber protective and saw her getting upset at the lumps in her mouth (oh yes, there was a bit og gagging too) and he now has cold feet. he says she obviously loved the mashed pear but was frustrated with the slice i gave her and didn't like the lumps. He thinks it would be easier and she would like it more if we just gave her purees. he also is cross because he feels like blw is my decision (he was right on board till we started!) but obviously i am home so it affects me more, and do you think he's going to be the one making purees? He asks what's so blood good about it anyway?

Help me? is all this normal? remind me again why i am doing this and don't want to give her purees? FWIW i'm not bothered by any of this and am v relaxed about the whole thing but i need help convincing dh and my mum who is coming up tomorrow!

[MerryXMoss]

How old is your dd?

[WewishyouaBUMPERLICIOUS]

6 months practically on the dot!

[MerryXMoss]

I don't know if it helps at all, but I started ds off just before six months, but it wasn't until seven months that he really got the hang of it. In retrospect I actually wonder if he wasn't ready for solids full stop until then. Not that I did him harm by starting them, but it might have made my life easier if I'd exc. bf him for the extra month iyswim and then started on blw.

Why don't you tell your dh that if he wants to make the decision re: dd's food, he can, but he has to bear the brunt of the preparation and do all the cooking and pureeing and that malarkey? You might find he changes his mind pdq then.

[NAB3hundredbaubles]

It isn't worth an argument. You feed your baby the way you think is best and let Dh do his own thing when he is there.

[MerryXMoss]

You may also find that your dd refuses a spoon if she learns to feed herself.

Mil was very sold on the idea of blw but was nervous about choking, so I said while he was around at her house he could be spoon fed... but he is so used to picking up and eating his own food that he isn't sure what to do with a spoon and tries to grab the spoon to feed himself, iyswim.