Baby Led Solids chatter #5

Yes, the food was very welcomed. We did another big food drop today. One lady gave me a big muddy hug and cried, saying she hasn't tasted bread since the beginning of the week and it was the most amazing thing she has eaten ever.

I also loved seeing the good old aussie bbq's out in force. They had been pulled out onto the street everywhere and they had the good old QLD sausage sizzles a happening.

I do also have to say what I thought I saw yesterday was bad, but today we were closer to the river, maybe only 500m, and it was far far worse. The mud was as deep as the square gutters (which were gone) all over the road , and no where can you even see grass, let alone most scrubs and small plants. It coated everything in sight to at least a metre high. The house my cousins were working on was a friends of theirs, and I know there family a bit through my own family's events etc. The woman said that she doesn't know what looks worse, the inside or the outside, and judging by the amount of mud outside, I couldn't fathom that amount that would have been inside then. They may just have to demolish the house. The entire street was pretty much the same. I got home an cried, the pain in her eyes was deep, but she just kept saying she will be okay, its just stuff, although I knew it cut a little more than that. Tomorrow we are not allowed in with food drops, as they are blocking off the streets to allow the dump trucks to move in and pick up the rubbish, so the guys will just have to carry the eskies in on the buses. So we are going into Ipswich to help St Vinnies sort through the mounds of generous donations.

And OMG DD2 ate the biggest dinner ever. She had 2 scrambled eggs, and a piece of toast, half a banana, and half a plum, she just kept asking for more. Than an hour later had a huge bf. And all she did all day was eat apparently. Guess she is heading for her 1 year growth spurt, and has decided increasing food is the way to go this time, not increasing bf's.

I just wrote a long post and then lost it. poo poo. hope i can remember it

MamaSue, i have been thinking about you and your little one lately and have a couple of thoughts i'd like to share.

I think that most of the time our little people know what they need. i am trying to remember this and respect it when my little one paints with her food or drops it for the dogs. i know your bubba girl has had some tummy issues with reflux and food sensitvities, is it possible that her system is not fully ready for bulk lots of solid food and that's why she is taking it slowly?

Even when i was very young i had an eversion to meat, especially red meat, and became a vegie when i was 12. It was only as an adult that i was diagnosed with a metabolic condition (i had symptoms since i was a child) and found out that high protein is not that good for me. I wonder whether as a little kid, i just worked out that meat didn't make me feel good and that's why i didn't like eating it.

My other thought (and i hope this comes out the way its intended) is maybe you need to give yourself a break. Doing 3 meals plus snacks every day for a bub that's not really into it is a massive effort. Her hand skills are impressive, and that is a credit to all the opportunities you have given her. Giving yourself permission to skip preparing a meal or just offering bub food from your plate is ok. I know when i was trying to get my little one to take EBM it was getting frustrating and tiring after awhile and i kinda lost the reason that i was trying to do it. After taking a break, and letting the pressure off, i'm not so stressed about it now and am ready to try again.

I think culturally we can put a lot of timelines/deadlines on ourselves but our babies have their own timelines and it is trying to merge the two smoothly that is my goal.

And now to me, we went to a wedding yesterday and the people were really impressed with my LO's eating ability and enjoyment of vegies. It was a buffet and there were vegie skewers and salads, so she had some zucchini, mushroom, potato, tomato, capsicum, lemon!, tofu. She had a good chew and then alot ended up on the floor or in her chair but she looked like she was eating it, and she had fun. I had to quickly eat my rockyroad cos she was eyeing that off. She had a couple licks from my ice cream in a cone too, and was peed off when it was finished! She is such a party animal, which is good on occasions like these. Eventually i got her to sleep and had her in the Ergo. She slept on the way home (even sleeping through when we hit a kangaroo in our car on the way home), had a quick feed when we got home around 2 and then slept in her cot until 6 this morning! (this is a big thing for us). Another BF then back to sleep

Kate, thanks for your thoughts on this. You're right about it all.

DD does know what she wants and needs, and yes, she does have amazing skills, I think that she is also using those skills to make sure she isn't eating anything that is going to make her feel dodgy.
I also do need to give myself a break about this. She'll do it when she's ready. I've already cut out the snacks for now, we're just doing B, L, D at the moment. I felt like we were never out of the kitchen and didn't want her to sense my frustrations.

