practical parenting mags guide to weaning- annabel karmel says theres a high risk of choking if you do blw

[gardenshrub]

I mean i'm no expert or anything, we have only been blw for a month now with dd & its been fine. How can she comment when she's never done it herself?

Hmm, surely it wouldn't be anything to do with the books & products she sells for purees would it???

[stripeymama]

PMSL theYoungVisiter

[puffylovett]

!!

[Aitch]

i can't, really, but a quick flick through PP will see that there is a lot of ad revenue to be made out of AK and her many products and phuck all out of BLW... so do the maths.

Lynette. Precisely.

Flamey. Exaculty.

[Aitch]

have a listen youngvisiter, i think you'll like it.

[puffylovett]

Aitch, you're turing into a Dangler

[TheYoungVisiter]

Aitch I think you are being defeatist about the marketing potential of BLW. I am seeing a line in branded polythene sheeting for the home/child/cat and maybe some kind of coverall macintosh type thing for the mother (I realise this may be more to do with my DS than BLW per se, but you've got to take all the opportunities you can).

Also perhaps you could come up with some kind of a logo - something like the no-smoking one only with a spoon in place of the cig, for use on bibs and flannels and the like. And maybe a funky slogan along the lines of "don't give me puree because I'll throw it right back aitch-ya".

[stop please. Ed.]

[Aitch]

yes, stop it Edward.

i just can't believe her food range is called Eat Fussy. i mean i can understand why, and it's all 'we should be fussy about what we give our kids' etc, but still... eat fussy?!

[kiskidee]

no, wasn't looking at any cc threads. why would I? just enjoyed my hols and back at work for 2 days now. feels like I was never away.

[Aitch]

or 'spoons are for goons', lol. [stern] except that they're not. [non-judgemental] [not even caring, tbh]

[Olihan]

Am I only the one who thinks AK is coming across as a bit dim, in the R4 interview?

[MrsJohnCusack]

oh I nearly wet myself, thanks THeYoungVisiter

[Aitch]

[Olihan]

How did Gill Rapley NOT snigger when AK siad that about the Lychee stones?

[TheYoungVisiter]

I am listening now and LOVING Gill Rapley. She sounds so wise and trustworthy. I'd probably believe her if she told me DS would like a dry martini.

[TheYoungVisiter]

ha ha ha just got to the lychee stones!! Gill Rapley kept a very straight face... (or voice).

[Aitch]

dd did polish off half a carton of cocktail olives today...

Gill is V Good, isn't she? but yes, how she didn't LOL is beyond me.

[Piffle]

there is also a high risk of baby coughing it out and rechewing it successfully
We have one very fat 9 mth old here testament to that
Amen

[kiskidee]

AK: 'sucking is a natural reflex but chewing has to be learnt'

how did you smirking mums on her teach your baby to chew?

[Piffle]

PMSL @ this thread having noe read more than the OP

[Piffle]

yeah tell that to the teethmarks in my areolae?

[TheYoungVisiter]

chewing has to learnt! rofl. Yes, I like to use the baby einstein "chew with mozart" DVD for the purpose.

[Piffle]

I fancy my ds2 could chew titanium and break it down
I am damned good at teaching chewing obviously

[puffylovett]

Hmm.. not sure DS has ever 'learnt' to chew judging by what comes out the rear end sometimes {grin}

maybe there's something in what AK has to say !

[Tommy]

did she really say "chewing has to be learnt"?

someone sneaked in and taught all my DSs to chew when I wasn't looking - who was that? 'fess up!

[gardenshrub]

Thanks for all your comments.

After reading your posts & listening to annabel karmel & gill rapley i'm afraid i'm gonna have to put dd on purees straight away, i obviously haven't thought this through properly, i hadn't even considered that lychees would be a problem. Although i have already been giving dd her martini without an olive just to be on the safe side.

Ok so now i need some of your top tips on preparing & pureeing lychees...