Baby led weaning

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Is it me or does it take bloody aaaaaaaages!

In what way?

Not here it didn't.

You might the Weaning topic more helpful than AIBU.

We did it and it didn't seem to take ages for us. It really appealed to my lazy side as I got to eat while dd fed herself.

LO is taking an hour sometimes more to eat!

Not that I'm in a rush or anything !

I know someone whose baby does

Yes, for DS though he didn't like being spoonfed either, and was generally fussy about food and preferred milk. But probably best to head over to Weaning.

Ages to what? Stuff your child so they sleep through the night?

It's just a way of letting baby feed themselves. Job done. Dd and DS got the hang of lumps etc from the off - none of this blending madness.

No need to see it as a life changing principle or movement to follow. It's just feeding.

Oh, I see, I thought you meant ages till they start eating properly.

And what are you waiting for an hour for? I'm probably starving dd but she finishes when we do as loads of it end up on the floor anyway. But her pops tell me plenty is going in. I don't expect her to "finish" as such though.

"Food before one is just for fun"

Just think of the meal as playtime then it doesn't seem such a long time, at least it didn't for me. Yes an hour is a long time to be eating but it's really not that long for playtime, in fact it's great that a baby is concentrating on one thing for that long.

It's great! Best toy ever!

whispers I hate it

I'm being slightly tongue in cheek Joyful.

sometimes I type and read my posts (once posted) and think that they don't come across quite how I intend.

FWIW I do mash up DD's food with a fork depending on what it is and she self feeds. Otherwise I'll cut it up a bit. That's my interpretation of BLW - I'm not quite so sure about the idea of giving food without any consideration for her lack of teeth!! Also both of mine have reflux so gag as well but BLW means they control what goes in and they have less trouble.

By blending madness I meant pulping to a smooth paste then gradually working upwards.

I agree! And I get very at people being so hung up on the term "BLW". I was talking to a mum about her PFB and she was getting all het up about doing BLW and frustrated with me as I tried to explain how I weaned both of mine but broke the "rules" by, shock horror, preparing different foods for them (reflux meant I had to be careful) and for mashing or cutting it up.

I made some purées once. That took bloody ages. DS turned his nose up at them too and they languished in the freezer for ages before finally being binned.

I gave an estimated time limit of half hour for dd to eat.....by that time she was bored of playing eating her food anyway and she learnt that was how long she had to eat before din dins was over.

And as pp have said ...'food before one is just for fun'. My dog has got considerably fatter sinse dd likes to share but I didn't worry about food intake as milk is more important before 1 yr old.

My son likes to really take his time, too. But it's a nice change from all of the 'wolf my food as fast as possible' that I used to do when he was younger.

joyful

Re the smug mother - are you serious? Did she really lecture you and use the word disgusting?
I hear stories like this and it makes me so curious as I've never met anyone this smug or bossy in real life. Who are these people who care so much?