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Baby rice. Just don't do it.

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welliemum · 16/12/2006 02:26

Welliebaby2 has just eaten her first-ever solids: a steamed broccoli floret.

She sucked on it with great interest, and although very new to this eating thing, managed to get quite a bit down.

No baby rice, no puree, no mixing things with EBM to make them more palatable.

Just broccoli.

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KrissKringleKokeshi · 16/12/2006 03:21

Awwwwww bless! How old is she welliemum? I spotted your thread and popped in to say hi. I really should be in bed...3 nights in a row I've been up at stupid o'clock!

Oh, I'm jumping in at the deep end tomorrow - I'm going to the screening of the two films I made in the summer! One has been nominated for an award.

Mildly bricking it but taking partner, mum, sister along as well!

Hope you're well too, and thanks for all your advice on my thread.

kx

mamama · 16/12/2006 03:36

Wish I'd done this, Welliemum. It never occurred to me not to puree everything. I suppose that's being a first time mum for you...

[Kokeshi - good luck with your films. Sounds very exciting]

KrissKringleKokeshi · 16/12/2006 03:46

Ah, thanks mamama...better be off to bed or I'll be a train wreck!

night night!

kiskidee · 16/12/2006 06:00

broccoli was what my dd ate first, sucking the little florets like yours. unfortunately it was the only thing too. she had a very strong gag reflex till she was 13 months old.

it made us able to go to lunch somewhere and look like she was eating her veg though! don't think anyone really noticed she ate nothing else.

merrylissiemas · 16/12/2006 08:11

awww, i so miss that stage

munz · 16/12/2006 08:17

well done, we pureed until 7 mmonths then had lumpy purees now he has chunks of wahtever we're eating - and honestly there's nothing better than sitting in a cafe with your child next to you eating some of your dinner happily munching away (much easier and less mess - in some respects! lol.

have a look at atich's blog - www.babyledweaning.com it's fab

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welliemum · 16/12/2006 09:07

Wow, kokeshi, that's fabulous - have a great time!

welliebaby2 is 6 months old.

Actually, I don't object to purees...

.....true-blue BLW-ers frown on pureeing, but I know that primates chew up certain foods for their weaning babies and I suspect our ancestors did the same. It does make some foods more accessible.

However, it's an awful faff and also, it seems logical to me that babies should generally eat things that they're developmentally able to cope with.

at kiskidee's dd eating only broccoli. Mind you, if you had to pick just one food.... it's good stuff.

Yes, i'm a big fan of aitch's blog, although I realise I am a BLW outcast for doing porridge and soup and mashes...

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NotQuiteCockney · 16/12/2006 09:12

I was wavering about BLW but DS2 really didn't take to purees. Pureed dahl was the only thing he would consider, but he really didn't like being fed. In fact, he's never put up with being fed.

The only time this has been a problem was on a plane, when we got pots of yogurt, and he had no change of clothing in our carry on. Good thing I have nothing against mucky kids ...

PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 16/12/2006 10:08

Nothing wrong with purees, but babyrice is utterly bleurgh! I'm not sure it's a food at all. Why on earth would anyone feed their baby calorie-poor, nutritionless, constipating, wall-paper paste?

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 16/12/2006 10:22

"true-blue BLW-ers frown on pureeing" Then they're not being truly Baby Led are they? They are deciding how their baby weans, the baby isn't leading at all. It's a cr*p name TBH. It's no different "forcing" your baby to eat puree from a spoon then it is "forcing" them to self feed... you can't make a baby eat what they don't want to, it's pretty much impossible. Some babies don't want to feed themselves.

Xuxu · 16/12/2006 14:41

I'm in Cyprus and the supermarket shelves are staked high with the baby rice products..tried it once on the little man, needless to say he thought the same as prettycandles! He does like broccoli and mash pots, not tried giving the floret but that is the mission tonight, thanks for the suggestion. He loves bread..and hasn't choked, sucks it until it disolves (no teeth yet), is this ok?

madness · 16/12/2006 14:47

well, I'll have the baby rice myself then, I love it!!

fluffyanimal · 16/12/2006 14:52

OK let's try to put this to rest once and for all.

