Help! Aitch and all BLWs, how do you get yoghurt etc into a BLW baby...

[Elibean]

...am currently filling spoon, handing it to her, and letting her suck it. Its a lovely sight, but inevitably slow and worse than finger painting with an 18 month old

If I give her a bowl, she tips it studiously onto her head or the floor - so clearly thats not the right technique. Am I doing it the best possible way, or is there a magic solution I've not found yet?!

She's just 9 months, BTW

Have you got one of those bowls that sticks to the tray? They've got kind of a suction cup thingy on the bottom and are great! DS still has one now for spaghetti, beans etc and he's 22 months

do you really need to give her yoghurt every day? i didn't give it to dd much until she got better at eating with a spoon at about a year. it's just another calcium source, really, so i always felt quite on top of that with milk, cheese, fish, veg etc so i only gave her yog when i was feeling Very Strong.

try in the garden (if you have one, i don't), naked in the highchair or just last thing before bed. i NEVER gave yoghurt at lunchtime, couldn't be bothered.

I know ruddynorah's wee girl liked dipping fruit in yoghurt so you could try that too. or try the suction bowl, but deffo Do Not get the tommee tippee mat that supposedy sticks any bowl to the highchair tray. that's a waste of a fiver right there, they don't work.

I actually, used a spoon. She loved yoghurt and it she would deign to be fed it with a spoon as she couldn't get it in fast enough herself. I obviously didn't shovel, I read her cues and was respectful at all times. She did progress to dipping her own fruit in her yoghurt. I understand if you are strictly no spoons though

oh yes of course! Lol, or use a spoon! dd wouldn't tolerate one so i never think of it.

I used to grate apple and mix it in with plain yog. DS couldn't shovel it in quick enough.

Thank you all, knew I could rely on some experienced tips

Suction bowl was something I tried with dd1, and she got it off the tray every time. Not brave enough to try again.

No way will dd2 be getting yoghurt or other mushy stuff every day, Aitch - supper only, and preferably naked as you say, or with overalls and hose on standby. But she sort of stares when dd1 has hers, so I can't resist occasionally...

She can stare all she likes at soup, though.

Grating sounds good, will try the apple tip - thanks!

Spoon hater here, too - hence am giving them to her, in feeble attempt to tame spoonwise. Actually, think she quite likes spoons - just hates being fed

Freeze it

DD also hated being fed, apart from yogurt . Freezing it is a good suggestion. The look on their faces when they put something so cold in their mouth is priceless. Brilliant for teething time too.

Frubes/tubes of fromage frais they can hold and suck

oh yes, you can apparently freeze those tubes and they work really well. i've mashed banana into yoghurt and frozen that as lollies, that worked well too. in summer. last year, obviously.

yes like aitch said. pour it on fruit when they're younger. no point in presenting anything at all in a bowl until they're past 1 imo, only gets tipped up.

I put it in a plastic cup for DD, she learnt to drink out of a cup without water going everywhere...didn't do wonders for the cleanliness of her fringe mind!
Otherwise I put cut up grapes/raisins/whatever in a bowl and a dollop of yoghurt on top, that normally gets quite a bit down her.

Elibean- soup is easy. Just put a load of bread in it.

or ditch blended soups for a while and let the baby grab the veggies. did anyone else's mum used to put milk in their soup to cool it down when they were wee, by the way? my mum did. aaaah, chicken and milk soup...

Yes, mine did Aitch. Lentil soup though. And I loved (and still do) putting little chunks of cheese in the soup too.

leek and potato with chunks of cheese and milk. and yes, lentil too. it's all coming back...

I cools ds's soup with an ice cube, so he will be posting online in 30 years time moaning about the freezing soup his mum used to give him.

Oooo keep them coming, this is great. Will stick some of dd1's tube yoghurts in freezer tonight, and REALLY fancy soup after reading this thread.....not tomato though, methinks

Actually, I sometimes cool the soup with frozen bread broken into bits. Bread cools the soup, soup defrosts the bread.

oh mawbroon, you should be repeating these golden tips here