7-month 'lumps window' and speech development

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A couple of years ago I went to a weaning talk when dd was a few months old. We were told that it is very important that children are eating food with lumps in by 7 months. Apparently the part of the mouth developed by eating lumps is the same as that used in speech. We were told that a large percentage of children with speech problems were the ones who refused to eat anything but puree.

So, is any of that true?

And, my reason for wondering, am doing BLW with ds but everything is so manic here plus we don't have a high chair at the moment (we're emigrating) and I'm wondering about the implications of taking things pretty slowly.

Do I need to borrow a high chair and crack on? Can I let him suck a bit of veg in the bumbo until we're more sorted?

dd2 - nothing other than breastmilk passed her mouth until she was 12 months old. Early and great talker

ds - great talker from the word go (6 months), everything by the book, lumps and all. Speech delay

B*cks IMO

Broc - this is rubbish, it really is. It is disgraceful this myth is being perpetuated

Health visitors have enough info to know it is not true:

www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4097197 was first issued over 5 years ago, and answers this very point.

It does seem like another 'one size fits all' rule.

Thank you for the link TikTok - will have a good read.

Sounds like bollocks to me ...

Think it's rubbish. Ds has been eating lumps from 6 months and still is yet to say ma or da at a year.
Did anyone remember the documentary that was on tv a while ago about children's funny eating habits? They had this mother on that was still feeding her child JUST formula at over two. He didn't have any sort of speech delay and ate food no probs the minute it was introduced.