Yay to the rice Sue! And pizza... one of DD's favbourites too - we make our own so that it's not too salty etc and she loves it. What are you doing about food for your trip? DD didn't really want to eat on the plane, just milk all the way.
Thanks Jennifer... I haven't tried a lamb chop (or anything else on the bone) for ages, last time she wasn't interested so it just slipped my mind, but will give it another go. I am concerned about the sodium, plus I do try to steer away from processed stuff too, but I let her have small amounts here and there. I was just concerned about needing the meat for iron. Actually, I just remembered that I tried a beef casserole a couple of weeks ago and she ate some of it, so might try a few more meats that way...
With the cheese, I think it's because she's stuffing it in her mouth. I've started giving her smaller bits and only one little piece at a time and it does seem to be a bit better. She's inherited my love of cheese I think!
I've just started to introduce bls to ds2 and it went down a treat! We had breaky and lunch out on the weekend, breaky he gummed/sucked his way through some multigrain toast and lunch he chowed down on a marinated pork rib and some rockmelon! I just WISH I'd had the camera out with the pork rib!!! He was loving it!
Now that I've kind of started, do I need to give him food every day or can I start slowly by giving it to him when he's awake and happy sitting with the family at mealtimes? He's definitely ready, grabbing food from our plate, his co-ordination seems to be good with getting things to his mouth etc...
What did you start your kids on? I've bought the Gill Rapley book and am starting to read that but would love some 'real life' advice on what foods to start with first.
When you were starting did you sit about 30cm from your bub poised ready at any moment to hoik a piece of food out of their mouth if they started gagging? I feel like I'm all tense just waiting for it to happen!!!
Doodlebug I'm pretty sure when you're starting out it's okay to just offer bub food when you guys are eating, and they're awake and happy and not hungry. Because you keep the BF up there's no probs if they don't join in for every meal. We've been doing BLS for just over a month and it's only the last week or so she's fallen into a sleeping pattern that means she's awake at all 3 meals. Although we did move dinner heaps earlier because we want to eat as a family.
As for starting, pretty much what we were eating, nothing too spicy or salty, and just made it into finger size pieces. Toast is a given, breakfast muffins, crumpets, tried lots of different fruits, vegies, chicken, steak, lamb, I'm actually amazed at how relaxed I've been in offering her things. And because she eats when we do we are always generally sitting at the table next to her, and yep I watch like a hawk, and she's had some good gag fests, but does a great job of clearing her throat and then dives back for more. It was chaos with a stick of cheese last night, gag, more, gag, more, she was loving it but just had to pace herself lol One of us tends to stay at the table with her whenever she's got food, but we have relaxed a lot.
I was only thinking of this thread today because I wanted to be able to gush about how amazed I am at DD's eating already! (Everyone around us isn't comfortable with BLS so we don't tend to talk about it much) She tries everything, and is now quite capable of picking things up and takes actual bites, chews and swallows, then bites again. She does spit things out now and then, but she is eating so much more. When she really likes something (carrot especially) she eats it going 'mmmm mmm mmm' and really lets us know she's enjoying it. She's happy to be spoon fed the odd bit of weetbix or yoghurt, but otherwise BLS is going really well for us, so I just had to share
Hey ladies My DD is 5 months old and we are planning on doing BLS with her. I bought the book and can't wait to implement it. My nephew is 2 weeks younger than DD and SIL was telling me today they have started him on carrot sticks. THey had originally planned to wait until 6 months. Her reasoning was that he doesn't actually eat any of it anyway and he's just learning to put the food in his mouth and chew. So that got me thinking.........is she right? DO I really need to wait until 6 months when I am planning to give steamed carrot and broccoli to her as her first foods?
Did you all wait until 6 months? DD is sitting in her high chair playing with toys while we eat atm but she is very interested in what we are doing and is able to grab things and put them to her mouth easily.
My DS was about 5 1/2 months - Christmas Day seemed like a good time to try (6mth would have been 6 Jan). He just played with the cucumber & tomato we gave him to try. Was more interested in the roast parsnip on Boxing Day than the salad type veg.
Hi girls, I have a 9 month old and is eating full meals ( what I eat) and I was going to cook honey soy stirfry tomorrow. My question is is it safe to give him cooked honey?
Thanks
Lisa
Starangelk- i waited til 6 months to give her steamed food to 'eat' but gave her some cucumber sticks to use as a teether a week or so before. She had also 'stolen' a strawberry and a suck of my apple. i kinda justified it (to myself??) cos she was born at 41 weeks so if she was born on EDD or 38 or 39 weeks (still full term) she would already be 6 months.
In saying that, she has been having solids for 3 weeks now and still not much gets swallowed and i reckon that will happen in her own time, i don't think starting earlier would make it happen quicker.
LisaBear- good question, i know honey is still regarded as bacteria risk in BLS but not sure if cooking would kill any bacteria.
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