BLW at nursery - will they co-operate?

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I'd like to start BLW at 6 months (ds3 now 5) and I will be returning to work when he is 7 months. Has anyone any experience of how nurseries/childminders cope with this? I can imagine it would be impossible for them to stop themselves spoonfeeding! Would they prepare finger food willingly themselves? Would they make me feel guilty that he's not getting enough?

Thanks

I suspect most nurseries would spoonfeed, even if they act sympathetic. Just don't see how it is possible given the number of children they have to feed. But could be proved wrong!

sorry what is BLW?

I suspect you are right Edam!

Sorry Shazronnie - BLW = baby led weaning ie family finger foods after 6 months.

In that case I thinbk the nursery staff would find it v difficult not to shovel something in !

Hmm, dunno. I think it depends how well your DS3 takes to BLW. I'd think, if you had a room full of babies to feed, no matter how you feed them, you're going to have to mop the floor afterwards, so BLW would be lots less work than spoon-feeding.

If, at 7 months, he's eating a wide range of food, they might be able to use the finger food they prep for the older ones?

Some of the children in the nursery I work in class most foods as finger foods!!!

It shouldnt be a problem for them at the nursery, can you ask them when/if you go for any settling in sessions or give them a call??

They might not like it - choking risks would be greater

Esp. with recent case of 10 month old that died eating a chunk of apple at a nusery

My baby is 8 months but still chokes quite a bit on solid-y things - have to turn her upside down occasionally. Wouldn't want to risk that at nursery. I'd stick to slop-feeding.

IMO they shouldn't kick up any fuss - you pay them to look after your LO - & should expect them to follow your lead. BLW is much less work for them as they dont have to physically feed the baby so cant see why they should complain anyway. If they look at you as if you have grown two heads (as my MIL did when I told her Ds wasnt to have any purees!) then print them off Gill Rapley's guidance on BLW & ask them for copies of research studies looking at puree feeding - that should shut them up very quickly

Thanks for your comments, I feel a little better now that I have seen a couple of nurseries and decided to go back to the one my dd was at 5 years ago. They have their own full time cook and she seemed very amenable.