BLW - some basic tips to get me started please!

[MandyBOO]

DS is five and a half months old and is seemingly ready for food now. Am quite interested in the whole BLW process but dont really know where to start.

COuld someone please give me some basic tips to get me started.

Thanks !

can I just put my hand up and say frozen ice-cubes of food are actually quite handy (esp if you don't have a microwave), even past 1yo

(not mouli-pureed cooked pear, obviously)

how do you mean? like pasta sauces or somesuch? i like adding frozen spinach to mascarpone and pesto, i must say, very quick and easy and tasty. and frozen peas, don't think there's a better time-wasting opportunity than flinging some frozen peas on the baby's highchair tray.

atm I have cubes of cooked lentils (i.e. the split ones which cook to a soupy mush), which I warm up and spread on toast for ds, and some chicken casserole - tastier than boring grilled chicken breast and more nourishing. It's not pureed - just stirred with a fork till the meat breaks up a bit, so I can fit it into the ice cube tray.

ds is allergic to dairy and to eggs unless they're thoroughly cooked, so our quick options are a bit limited - cheese is out, for example. I'll give ds the frozen stuff if I'm having an omlette or cheese sandwich - otherwise we eat the same stuff.

Carolina - my DD is milk intolerant too, so both she and I (still bf) are off dairy altogether. I don't think it limits our options very much though - just means we can't dole out cubes of cheese as a handy finger food.