BLW support thread anyone?

[MrsNPattz]

Just wondered if anyone wanted to join me on our BLW adventure, I could do with it (see my earlier thread)! We went to my uncles today, luckily my cousin did BLW with her two little ones so they were very accommodating and he tried carrot, sprout, broccoli, turkey and potato! It was very successful and it was lovely having my cousin to talk to! Unfortunately she doesn't live near us, but is at the end of the phone! What did your babies eat today?

[Forgetfulmog]

I put the food straight onto the highchair - if you use a plate, hold onto it otherwise it'll end up flying! I personally wouldn't feed baby from my plate, but mainly because I don't want all my food to end up smooshed! Do whatever you feel comfortable with.

Wine is fine surely as the alcohol will get cooked out? Unless you were planning on giving the baby wine in a sippy cup

[Andcake]

I bought plates but they just get thrown on floor so literally use them to transfer his food from kitchen to table. He finds plates more interesting than food. We just put the food on a clean surface in front. I've also found a bib with a trough a blessing.
Mess wise I found really cheap splash mats in a pound store £1.99 really big and easy to wipe down or shake into garden.
A note on oranges - orange gave ds quite bad sore bottom. Saying that I'm now dreading the results of the huge lump of pineapple he wolfed on at tea. I sat frightened he was going to choke but it just disappeared. He had managed to stuff the whole thing in his mouth rather than hold one end and suck like he usually does.
At 7.5 months after starting 6 weeks ago I can say he actually ate/swallowed loads at both meals.

[AJBthesecond]

Wine in a sippy cup? Much better to let it breathe in a plastic mug and drink through a straw.

[Pinebarrens]

I've just remembered, last time i had cheap shower curtains from b&q which were machine washable. think they were about £1.50 each. i used them for the early stages then switched to a standard mucky mat.

[MrsNPattz]

I just put food straight on to high chair tray! And I don't really give food from my plate but only because I'm greedy

Peanut butter on a crumpet and a banana was successful here today!

[Quak]

Look at these
I thought I had an original idea and was about to build a prototype. Then I did a google image search and someone has already though of it
Some foods would really be better of in some sort of bowl and this could stop food/floor/wall catastrophes!

[MrsNPattz]

What a good idea Quak!

[Andcake]

Hi quak I've got v similar plates to those not sure if they are the same brand I got them in morrisons - bloody useless! Have tried them on wooden and plastic tops - bit better on plastic to be fair. They don't really stick and ds spends the whole time trying to move them and ignoring the food!

[HabitualLurker]

I'm going to be doing a bit of spoon feeding too now. The aversion to being fed has gone (I think it was probably connected to the calpol we were shoving into the poor kid's mouth a few days before), and it's much easier to get mashed stuff actually into his mouth than only giving him pre-loaded spoons.

I will continue with giving spoons pre-loaded, but he mostly upends them on the way to his mouth so none of the food actually makes it into him. But practice makes perfect and all that..

Had a really nice meal on Monday where he shared some of our lunch (roasted cauli with pasta) - I'm so pleased that he can join in with mealtimes now.

Also we tried the whole oranges in eights - thanks to whoever suggested that! He couldn't quite get his mouth round them (think the oranges were on the large side!) so I'll try smaller pieces next time cos he was definitely keen!

Am going to give eggy bread a go today. And leftover roasted potatoes, carrots and parsnips too.

[Doretaball]

Hi. Please can I join. DD2 is 6m next week so we're starting on Monday. I think she's been ready for a few weeks but I haven't!!

Tips on here are great.
Thanks v much

[slightlysoupstained]

[waves hello to Doretaball]

Not being terribly inspired at the mo as we've all been ill. Gave DS some mushroom tortelloni the other day and he really enjoyed them. Bit concerned that they're really rather high in salt so may stick to only giving them as an occasional treat - they are quite a nice easy shape to hold though. Mushroom risotto today which he seemed to slurp down with great enthusiasm - I guess he likes mushroom (for now anyway).

