My DD2 is 21 weeks. She is FF and almost at maximum capacity bottle for each feed. She's also a large baby. In the past few days she has begun to sit unaided for a few seconds and is quite strong physically. She takes toys (and whatever else is handed to her) quickly and accurately to her mouth although she still has some degree of tongue thrust.
My question is (with a view to BLW)when should I give her the chance to try food? I know a lot of people talk about not weaning before 26 weeks, and presumably on that basis don't give their babies food in any form until then. I've read Gill Rapley's book and like the idea of it, but can't quite get my head around it sometimes. My DD1 is now almost five and was weaned at 21 weeks on purees as was the norm then.
What I'm getting at is this. Surely to be allowed to BLW the baby needs to have access to food in the first place so I'm wondering when it is considered safe/acceptable to offer it. At present, DD2 sits with us a breakfast (in bouncy chair),is asleep over lunchtime and sits with DD1 whilst she has her tea.
I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences.