Weaning? BLW? 6 months and not getting very far!

[Anna4]

Very confused mum at the moment?..

I started weaning my DS a month ago. Baby rice was not liked so we moved swiftly onto veg and fruit.

How long does it take for them to accept the spoon (if they ever do!) everyday I have him avoiding the spoon whilst I am trying to coax him to open his mouth so I can get some food in?.usually missing and geeting everywhere else - Am I doing this all wrong?

He turns 6 months this week, and I an conscious of him still only have one meal a day (He has just started nursery and they give him lunch - apparantly 6 teaspoons of pot and a veg - not sure how they get that down him!) and I am no where near trying meats etc with him.

Some people say cut his milk (he has 7oz 5 times a day) - does this work?

I fell upon the BLW site?and thinking maybe I should try that tactic?

Any advice would be great - or help on how not to wean!

i'm with blw ALL the way. forget spoons and puree pallava.. i bet your ds will LOVE it too. my daughter doesnt open her mouth to a spoon. she's now 8 months old and very very recently she has started self feeding which is fab!

I would definately give BLW a try, I don't think it can do you any harm? I am no expert (ds is only 7 months old and so have been at this for about 6 weeks) but I truely believe that babies are ready to eat when they are ready to eat and it could just be that your ds is simply not fussed about it yet? My ds was not a hungry baby and has slept well so I never felt under pressure to wean him but I was keen on BLW.

I started BLW ds at about 5 1/2 months by giving some steamed veg which he played with mostly but eventually he started to eat it, and really only in the last week or so has he started to really eat. The trick with BLW is not to push it, try not to get stressed by weaning and, as the title suggests, let your baby do the leading as far as food is concerned. I personally wouldnt recommend dropping milk feeds to try and get him to eat solids, on BLW he will start to drop feeds or drink less when he is getting what he needs from the solids (remember, as someone on here once said and which has now become my mantra when there is more food on the floor than in my baby, "food is for fun, until they are one!").

Also, it took me a while to get his feeding times right, and I think i have only just got it right (if he is too hungry or too tired, he won't eat solids so I have to stagger them carefully around milk feeds and naps!). I give him his morning milk at 7.30am and then he has breakfast with me at about half 8, then he has a milk feed at 11.30 ish followed by his nap and then lunch at about 1.30pm. He then has a milk feed at 3ish, tea at about 4.30pm and then a bedtime milk feed at 7- i used to do a dream feed at 11pm but he has just dropped this now he started to eat more in the day. I give him 7oz in his bottles, sometimes he has a few ounces, sometimes he finishes the bottle.

Hope this helps a little! If you want more advice from experienced BLW'ers, visit www.babyledweaning.com and I am sure they will help you further!

what jojo said

there is some stuff about blw at nursery on the babyledweaning.com site too

Thanks everyone for your responses it has sorted my head out! I am now not going to get stressed about this whole weaning lark! You are all right - food is fun.....

Do have one other thing though...we are going away to france next week - do I just give him a bit of my veg or fruit that I am eating at his normal eating time of 11:30? Does it matter if he is not sitting at highchair?

Also when you BLW do you still start with one meal at a time?

The BLW site is great - was late to bed sitting up reading that!

Thanks Littleapin - everyone is so friendly.

I am getting rather excited about starting this BLW and watching DS have fun with his food....even if my DH has got a strop on that I have decided to BLW without his permission!!! Seriously - has he taken an interest in reading all the weaning books, pureeing all the food and doing the research....no....so now he gets the ump when I tell him I am trying BLW....as we haven't 'discussed' it!!

sorry about the rant.....

Shall join you on the BLW forum....talking babies all day whilst I am sitting at work is addictive!

my dh is the same, he gets a bit snooty about babies with purees. not that i do... oh no, not i. it's my website, by the way, anna, i wrote it, i'm glad you liked it. (although i am aware that the best bits are the comments and Therefore Nothing To Do With Me ).