A is definitely beginning to eat more than the accidental mouthful. Despite doing BLW for nearly two months now, he seems to be following the same progress as all the puree fed babies with regards to the consistency of food he prefers to ingest.
For the first three weeks he didn't really eat anything, just gummed on stuff and spat everything out.
Then he started sucking the juice out of everything (like strained purees).
Now he's swallowing mushy food - like porridge, oatibix, colannon. And chewing easily dissolvable food so that it turns into mush before swallowing (rice cakes, breadsticks, bread, certain fruit and veg).
Just waiting till he stops spitting out lumps of melon and meat.
Today he finished his Oatibix (half a biscuit) for the first time. We're very proud! We've also bought a new highchair that sits close to the table, it's the one from Ikea that folds and has a washable fabric chair. Seems to be a success so far, perhaps it's because A feels more involved at the table.
Still no word from my employers wrt returning part-time. Have stopped thinking about it for now.
And lastly, have any of you actually stopped feeding in the night completely? It's been over two weeks since I last fed A after his bedtime. He still wakes but eventually goes back to sleep. Just wondered if anyone had been as cruel bloody-minded consistent as I have in refusing night feeds.