I am not pushing her to do anything that she doesn't want to. I keep reading the BLW book too just to reassure and remind myself why we're doing it this way - and of course venting to you guys. DH isn't worried about her eating, and I should just get on board with him too - he's way more relaxed about a lot of things than I am. :) Worry wart, that's me.

Wow, your DDs sleep - that IS huge! Awesome work for little Energiser Bunny!! xxxx

Hi!

I hope it is ok if I join this thread?

My DD is 9 months old (nearly 10!) and we are doing BLS. We didnt plan on it... I just have a very stubborn, independant little girl who flat out refuses anything she doesnt feed herself :)

MummaSue - We are pretty much in the same boat. Tiah is offerred B, L , D and pretty much spends most of her time throwing things or mushing them into her nappy.

At this point she will eat Toast with vegemite or crushed baked beans or cottage cheese/tofu mix spread onto it. Or Strawberries .... even walking past the strawberries at woolies will start her on the "mmmmm yum yum" haha. She flat out refuses any meat or chicken or fish.

I am the only one in my mothers group offerring anything but purees at this point. They were shocked I let Tiah eat curried egg sandwiches and offerred her some homemade pizza...

Hi Meercat - what a clever little girl you have there wanting to do BLS :) I have to admit I love the shock factor of the BLS but last week, being the first week of daycare I did try and tone down her morning tea just so she wasn't ridiculed - hahhaha.

Speaking of morning tea......any suggestions? We aren't giving DD gluten yet as I am intolerant so she is having gluten free foods like me. On the whole it's not a big issue as it's really only bread that's a pain and we buy GF bread (when it is available.) We do rice puffs, dried fruit, real fruit, yoghurt, cottage cheese, rice crackers with cheese and other various toppings and toast but the GF toast crumbles pretty easily so it's not that big of a winner.

I would REALLY like to make her quiche and I gave her egg yolks last weekend and she went fine but what's the go with egg whites? If I cook a quiche and the egg whites are fully cooked, does that mean they are still high allergen? Guess there is only one way to find out................

Tried DD on fish on the weekend too, she loved it but I steamed it and it went crumbly and at the moment she is better with non crumbly things that she can get into her mouth easily.

Hi Meercat :hello: Your mothers group would be shocked at what we let DD2 eat, the other night she tucked in thai green curry with us, and loved it. I was a bit worried about no 2's the next day but they were fine. :lol:

DD2 actually had pizza for the first time last night, she was doing her happy little eating dance :wiggle: which means she really really enjoys it. I mean, who doesn't love pizza.

Starangelk, Ive actually got 3 friends, and one friend has 3 out of 4 of her kids with coeliac. Funny thing is 2 of them are identical twin girls, one has been diagnosed and the other still hasn't triggered. She has to let the one who hasn't eat at least one serve of gluten a day, the specialist said until she is shows signs and is diagnosed its best for her body to have an intake so her system learns to digest gluten, and then they can also tell when her symptoms appear to. Cause they don't know when it will, they said it could be years and years, so in the mean time she can happily eat it whenever she wants. Funny thing isn't it, considering they are genetically identical. I'm actually decorating one friends gf birthday cake this week, my first attempt at gf mud, fingers crossed. :crossfingers:

You could always do vege stick and dip for morning tea too. Pushing carrot sticks through hommus is a hit at the moment, but I think more for the fun factor. And no matter how egg is cooked, it is still high allergen. Egg white is the most common part, but some people are allergic to the yolk as well. Cooking the egg white damages some proteins but most stay. If an allergy doesn't run in the family, the risks are lower, but its safest to keep an eye on them the first few times they have it, as its not always the first time that there is a reaction. OMG its amazing that doing a stupid assignment on eggs in high school stays in your memory.:p

We had chicken, vege and coucous for dinner tonight. It was hilarious watching DD2 trying to work out how to get it in her mouth with her fingers, she gave up and bent over and started hoovering it off her highchair :ROFL:

Ooooh thanks Studymum, that's fantastic! Veggie sticks and hommus, DD already loves hommus so that sounds like a great idea.

