BLW is all very well if....

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1. Your baby has very good gross motor skills
2. You are not concerned about their weight gain
3. You have the time and money to prepare a wide variety of foods, most of which end up on the floor.

My dd is 7 months, weaned at 6. I was looking forward to weaning her as she was under her growth curve and I thought it might help her get back on it (it has). I have been trying finger foods but have mainly relied on home-cooked mashed or pureed food as she does not yet have the dexterity or the brain development to understand that the stick of brocolli put in front of her is her lunch, no matter how long I leave her with it.

If I had done BLW, my baby would be unhappy and underweight (she loves her solids) and I would be miserable and worried. So while it works for some babies I really think a degree of caution needs to be exercised in believing that all babies can eat finger foods from 6 months.

Hunker - I AM going to post a picture of her artwork on here shortly.....

Would be REALLY interested to know who actually does 'proper' BLW when they have two older children?

I see you've upped your "it's only first time mums who bother with this nonsense" Enid

my mother had four of us in the 70s and none of us was on purees after 6 months because we'd all been weaned at 3 months. she would have considered it a retrograde step. i have memories of feeding the wee one mush but the minute they could feed themselves we were offski.

likewise, of course, we were all out of nappies at one. apparenlty this really is true, btw.

i don't think that BLW is simply defined by the absence of spoon feeding, it's also about not stressing about amounts of food, which is something that a mother of three would be more able to do just because she'd presumably be more confident, having experienced those days when only milk will do.

Does DP count as an older child?

Look I really never meant to be so combative about it. But if you have two other children who eat things like lasagne, cottage pie and fish pie, those things are HARD to serve to a baby who feeds itself, especially if you are in a bit of a hurry racing between pick ups/clubs. I find I just don't have TIME to let Pixie feed herself - although she does do breakfast herself (apricot wheats). I did put dollops of sheperds pie on her tray and she did have a lovely time with it , but I did it at a time when I didnt have to rush off somewhere.

yes yes I am sure I live some terrible harried consumerist life but thats the truth of it

yeah right aitch

doncha just love those mother/MIL memories?

apricot wheats sound nice

yes dd3 loves them

no really about the potty training, there was a good article in the guardian about it recently. (i know this cos my mother brandished it about three cm from my nose, saying something along the lines of 'SEE!)

I love apricot wheats too!

and i suppose the fish pie scenario depends on how good eaters your other two are. we were at our friends' house the other day and dd was first to finish her fish pie as one of her 'big cousins' was having a 'moment' and refusing to try it at all.

busty, am loving your name. sassy.

is that you, vvv?
btw i forgot to tell you that my boss's cats are called busty and ray now. busty's is apparently a bosomy ginger.

It is!!! and YAY!!!

I know you said you were going to lobby your boss for it ..........

Busty and Ray are my two favourite names now.

I am thinking of conceiving fraternal twins just so I can call them that.

ray they think is tortoiseshell but suffers badly from alopecia.

sorry barging in on discussion, Im trying blw (despite saying "BLW OH FGS" over and over to friends in rl) as dd2 now is refusing the spoon and to be honest I dont have the bloody patience anymore to feed her,(Im sore, Im alone at home ALOT, Im tired and that's that) dd1 is getting a tad jealous of it all too!!! Im also refusing to bloody pureee anymore , enough already , been there done that , got meeself in a right twist 3 yrs ago , especially one frustrating day in john Lewis, when the health and safety police came out and said they wouldn't heat up my lovingly prepared meat and 2 veg moosh !! They woud however heat up the jars of HIPP orgainc stashed behind the counter & yes I gave those too!!!Wish Id know then about being able to give whatever we were having, I would have had much nicer days out.

aitch tagine recipe in recipes for u.

casper cat , do u have recipe for courgette fritters???? I have 3 here for the girls later and need some ideas.

i think the courgette fritters are the sweetcorn fritters recipe on the blog made with courgette. have tried the sweetcorn ones, they're really nice. can i stick the tagine recipe on the blog?

yerr sure aitch cool. Ive got quite excited about it all, dd2 shared some plum earlier with dd1, it was quite a giggle. I have no idea were this ok about mess and stains melsy has come from!!

you've chilled out, fgs! glad you're havin fun. dd won't eat plums with anyone but her grandmother, the little sook.

juts looking up fritters , to be honest I need some new food ideas , Im soo over avocado every lunch time !!!!!

and if one day your gnocchi recipe goes wrong, simply roll out the mixture, dry fry it and call it potato scones...

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