To think I can't be the only one who has never 'fed' their dc?

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A conversation at the children's centre turned to talk of weaning (yawn) I mentioned that I'd never fed dd with a spoon as she had always just fed herself.

I was told that I must have fed her with a spoon at first and when I insisted I didn't they just didn't believe me. The sure start worker (HV?) even said she was sure I must be getting "confused" patronising cow as dd wouldn't have been getting adequate amounts of food by feeding herself.

I'm not the only one am I?

Of course you're not. BLW or whatever you want to call it is self-feeding.

My two were never spoon fed. BLW from the start.

I did blw so as has always fed himself. He now uses a spoon (and hands) I didn't teach him, just kept putting a spoon out and he is getting used to using it. He is14 months. I don't think its that unusual.

I had to spoon feed my little man to get enough food in him, so maybe she has a lazy little so and so child like me. Still rude to question you like that tho.

our second snatched the thing and went about jabbing their eyes, nostrils and forehead until the mouth was found and never looked back

BLW is quite common these days.

I weaned my first child on spoon-fed purees, but did a loose version of BLW with my second (spoon feed readybrek and yogurt at some stage, I think).

Whatever works for you and your baby, I guess...

I've never spoon fed either of mine, either. This is mainly because I'm extremely lazy, and couldn't be bothered to purée anything. I just chucked whatever we were eating (within reason) in front of them and let them get on with it.

I spoon fed DS1 pfb but with DS2, whilst sitting on my lap one day, stole a piece of peanut butter toast off his brothers plate and we never looked back (not quite, but I certainly never spoonfed him!)

I spoon fed once, at 4 months when I tried baby rice my big 'ol greedy teeny tot GRABBED THE SPOON and shovelled it in , from then on I loaded spoons and handed them to him, and soon after did BLW finger foods.. so no, no real spoon feeding here either, part spoon feeding I suppose.

YANBU.

We started DS on purees, and he has always refused to let us put the spoon in his mouth. He insisted on holding the spoon himself and putting it in his mouth himself from the beginning. Very very messy at first, but it was a choice between letting him go for it, or not getting anything in him at all.

I'm sure there's plenty of other babies who resist being fed by anyone other than themselves.

I have photographic evidence of the self spoon feeding at first solid feed too

I fed my first 2 DC as I had never heard of BLW, but my DS was only ever fed from a spoon when he had a yogurt/fromage frais.

BLW wasn't around when DD was little, or if it was I hadn't come across it. DD was a very poor eater. If I had left it up to her to feed she wouldn't have eaten. She also had a tracheostomy, so starting with chunky foods would have been difficult. So, yes, I did spoon feed DD when she was a baby.

I pre-loaded spoons with things like shepherds pie and porridge, at the very beginning (7 months ish) when we did baby led weaning, which he then grabbed and fed himself with. But other than that he fed himself.

However, I do occasionally feed him when he's ill (at nearly 4) and can't be bothered to eat.

really? BLW was around when I was little, it just wasn't called that (but wasn't unusual, my mum did BLW even though she never heard any phrase for it other than "giving the child some food" until DS came along)

I've never spoon fed dd 11mo. She manages fine. I don't think blw is unusual these days.

Yes, my MIL, who used to be a childminder read the book and said that's how she did it back then!

I never spoon-fed DS as I was a BLW obsessive PFB-mummy and did everything by the book. I have tried bloody hard to spoon feed DD so as to fill her up and get some sleep at night but she won't have it one little bit.

What a stupid health visitor The human race still managed to wean its babies before the invention of spoons after all.

I never 'spoon fed' either of mine; they fed themselves, usually with their hands, everything I cooked for them, from pasta to risotto to a roast - as long as it wasn't too hot.

So OP, you're not BU and the HV was rather patronising and ill-informed.

When I told my health visitor I was doing BLW with DD she said she had never met anyone who had just done BLW before! (in 2010).

Have got the spoon out for my DS though as he seems to want more quantity that he can manage to get in using hands alone...

I didnt feed mine.

MIL was appauled, apparently feeding a child (either by hand or spoon) was a sign of love but she soon changed her tune once dd was sitting up tucking into her cooking .

I am guessing none of you have carpets. Or landlords.

Ds2 showed ME how to do blw. He point blank refused purees and wouldn't stop shouting at mealtimes so, out of pure exasperation, I gave him a piece of toast. We haven't looked back, he eats everything and anything and is a chubster healthy 7mth old boy. He had his first proper curry (at the restaurant) at 6 1/2 mths :)

"I am guessing none of you have carpets. Or landlords."

Or food refusers or children who are below the scale on the centile chart.