It's so cute when they "hoover" isn't it - LOL

That's really interesting about your friend with the identical twins. I am in 2 minds about the whole no gluten until 12 months thing because partly I want her to develop a small tolerance even if she isn't good with gluten but have decided to follow the peads advice about it because I'll be going back to see him if there is a problem. Plus, it's easy because I have all GF stuff anyway and she pretty much just wants to eat what I eat. It's like a diet for me really, I only get about 3/4 of all my food these days!!

Good luck with the GF mud cake

Hi ladies - we are just starting the BLS adventure :) DD is almost 6 months old. I had been giving her some mashed sweet potato over the last few days, and she was loving it and hoovering it up - but then my BLS book arrived in the mail (finally) and I realised that BLS was the way I want to go.

Tonight she had a 'gum' on some cucumber and carrot sticks - she loved the cucumber. Now I just have to work out what to start her on for each 'meal'. Would love ideas on what you ladies started out with eg B, L, D ideas.

Hi Mrs P:hello: You'll probably find that your DD will probably only be interested in the actual eating of one meal a day to begin with. Not to say you don't have to offer food the rest of the times you are eating, its probably just not worth the effort into preparing something, just give them what you are having. You may notice a particular meal that she is more interested in than other, so start with this one.

DD2 it was dinner, so we just gave her steamed vegies, starting with ones with good handles, like brocolli, cauliflower and carrot. Then moving onto the harder to hold ones. We didn't give her pieces at a time, just put them on her tray at once and let her go. When she slowly became more interested in other meals I would give fruit during the day, and toast or porridge for breakfast. She let us know when she wanted solids more and more, otherwise I would just take stuff of my plate and let her play. Since she was about 10 months she has had exactly what I have everyday, so breakfast could be anything from porridge, toast, yoghurt and muslie. Lunch is tuna/ham/chicken/salad sandwiches or wraps, open grills. Dinner is literally anything we are eating.

Just follow the guidelines for allergenic foods and apart from that let her go. As the theory goes, if she can get it in her own mouth, she is capable of chewing it. The joy of BLS, no restrictions.

Hi Mrs P and welcome to this superfun and fabulous world of BLS. Studymum has given you wonderful advice. We did everything studymum did and we found that DD is most interested in food at breakfast. I think this is because she is hungriest and also the most awake. Dinner is her worst meal but she still had a good go. I still find myself running back to the book every now and again, it's wonderful. Also - we started DD on spinach leaves and she seemed to love these.

The ladies at daycare commented on what a good eater DD is! Yay!! It's really my first (outside my family) comment about the food thing. DD is one of the youngest in her group too so yay for BLS.

Thanks for the welcome ladies :) it's only been a couple of days but I'm loving bls already! Had my first panic when DD gagged on some carrot but she just spat it out after a couple of seconds. Phew.
Just wondering with things like carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato - how much should I cook them? Should DD be able to smoosh it in her mouth so it breaks up fairly easily? The carrots I did I think were too hard as when she broke some off it was a big chunk rather than something she could swallow.
Had dinner with the inlaws yesterday and was expecting some opposition to bls but surprisingly didn't get it! SIL was really interested and thought it was great. Yay ;)

Mrs P, to begin with we steamed the vege much softer than we would for ourselves. I tended to leave it in for another 5 minutes, just so it was at the point it didn't fall apart when she picked it up, but easily mashed, like if you press it is mushes.

I thought DD2 had a growth spurt a couple of week ago, cause she increased her bf's, but the last 2 days, omg all she has done is eat solids, and sleep huge amounts, like 3 hours in the morning and 1 in the arvo on top of her usual 13hrs at night. She has polished off a massive bowl for dinner both nights and eaten a big breakkie and lunch plus 2 snacks during the day.

When they say it really comes together completely by 1 they really mean it. She turns one at the end of the week, and is completely in control of what she wants to eat and when. Her appetite has grown huge and can eat absolutely anything she wants. Last night she completely ate a whole bowl of moroccan lasagne, it made a huge saucy mess but absolutely all the food was down the hatch, and tonight she had a huge bowl of vege and steamed fish. She can even eat corn off the cob better than my 2 1/2 year old, every single little corn kernal is gone. People are gobsmacked to watch her eat, her fingers are nimble and quick (she can even pick rice up now without much of a mess), and she knows exactly what she is eating, and yes she does remove some stuff she does not like, which she does time and time again, like lettuce and potato.

