So is baby led weaning just not pureeing it and giving jars or is there more to it?

[dejags]

DS2 was weaned very early (advised by Paediatrician [anger]).

We kept his diet very simple until he was 6 months old and sitting very confidently.

After that we just let him eat what we were having (obviously prepared with him in mind with no salt/sugar and taking care to introduce different foods slowly).

I never bothered with jars or purees, I just mashed what was mashable with a fork or let him gnaw on it when that was possible.

Is this baby led weaning or is there more to it?

I am currently pg with DC3 so am interested in this for obvious reasons.

TIA

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oh i know, i read somewhere about the 'i do a bit of blw and spoon feeding' I think what people really mean is a bit of finger food and spoon feeding, which is probably what i'll do. As you say - can't see the point in getting heated over it.
Ds1 was able to feed himself very well with utensils by 10 months, but then he always wanted to do what mummy and daddy did and people comment on how well he eats (he's 2 now), but I know not all children like to eat like this, so I'm happy for Ds2 to do whatever suits him, if he prefers to get his hands stuck in!

yes it's not an essential foodstuff but that's a lot of sugar and not much fruit you are eating, tbh. (have a look at the ingredients below).

you are better off with natural yoghurt with added pieces of fruit. and the idea of all those thickening gums is a bit gross if you ask me.

oops, you're right, of course, there is an undeniable contradiction in saying 'i'm going to let my child control his own weaning' and 'but i'm going to spoon feed him purees'. unless of course you load up the spoon with the puree and let the child take the spoon from you. (but of course what would be the point of that?)

i'm always a bit at people who come on here and say chippily 'isn't it just a new name for finger food?' without even bothering to glance at the research.

it's not a fight, it's not BF v FF or 4x4s v feet, i truly could not care less how other people feed their babies, but i think it's a subject that seems to make people defensive nevertheless. not that i go round starting threads saying 'isn't puree-feeding just a huge international con and isn't everyone who does it just being a fussy bugger who values routine and structure over messy play?'

not that i think that of course... (i really don't, actually). whatever works for you, that's my attitude, but if it's a mix of finger food and purees then call it what it is. it's not BLW, that's for sure.

INGREDIENTS:
Petit Filous Strawberry Fromage Frais
12 x 60g

Strawberry: Fromage Frais, Sugar, Strawberry Purée (5%), Fructose, Aronia Juice from Concentrate, Flavourings, Milk Calcium Complex, Stabilisers: Pectin, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Modified Maize Starch, Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid.
NUTRITIONAL per 100g
Typical values per 100g Energy 439 kJ / 104 kcal
Protein 6.8g
Carbohydrate 12.7g
of which sugars: 12.3g
Fat 2.9g
of which saturates: 2.0g
Fibre
0.3g
Sodium 0.042g
Calcium: 142mg (17% RDA*)
Calcium per 120g serving (2 pots) 170mg (21% RDA*)

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i know, i'm mean i'm sure locust bean gum doesn't come from locusts (clearly it's locust beans) but it's still creepy innit?

like you, it was the supreme lack of effort that appealed about BLW. there may be other benefits to the child, time will tell, but there are certainly benefits to the parent. and it's not like the research abstract is lengthy, so i don't know why people can't just read it and come to their own conclusions. again, perfect for the more slothful parent.

i was also fotherington-tomas by the way, posted mid-name change.

shh aitch!...am trying to not think about how much sugary yogurt DS is eating [ashamed emoticon]

I will be replacing it with natural yogurt and fruit. I can't believe the crap in it. He eats very healthily otherwise though...honest guvnor!

only read half way up so sorry if i'm repeating anyone but in answer to the yogurt question.....

ds loves it if i dip the spoon in the yogurt for him and he holds the spoon and sucks all the yogurt off. he's 6 months old

personally i don't think BLW is a fancy name for finger foods, when i weaned dd she was having lots of finger foods as well as purees from very early. i see it as allowing the baby to completely control their intake by themselves, no shoveling a bit more into them 'because he's obviously hungry'.

at this age dd was on 3 meals a day plus snacks and i had a nervous breakdown thinking she'd starve if she didn't eat a full meal each time with ds it's so much more relaxed, he loves his dinner but doesn't have much for breakfast and no other meals yet (i offer but he prefers his boobs ) and i'm chilled about it all. not to mention how nice it is to sit at the table as a family with everyone eating the same food

yuck, should point out ds has yummy goats yogurt with no added suger or sweetners and organic fruit

oh sorry, DG. I remmeber someone posting the ingredients when i was first on MN and i was really shocked as all my friends' kids (who are all perfectly fine, by the way) had virtually been raised on the stuff. anyway, a big tub of greek yoghurt is nice and thick and lasts for a good few days in the fridge and doesn't cost as much money.

Aitch - sorry I am not normally argumentative but I have to respond to your post.

I wasn't been funny or dismissive - I was actually trying to investigate this "newly coined" feeding method.

On the face of it Baby Led Weaning is just finger feeding (if it isn't then please tell me without being condescending exactly what the difference is).

FWIW I have taken the time to read the ABM website and gain an understanding of Gill Rapley's study.

I find your "snippy" response - well, erm quite condescending. It's no wonder I have seen other posters complaining about this being a technique which holds itself superior.

that should read not been funny.

dejags.....i find it difficult to see how you can have found aitch's response 'condecending' she answered you question (which btw has been asked about 10 billion times before) in her usual patient and cheerful manner.

i can never understand why people get so defensive about feeding methods!

if you've read the rapley research then surely you can understand that the differance isn't what you feed them, it's how you let the explore and learn about food, and allowing them to control their own mealtimes

By AitchTwoOh on Fri 09-Feb-07 10:35:48

i'm always a bit at people who come on here and say chippily 'isn't it just a new name for finger food?' without even bothering to glance at the research.

PT - I am sorry but I had "bothered to glance at the research" in fact I spent a goodly amount of time looking at the research. If find the reference to "chippily blah blah" condescending.

And what's more, I do understand that it's more than just what you feed them.

But I stand by what I said - it is just finger feeding. Something I did successfully with DS2.

If you had bothered to read my comments, you would have seen that I wasn't getting defensive at all.

i'm sorry dejags but your questions certainly don't suggest you even read it once so maybe you need to have another glance

I have to say, sorry Aitch, that I agree with dejags to an extent. It IS a name for somethign which most mums do anyway. Also, if you spoon feed a baby you are then 'failing' at baby led weaning so in that respect it CAN be something that mother's feel they 'haven't done properly'.

I have read posts on here where mums have considered starving their babies rather than spoon feeding them.

I think the majority of mums do a mixture of spoon feeding and finger foods and that seems to work well for most.

tra-la-la-la-la-la

let's agree to disagree shall we

and I have to say I balk at anything to do with my children where I need to read research first!

Pinktulips - exactly questions did I ask - after I went away and read the research.

If you look carefully - you will see that I didn't post again on this thread until I felt the need to respond to Aitch.

i think you've got it stuck in your head it's 'just fingerfeeding' and are refusing to so much as listen to anyone who says otherwise.

i give up...... Aitch, you really are a saint to deal with posts like this on a daily basis! how do you have the energy!

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lol enid.... i did more reading for purreeing than i ever did for BLW... then i am a bit neurotic!

Don't treat me like a child PT. I am not defensive about this. I am happy and confident about how I feed my children.

Like I said, let's agree to disagree.