Hi, first time mum my DS is 6.5 months and I have been giving him solids for about 3 weeks now, the thing is it's all seeming a bit easy and I'm wondering am I doing it right.
I am mostly trying to stick to blw with the odd baby custard, well mashed potato etc. He doesn't seem fussed on porridge so at breakfast time I give him toast soilders or some pears or peaches to chomp on, lunch time is usually something I'm having like bread dipped in homemade soup or fruit, and dinner time is potato, cooked carrot stick or similar vegetable or chicken.
He seems to love messing about by himself and especially loves fruit, but not as fussed on being fed by spoon and always tries to grab it and do it himself. He can eat a peach slice off a baby fork as it's too slippery to hold.
I just feed him when I/ we are eating so no real set
times although usually around the same time each day.
When I'm out and about I sometimes bring fruit with
me and sometimes he'll have some of my soup for
example. There are days he doesn't have 3 meals, he
may not get breakfast if I'm in a hurry to get out of the
house.
He doesn't seem to eat a lot really unless it's
something very easy to eat like the bread, so he
probably isn't getting alot of fruit as it's harder for him to bite/chew. He takes about 28- 32 oz a day still.
No one I know does blw so they all think I'm a bit odd for doing it and I know they think he's not getting a lot
to eat really. Sil's baby of the same age eats porridge, and full potato and gravy mashed at lunch and a full individual pot of ambrosia custard every day, so my DS seems to be eating considerably less.
So what I'm asking is, is what I'm doing ok, should be
be eating at same time every day, same amount of meals and is what he's eating ok? Advice appreciated.