I WISH I'd learned about blw before now! My DD is happy with all the first stage weaning foods (from Annabel Karmels book) but as I have made her purees more lumpy, she has got less happy. So, I just gave her a piece of banana yesterday and she nibbled it. But I had to hold it for her. I got v excited at the prospect of moving her to blw finger food rather than bothering with purees. However, she won't pick anything up herself (she will pick non food things up without hesitation). She looks like a baby bird, arms far back, mouth wide open etc! . I planned to just keep putting foods in front of her but am worried she won't eat enough if I wait for her to learn to pick them up. Question: If she doesn't eat much with her hands, should I top up with puree or would this just encourage her to wait for the puree each mealtime? She is bf 4 times a day too. Thanks!