OK, we all know the term 'BLW' is poo. Could we invite Gill Rapley round to MN for a cup of tea, and very gently break it to her

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... sorry, enough title, break it to her that we LOVE the idea, but it's causing confusion here, and would she mind suggesting another name?

Aitch, are you in touch with her at all? Do you think she'd be open to the idea?

apple, by god. the ultimate choking hazard...

Yay! DId you write that article Aitch?

No no, mine love apple and have been fine with it actually (touch wood).

Sorry, ignore last question!

no, the idiots preferred to get someone who clearly didn't know anything about blw to write it... i rang to upbraid them (nicely) and they're brought me on board for the next issue. teething... you might see some names you recognise quoted in it.

not idiots... they're very nice, actually.

Ooh, I wonder if I can get hold of a copy here.

Must run, but are you CAT-able?

indeed i am...

there is a piece about BLW and Gill Rapley in the observer today www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,2104953,00.html
i think the term BLW has been used as the unicef baby friendly intiative uses the term baby led feeding to replace demand feeding for BF so the two fit nicely together and Gill rapley has done a lot of work with unicef

What was wrong with the BLW piece in New Gen, aitch?

I thought it was quite good (bar the pic, of course!)

nothing wrong with it, really, just a bit vague i thought, tiktok.

why, did you write it?

would the spoon and anti-spoon side peek at this page? i found it simple and enlightening myself.

eating skills development

I fall on anti-spoon side of the fence but really didn't have a say anyway as dd refused solids till 10 months anyway. After that she happily shovelled yoghurt, porridge and weetabix into her beak with her hands for anther three months. then went straight to smoked german salami - on her own.

for me it meant never doing the mind-numbing food shovelling int her mouth.

I fall on anti-spoon side of the fence but really didn't have a say anyway as dd refused solids till 10 months anyway. After that she happily shovelled yoghurt, porridge and weetabix into her beak with her hands for anther three months. then went straight to smoked german salami - on her own.

for me it meant never doing the mind-numbing food shovelling int her mouth.

My dh is very keen on the blw thing. We are doing purees at the moment (just over 5 months). My question is, is there a book on the subject, or should I just read the website in more detail? Or maybe I should read Gill Rapley's paper? Sorry if these are really obvious questions.

it was on the blog a while back, kiski, was it you who posted it? i do pmsl at 'shame and guilt (avoid these strategies)'. lol, well, yes... grin]

have a look at the www.babyledweaning.com blog, flangelina, and down the right-hand side are most if not all of the relevant links for BLW. if you do decide to start doing it, you might have to be prepared for the fact that dd will eat a lot less than you've been giving her while her skills develop to keep pace with her own appetite. good luck.