Some babies may not like to eat baby rice. Yes, it is utterly bland. Fair enough. Rule it out on those grounds if you like. But to call it calorie-poor and nutritionless is completely incorrect and misleading. Baby rice is RICE. Rice is after all staple diet in many developing countries. It is mostly carbohydrate with some protein. Therefore there is plenty of nutrition in it, and whilst it may not have as many calories per gram as milk, which contains more fat and protein than carbohydrate, it is certainly not calorie-poor. Just because it has been milled into a flour does not make it somehow a 'nothing' food.

Whilst I'm here, though, hooray for broccoli!

CouldEquallyHaveBeenAnAardvark · 16/12/2006 14:57

Tis a shite first-time-introduction to food though - rice is nice, but it's hardly what you'd want to eat all the time!

Welliemum, sounds like she's enjoying food! Broccoli's the one thing DS2 isn't keen on. Sprouts now...those he loves! Odd baby...!

kiskidee · 16/12/2006 16:44

who says you can't do porridge (and weetabix) as BLW? I did so seeing dd gagged on every chunk. she just used her hands like a little shovel and got it in. I didn't mind messy baby and messy floor as long as i didn't have to sit there and coax every spoon in.

DizzyBinterWonderland · 16/12/2006 17:49

porridge pancakes

munz · 16/12/2006 17:49

kis! lol - that's exactly how I gave J his yoghurt yesterday - loved it mixed with ravloli sauce! lol. weird child!

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welliemum · 17/12/2006 09:16

Well, today dd2 scorned the broccoli and gnawed on a lamb bone instead - she was beside herself with delight.

My version of BLW with spoons is to load the spoon, then hand it to the baby. dd1 was amazingly quick at learning how to get the food to her mouth when she realised it was up to her. This meant being able to eat porridge properly, ie nice and hot and runny with grated apple in it.

If they don't want to eat they can just put the spoon down (ie drop it onto the carpet/dog). No stress.

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Xuxu · 22/12/2006 13:34

I'm all one for messy eating, as long as the little one is eating some of it and enjoying the experience I am happy, I make time for the clean up, it's one of our games. Sister-in-law fed her 3 weetabix, so bought some but not tried it yet. BTW, He loved the broccoli floret, and he has spent a good half hour on pork chop bone, plus we've tried chicken bones too. He loves tomato, fresh, in his bowl and he uses his hand to place in mouth, also juice from tinned toms with his mashed pots. Unfortunately not so good at feeding himself with spoon, just plays with it.

kittylettekissingsanta · 22/12/2006 15:29

well done you!!

im a wuss, and even though im weaning my 2nd, everything is pureed to water, pmsl

im terrified of a choking incident

whensantagotstuckupAITCHimney · 22/12/2006 19:39

welliemum your version of BLW, where you load up the spoon... that is BLW. they are allowed to eat wet food... however it gets in is fine, so long as you're not jamming it in there.

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welliemum · 29/12/2006 00:45

Oh good, Aitch! I was afraid that I'd be cast into the Outer Darkness for using the dreaded spoons.

dd2 hasn't met a spoon yet however. It's midsummer here (NZ) so she's been working her way through a long shopping list of ripe juicy fruit.

The lamb bone was definitely the most exciting food so far though, with her Christmas dinner of cold boiled potato a close second. Odd child.

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welliemum · 29/12/2006 00:50

PS Kitty, I think this way of feeding actually causes less choking or gagging. It's all either soft stuff which slips down, or stuff she can't bite at all and has to suck on. No lumps yet.

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mumsallie · 29/12/2006 02:29

My DD is just starting out on the food stuff (being 24 wks). Yesterday she tried a green bean (well, about 4 actually as she kept dropping them on the floor!!!!) and today she has attempted carrot and devoured some cucumber !! Feel so proud of her .
Any suggestions on what to try next ???

Xuxu · 29/12/2006 12:47

Kitty - ds just loves bread, especially from his mum's bacon sandwich...told by many that he will choke..he plays with it in his mouth, moving it around and it just disolves, same with toast. Never says no to a breadstick. Also loves those little round cheeses 'babybel', holds it in his mouth with his hand, sucks and sucks it.
Mumsallie - the broccoli is a must, see earlier posts, rice cakes are good as they dissolve on touching the tongue. Honeydew melon and seedless grapes are also good with my ds.