BLW - Aitch or anyone else - can you help :)

[MamaMaiasaura]

Have noticed you are the resident 'expert' on here

Ds2 is now 19 weeks old and has started grabbing food off my plate and shoving in his mouth. Am going the blw route and was wanting to wait till he was 6 months old. He is sucking and gumming banana, water melon, cucumber, pasta, cheese batons. He isnt really ingesting much if any but seeming to have fun making loads of mess (had forgotton that banana stains!).

Have been so tempted to make up purree just because he seems so 'into' the food. He is over 17lb now. Am sure it is more just interest in anything and everything and he is still excl bfed.

So my question is.. does this sound about right to start the blw. My instinct says yes but interested in how others have done it.

got to go to bed but will check this tomorrow

thanks littlelapin.

Would definately second waiting as long as possible. At 7 months dd2 is completely independent when feeding, and it makes life so much easier. There's not as much worry about what they can and can't eat, or how quickly to introduce things.

well, i know some people who started earlier than six months on here and their children seemed to enjoy it but if i were you i'd hold off just because tbh it IS more of a fannyabout than simple, blissful, easy-peasy milk feeds. plus there's the thing about their tummies being ready, my non-medical understanding is that there isn't much harm to be done in going earlier than 6 mos (welliemum's yer woman, i always forget what the issues are, something like increased diaohrrea (?) or something like that) but i believe that there may be more work to be done looking at allergies etc. but then on the other hand i personally find it quite persuasive that if they're capable on the outside they should logically be on the inside.

so i dunno, i've not been helpful i think. if it was me, having one dd with no allergies so far etc and i had another, i'd still be inclined to hold off as long as possible because it's a pita (fun, but a pita) in the beginning so why not postpone it? but maybe i wouldn't be terrible about guarding against the occasional swiping of some fruit after the (arbitrary and in my head i think) 5-ish months.

thanks for replies (says me who guiltly let him suck on some water melon he nabbed off my plate). It was the gill rapley dvd that encouraged me to let him sit on my lap while i ate so he could see everything and play with my food.. he just then stuck it in his mouth.

Am definately going to steer clear of purees then.. but what about what he swipes off plate?

no swiping of gluten and other gut-related nasties and after that it's up to you, innit?

have to be careful asking advice tho wouldnt want to be seen as a wooly baby led lentil weaver. lol

take it you missed the rest of the thread that was deleted? you and i were in the firing line, not polite enough apparently.

lol - we were! how come it was deleted?

OP asked them, god knows why they complied.

maybe cos of the mention of she who must not be named? Bloody silly otherwise cos we didnt agree with her is no reason to pull a thread. That is censorship!

ah, i asked and it turned out it was a mistake. they offered to re-instate but probably better to let sleeping dogs lie imo.

they did re-instate it. Sorry didnt reply been hectic here. Moving in 2 weeks so going offline for a while after that.

oooh, so they did. glad you got a chance to put your case. good luck with the move.