To think most people don't understand baby led weaning

[Londonforestmum]

I hear so often people say they are doing a mixture of baby led weaning and spoon feeding. I'm not saying one is better than the other, but this is 'traditional weaning', which always advised finger food from 6 months as well as purées. It's not doing a bit of both. BLW means you let your child feed themselves all the time. To say you're doing a bit of both is like saying you're a bit of a vegetarian because you eat some plant based foods alongside meat?

BLW also doesn't mean children don't use a spoon, you can use a spoon straight from the start but you just preload it for them and then let them hold it / put it in (or somewhere near lol) their mouths.

I think maybe people feel under pressure to do BLW but don't want to so they say they're doing a bit of it. There is nothing wrong with doing traditional weaning (purées and finger food) though!

You also said No mum replaces milk with food with a baby under 1 which is obviously rubbish considering milk is reduced and food is introduced, therefore replacing the milk.
Plenty of babies don’t want any milk from the time they are eating 3 meals a day, well before one. There isn’t some magical cut off at the end of 11 months and 12.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I absolutely care about your opinion on an old post 🫶