DD is 7 mo and we started out very enthusiastic about BLW (a lot of that was because of positive threads on MN and very pro BLW HV team)
Then I completely lost confidence. We had a couple of gagging (not choking) incidents which were quite alarming. I'm not much of a cook and found it really hard to plan "baby friendly" meals. I'm also vegetarian so was stressing about cooking meat right and was worried about how much she was (or wasn't) eating.
So I got myself really stressed and as a result started doing more traditional weaning - mush and finger foods - steamed veg, toast, fruit etc.
Felt a bit sad about it as she obviously loves feeding herself but is quite happy being spoon fed too.
Anyway to get to the point, we went to my parents today and my mum had made spaghetti bolognese and done a no salt portion for DD. I just put it on her highchair to see what she would do and she ate loads and absolutely loved it (minimal gagging too!) 
It was fantastic and has really made me want to do BLW properly.
Sorry for ramble - I just really wanted to share this because I was so exicited and DP is sick of hearing me go on about how well she did!
If anyone has any meals that work well with BLW I would love to hear them and any success stories to help me keep the faith
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Mimmee · 08/10/2011 20:28
Well done Mimmee and baby Mimmee! It's hard not to panic when they don't eat much, gag, etc.
Sometimes keeping it simple helps if you don't always feel like cooking. DD (11mo) loves avocado, toast with lots of butter, avocado on toast (!), jacket potato and jacket sweet potato, grated cheese and cucumber sandwiches, green beans, noodles that she can suck up.
Last night I made her a delicious pasta and roast veg for tea. I started unpacking the shopping, turned around and she had managed to get hold of an crispbread for cheese and was eating away, completely ignoring my lovingly prepared meal!
Squiggly Those blueberry pancakes are amazing! Unfortunately she refused to eat them and would only accept a piece of plain white bread 
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That's the thing about BLW - you're letting them make decisions about food so sometimes they make decisions that you don't want them to! You just have to go with it. If I'm pottering around in the kitchen she will eat more as she enjoys watching me empty the dishwasher, fascinating as that is. If I sit and eat with her she gets bored quite quickly.
Your post has inspired me to persevere with blw, the mess was really getting to me and the fact that so far not a lot seems to be actually swallowed....but to hear that it's best in the long run is nice! Also I was feeling stressed about making sure someone is always eating with DS (as the books suggest) but he still needs a lot of naps and sometimes misses mealtimes. You guys have given me some inspiration to keep going! 
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