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