So to everyone who has started and/or second guesses their choices of the BLS process, I'm glad to confirm its been worth it in the long run for us. I'd second guessed the whole process a couple of times, she she did not seem interested or actually eating much. Compared with DD1, who was done the 'typical' way, DD2 is far more advanced and willing for her age. She is leaps and bounds ahead of her friends her own age, most of whom are still on lumpy mash.

MIL asked what are we having for her birthday dinner, I said her favourite, curried sausages and was met with a:o, hehe I love getting that response.

Ah.. The ' you have no idea what your doing' look.. i just want to fill them with facts..
Maybe there is fact sheets we can get online to pass on to people?
Today we gave Harlee raspberries.. Sooo cute! But very messy. She does Not allow anything to go into her mouth before she holds it herself and looks at it first. I had some very ripe avocado the other day so I put it on my finger for her to eat off. She grabbed hold of my finger with one hand and pulled her head back to look at it. Then with her other hand Harlee picked the mush off my finger and put it in hey mouth by herself:D I'm so proud of her:)
We are tring to do lots more savoury food and lets of the sweet fruits, so she doesn't get a taste for sweets like her mum:D Homus wa a hit, and we also gave her some home made falafel.. She loved it! But she was very gassy the next couple of days! Woops!

Today DD had avocado on cruskits and cucumber for lunch. Having so much fun - bought a heap of different fruits to try, which is good and will help me eat more fruit too. It's so great to sit down as a family of 3 and eat dinner together :)

Seems a bit quiet in this thread at the moment! I am slowly reading the previous thread to get ideas etc but had a few questions/comments so thought I'd post away :)

- Last night DD got some nectarine, mostly the skin, stuck on the roof of her mouth and we had to get it out - ended up with her screaming but we calmed her down and she had more food after that. The DH found a piece of skin stuck again after she had finished dinner, so he had to get that piece out again. Should we be peeling the nectarines and other fruit?

- Has anyone noticed an allergy to cucumber? DD loves it but came out in a rash on her tummy and legs a few days after we started BLS. I think the rash was due to her lying on a scratchy towel, but as cucumber was the only food she had eaten every day I cut it out - a few days later rash was gone. I think it was co-incidence though and due to the towel. I guess the only way to know is to give her some to eat again!

- What foods do you take when out and about - what is less messy??

- What about eating out in cafes etc? We are going to Sydney for Easter and will be eating out a lot - I am picturing DD throwing food all over carpeted floors etc!

So - DD is loving BLS and so are we. She had some spaghetti pasta bake this week and absolutely loved it, was splurping up the pasta, so cute to watch. We used the fatter spaghetti with a hole in the middle and she was able to pick it up quite easily.

Hi all just got reccomended to check out this thread.

What age do you generally start BLS??

My DS is 6 months and I started him on pureed solids about a month ago but now hes decided that its more fun to blow raspberries and spit it at me everytime I put the spoon to his mouth. What finger foods can be introduced at this age, if any??

He is also on a lactose free diet :)

Mrs P, I'd just persevere with the skin, they get the hang of it eventually, otherwise you will find you might be peeling everything still for a 2 and 3 year old (like my DD1). DD2 now has stone fruits cut up, like the 4 sides cut off but the skin left on, because of my scare with her eating down to the seed I won't give the whole thing to her anymore. The same thing with it sticking to the roof happens with stuff like lettuce as well.

We tend to take fruit when we go out cause its quick and easy, and sandwiches for eating out. Usually tuna and salad or egg and salad etc (well except lettuce cause its a pet peeve for her). Otherwise if we eat anywhere that's buffet she gets whatever they have on it, I try to clean up as much as possible, but I see older children who make just as much mess, so I don't feel so bad. And most restaurants tend to expect it anyway.

