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Scary start with BLW

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metalelephant · 13/04/2012 12:23

Dd is 6 months old, very keen to put everything in her mouth, so started on the BLW root in the past few days. She like to suck on a piece if bread and a broccoli florette so today's new thing was banana.

I gave her a chunk bug enough to pick up, she had some, gagged, then choked, then vomited milk. A bit later I tried with smaller pieces and she vomited again. Once more with a bigger piece, more vomit.

Obviously I don't mind her vomiting but I'm terrified of her choking... With DS we started with purée and mash and only started finger food at around 7-8 months. DD not keen on purée, which I was happy about as I thought to only do it baby led but now I feel quite scared of choking her.

Any advice?

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metalelephant · 15/04/2012 08:57

Wow, cheers for your stories, banana seems to be pretty troublesome... She does like to suck on crusty bread - holding it like a microphone and waving it each time she brings it to her mouth.

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metalelephant · 22/04/2012 20:11

A little update one week later:

Have avoided whole bananas and went for toast with butter or cream cheese and broccoli and she's eating them happily and with minimal gagging.

Will try steamed apple, potato and sweet potato this week, along with overlooked pasta.

I'm also gently trying to introduce a bit of spoonfeeding, if and when she opens her mouth and letting her guide the spoon with her hands.

Will return in a few days to update, it will be nice to keep this as a little journal...

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metalelephant · 22/04/2012 20:11

Haha, overlooked pasta is sooo underrated.

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100years · 23/04/2012 10:21

Brill stuff metal, nice you tried it some more. It's a great way of 'weaning'

Thanks for the update, nice you've had less gagging on other things Grin

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metalelephant · 23/04/2012 17:42

Thanks 100years, it was really helpful to read that banana can cause extra gagging and get my courage back. And she clearly loves to put things in her mouth already! Wink

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GodisaDJ · 23/04/2012 20:20

Fab news metal, it's definitely the best route for us. Dd is nearly 9 months and since 8 months has started 'eating' now rather than just playing...she's worked out it fills her up! It's amazing to watch and of course we still get the odd 'scare' (gag) but we are calm and ensure we intervene if we need to.

Good luck, keep us posted Smile

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metalelephant · 25/04/2012 20:16

Today there was eating and, probably for the first time, definite playing, *GodisaDJ"! She was happily pounding the table, and moving the food around but she did eat quite a lot!

In the last week there has been a lot of bread or toast with cream cheese and broccoli, that she seems to enjoy a lot.

Today she had boiled sweet potatoes and youvarlakia that are boiled meatballs. As they are boiled they are quite tender and yet a nice round shape for her to grasp easily. She would either bite/ lick them or squish them and eat what was escaping though her fingers. And her three year old brother likes them without salt as well, so it was a successful dinner all round!

This is how you make them baby friendly:

Mix beef mince with bread soaked in milk, grated carrot, chopped onion and a little chopped garlic, and some uncooked rice. Mix together with olive oil, shape into walnut size balls, roll in flour and drop on boiling water. The flour hitting the boiling water will keep them intact. Boil for around 30-40 minutes.

The recipe contains egg in the mince mix but I omitted it as the advice is to not give babies egg until a year old. Dill is great too but I had none...

They taste good hot or cold, you can also have them with yoghurt.

The sweet potatoes went down very well, we had very little gagging and no vomiting at all. This thread has been a great hell to us! Smile

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metalelephant · 25/04/2012 20:18

Oops... the youvarlakia disappeared...

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metalelephant · 25/04/2012 21:37

Obviously the thread has been a great help rather than hell Blush

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TittyBojangles · 01/05/2012 20:33

Don't think the advice is not to give egg til a year (willing to be proved wrong). One of DS favourite meals was omelette or eggy bread so I hope not!

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metalelephant · 01/05/2012 20:54

Hi Titty, the paed said that in Greece, it may be old fashioned and the guidelines may have changed - if you havent noticed any reactions it's probably all fine isn't it?

Sorry for giving you the a scare! Blush

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100years · 01/05/2012 21:04

Re eggs nhs advice, ok after 6 months old, so long as both white and yolk are fully cooked. Obviously just be aware they are in the list of allergenic foods so be watchful for any reaction. But my LO has scrambled eggs, pancakes, omelette type things and is not yet 8 months. That said some countries still have 12 months as a limit, but not in UK Smile

100years · 01/05/2012 21:06

Didn't see your post about Greece before I posted that. Sorry.

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metalelephant · 02/05/2012 12:52

That's ok 100, it's good to know there's more foods to be enjoyed!

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