Is BLW really as simple as

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giving LO some steamed veg when he's ready at 6 months? I think I am looking too much into things!

How many times a day did you feed your LO when you started? I am thinking about starting at lunchtime and going 24 hourly for a few days before introducing breakfast?

If we do say porridge for breakfast do you just give him a spoon and let him get on with it? Do you help at all to top him up assuming you can't actually see any food going in!

Also, if they don't eat and just play do you give a puree or just wait until they are ready to eat?

Thanks in advance for any help.

to start with, yes it is!

they really can't do spoons at first though, so porridge will make a hell of a mess. Better to do some kind of finger food - toast, or porridge pancakes, or mini shredded wheats softened in a bit of milk.

'Topping up' with puree after finger-food means you aren't doing BLW at all as you are deciding what they eat and when they have had enough. Which you might not mind, but it's not BLW any more.

its really up to you. Easiset thing is to sit your dc at the table with you and put something baby friendly on his tray or an the table in front of him to play with while you eat. So at breakfast time it would be a piece of toast or a banana, lunch time some steamed veg etc. One great side effect of this is that it forces you to cook decent food for yourself as well

NB I am sure you have seen this already

Its as easy as sharing your food with your baby - so if you have toast for breakfast, so does baby. Sandwiches for lunch - for them too.

As soon as DS realised that he could eat too, he demanded food at every meal, so we went straight to 3 meals a day.

You have to trust that they will eat as much as they want and are capable of getting in, so don't be tempted to help out or top up.

I knew I was looking too much into things. Thanks so much.