Question: how do you tell when they've had enough? Wondering if I'm stopping meals a bit too early sometimes - if DS starts just chucking everything I hand him on the floor it's easy to tell, but sometimes doesn't seem as clear.

[MrsNPattz]

My little man usually starts to whinge and cry when he's had enough!

His little face today when he tried Mango was a picture, like he was sucking lemons

[FadBook]

With salt content, try and look at what they've had over several days, rather than just one meal. It makes more sense as you're not then avoiding meals, but are more cautious.

I used (and still do) allow about 45-60 min for dinner. Don't be too hung about what they eat with what. Dd would eat some dinner, then go on to fruit, then back to dinner, then some Greek yoghurt, bit more dinner and more fruit. I personally couldn't eat bollanaise, yogurt and pear but babies couldn't care less- it's about them choosing what the want.

I used to ask if she'd finished and do a sign for this; she picked this up very early and would signal to me when she had finished.

[HabitualLurker]

FadBook, good tips for knowing when they're finished. I was wondering this myself and I think possibly we haven't been giving long enough.

We a really nice lunchtime yesterday. Leftover roast veg from the night before - carrot, parsnip and potatoes. And some brocolli. I thought he'd like parsnip since it's quite sweet, but it wasn't a hit. Maybe the dense texture is a bit difficult to get through.

At the moment cucumber sticks are the firm favourite. Easy to hold, and he really enjoys gumming them thoroughly.

One question to you lot - what does your LO think of water? Mine loves it - so much so that I'm not sure whether to give him as much as he asks for. If his sippy cup is in view when he's eating then he'll whinge at it until he gets some. I think he'd drink the whole thing if we let him (well, I say drink, but most of it ends up down his front). How much do you give yours?

[Nicknamefail]

Warning, TMI post!

Found a piece of pepper in dd's poo this am! Can't believe she swallowed something. Hurray!

[Forgetfulmog]

Habitual - I give dd 1-2cm of cool boiled water at most meals. I believe too much can cause stomach upsets & she gets her milk feed before or after meals anyway. I tend to only offer water after a meal (keep it out of sight during meal), but will offer it during if she's eating a lot of stodgy food (eg mash)

[Quak]

Habitual - dd does not like water at all. She loves playing with the tommytipee cup but looks horrified when water comes out of it! I would have though water could fill them up too much so you're probably doing the right thing taking it away. Perhaps give him an empty cup to play with once he's had his fill - it might just be he wants the cup, like I said, my dd likes sucking on the spout so he might just be happy with that??

[HabitualLurker]

Yes Quak I think part of it is actually enjoying sucking on the spout and giving it a good gumming, so I'll let him have a go with the empty cup.

Forgetfulmog I wasn't bothering to boil the water, just giving tap water. Do we still need to be boiling?

[Andcake]

My ds hates water- we get the yuk face! I'm trying frequently. Another fan of cucumber here and he likes it with humous or soft cheese loaded on. When ds is finished he tends to start picking things up and plonking them over the side one by one instead of putting anything near his mouth :-)

[Forgetfulmog]

Oh not sure about the boiled water

[Forgetfulmog]

My friend emailed this link today - lots of useful info about baby food.

[http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/sitemap.html]

[Forgetfulmog]

oops! How about now

[FadBook]

After 6 months, you don't need cooled boiled water, use tap water. You LO's are now crawling on the floor and probably picking it various bugs / germs, so water out of taps in the UK are more than ok A HV did tell me to be aware of bottled water because of the sodium content but if I have given bottled water before now when I'm not organised and have forgotten DD's sippy cup whilst out and about

[Forgetfulmog]

Thanks fadbook

[MrsNPattz]

I have lost inspiration a bit feel like I'm not sure what to give him and end up giving him boring things like breadsticks, fruit etc. we can't give him dairy which I'm struggling with, and am struggling to get protein into him. Off to have a luck at that link, thanks!