I've been trying to do BLW as DD refuses to be spoonfed, and basically letting her eat what we eat.
She tends to suck on the food and is happy playing with it but whenever she actually sucks a bit off she gags to get it back to the front of her mouth (which I know she had supposed to do to stop herself choking) but she is often sick as she does it (quite a bit of milk comes up, even if its a while since she had a milk feed). And then she normally just spits the food out, and has rarely eaten anything.
Is being sick normal in BLW babies when they gag? My mum was with me today when she did it and she panicked and was all ready to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre , even though I kept telling her she'd supposed to gag. But now I'm doubting myself.
Also I've read you'd supposed to cut things into chip shapes but what about if you're all eating something like spaghetti bolognese or something with rice or peas, do you just put them on the tray and let her try to pick them up? That's what we've been doing but it looks really difficult for her to actually get anything into her mouth!
I foolishly asked the HV for advice and she knew less than me about BLW (although did recommend it so that's good) but she said I should be giving DD vitamin drops as she's hardly eating any solids. Is that right? Will she be missing out on vitamins?
She's FF and 6.5 months old.
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Can someone reassure me that I'm doing BLW properly - DD being sick when gagging
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iwouldgoouttonight · 01/08/2009 20:30
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