I read the thread you were on too Mabel, and it did seem a bit scary! I think Aitchtwooh has a website all about it, a kind of blog. BLW is, as I understand it (ooh, help, might get it wrong..) when you wean without spoon feeding - babies eat what they can pick up and put into their mouths themselves, and regulate their own intake of food. They must be over 6 months for this, as I assume they have to be able to sit confidently etc. There were mentions on THAT thread of recipes for porridge that you can pick up - not sure how that works, it must be thicker than normal I guess. Anyway, I weaned DS1 really successfully the traditional way and he never had problems with lumps etc., and now has a reputation for eating anything in sight (including petit filous... ). So I'm sticking with what I know. Also the control freak in me is worried by the thought of all that cleaning the kitchen floor when DS2 throws his BLW food about the room. Have enough of that with introducing finger foods anyway! Not to mention having to sit back and think he hasn't eaten enough! My personality just won't let me do it...
Rant over.
Fairy, I started F weaning at 21 weeks - he was drinking loads more milk, waking earlier, kept pulling at my food, crying when we were eating and trying to get hold of my hands to pull food to his mouth. From the first time a spoon went near his mouth he opened it up like a little bird and swallowed straight down. No spitting out at all. So I figured he was ready. I'm still taking it slow though as I know milk is still more important at this stage.
FWIW, I really love this thread too, you all seem very balanced and measured, and no-one is extreme one way or another (or maybe you're all hiding your extreme tendancies?? )