BLW/spoon mixed feeding?

[monkeroo]

DD is 6 months next week, and I'm confused! I really like the idea of BLW, (have been lurking around the BLW support thread!) but am not sure it will work for us. Can you do a mixture of both? Not sure then whether to go for the whole puree extravaganza, or just smoosh with a fork for spoon feeding to leave some lumps (is this 'stage 2'?). Any advice?
Sorry if these are daft questions, be gentle with me! Thanks.

You can do it however you want to, or rather, however your dd wants you too.
I did purees with ds1 and BLW with ds2 and out of the both, I def prefer BLW, and I also think that this is why ds2 is a much better eater than ds1 is, because ds2 ha always had full control over it and it has been a natural progression, where as with ds1 (maybe it was a PFB thing too) but I had trouble moving onto lumps and finger foods from smooth puree.
Ds1 is now a terrible eater. he rarely tries new things, whereas ds2 will eat anything, it doesn't even have to be food!

Just try different things and follow your dd's lead. She'll soon let yo know what she wants

We've done both with our 3 DC too. I was happy to do purees but all 3 were NOT keen and so we BLW initially, introducing purees as well but not pushing them. They each started to enjoy and eat significant amounts of puree at around 10 months, and before that most of the food was BLW and not much went in, but they thrived on breastmilk and were all big bonny babies.

Not my DC3 is 10.5 months and each meal she has some puree or yoghurt of smushed up pasta etc off a spoon, as well as some steamed veg, rice crackers, toast, piece of meat etc, and she east very well this way although I'd say the bulk of her calories are still from milk, then from purees, followed by the finger food.

DD often has her own spoon which I dip in the puree and she feeds herself, and I have another spoon and she happily opens her mouth for that so long as she has her own spoon as well.

HTH

Hi Monkeroo, I'm doing a mixture with ds (started at 6m, now nearly 8mo) and it's brilliant - I just squidge up normal food as I spoon it in, that way you can keep experimenting with how lumpy it is. I've never really pureed properly.

I usually give him a few bits to do BLW with while I'm fiddling around getting the rest of it ready. Works really well. Keep following your DDs lead and you'll discover what she likes.

She may decide for you! Good luck, it's great fun, and do remember that as far as babies are concerned, it's just another game - they have no idea it's food/filling their tummies until much later on

Thanks for the advice everyone - will try a mixture of both!

I do both. The bulk is spooned into him but he often waves his hand around and pushes the spoon away unless he can participate so I give him bread and butter or scotch pancakes (big favourite at the moment) as well. He also adores pink yoghurt and will eat anything if it is on a spoon with some of that .