Hi Eliselouise, welcome, the time to start is when you think they are ready, so when they are interested in what you are eating, want to grab at food etc. The theory behind BLS is that when they are capable of getting the food to their own mouth, they will have the ability to chew and push the food to the back of the mouth to swallow. So to begin with they won't have the ability to pick up small bits of food, meaning they can't swallow and choke on them. There is also a different between choking and just gagging, gagging comes with a heaps of awful sounds and faces, and is the body preventing the food from being swallowed. Choking is silent because it has become lodged in the wind pipe. You can start with anything that has convenient little handles, like carrot, brocolli, cauliflower. To being with we steamed it rather soft and slowly brought the texture back to how we eat it. But basically anything goes with BLS, anything they can pick up, except some people prefer to delay allergenic foods such as strawberry, egg (about 9 months+), nuts (1 year), honey (1 year). DD2 is now 1, she is still on a lactose free diet since she started (and before I was to bf), which we trial occasionally to look for improvement, she is slowly getting better. It hasn't really been an issue, we cook with lactose free milk and cream, her yogurt is lactose free, and she can tolerate cheese as its low lactose, and she doesn't get butter anyway. Gill Rapley has a great book, I just hired it from the library http://www.rapleyweaning.com/

Studymum - thanks, we will persevere with the skin on :) Hopefully by Easter (bub will be 8.5 mths) she will be eating things like sandwiches etc. How soon did you try that with your DD?

Welcome Eliselouise - we're just starting BLS too and loving it! Definitely read the book, it's awesome.

Just did a baby/kids first aid course last night to brush up on my skills, particularly regarding choking & CPR. Very glad I did! Feel a lot more confident that if choking occurred I will know what to do.

COuple more questions I forgot the other day:

What kind of yoghurt do you all feed your bubs? I tried some of the natural stuff, no fruit etc and DD was literally spitting it out, ha ha.
Also - hummus and custard - do you make your own or use pre-made stuff? What about the baby custards??

with yoghurt I use a natural one (pot set) with fruit in it. Tried the plain yoghurt (same brand) and added some pureed fruit thinking it might be cheaper if DS would eat it - the munchkin spat it out everytime we tried it.

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Just did a baby/kids first aid course last night to brush up on my skills, particularly regarding choking & CPR. Very glad I did! Feel a lot more confident that if choking occurred I will know what to do.

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I've found if DD has something stuck, if i help her sit up straight then she will just cough it out. I also say 'cough cough' and she will spit it out.

DD will now cough out the skin of tomato and fruits etc

My little one likes the natural yogurt. She dips pieces of pear in it and then sucks the yogurt off. Haven't had any baby custard.

DD still gags alot on bread so i don't do sandwiches yet. Will be easier when she does. She is almost 10 months.

Mrs P - Probably till about 7 months it was really just fruit and vege before we started introducing things like sandwiches and cooked meals. But from around then anything went. Whatever I/we had, she had. So she ate with us each meal. To begin with she was only interested in dinner but her appetite slowly increased to other meals.

For ourselves and DD1 we use home made yogurt, the Easiyo brand, you can get it from most supermarkets and BigW/Kmart. But DD2 is still on lactose free, so the choice is limited. They really don't need to start on 'baby' yogurts, its just a marketing ploy to get us to pay more for it lol. Just keep quantities to small serves to begin with. I buy store bought hommus. Personally I've never used custards or baby custards, I feel they are too sugary and sweet, and don't hold any real nutrition. Cottage cheese is another hit with babies too.

As for us here atm, DD2 about 2 weeks ago over night dropped from 4 to 6 feeds a day to just 2. I thought it was a once off, but it looks to be permanent now. Yeah for me doing less feeds, but also a bit sad that she seems to be self-weaning so fast. Unfortunately though it seems that she has picked 2am and 2pm as those feed times, geez she could have picked like 10am/10pm lol.

Another lunch time hit I have found is a small tin of well drained baked beans, mixed with a bit of grated cheese/chopped tomato/sliced ham and warmed with little toast soldiers. She absolutely loves it.

Hi guys can i also join in here??!

Marta is *almost* 5 months old and about 2 weeks ago has been helping herself to my plate at dinner :lol: (i have BF her at the table since she was born when we have dinner lol). I am feeling kinda weird about it all as i expected her to be a bit older IYKWIM. but my girl seems to know what she wants...watch out nectarines of the world...man, she can demolish a piece in like 30 seconds :rofl:

she hasnt really had a great deal. i am not pushing it at all, only if/when she is asking for it. she did steal a bit of rice from my sushi the other night which got me a bit worried, but she grabbed the stick and let rip. so far she has had carrot (stolen from my spag bog lol), some cucumber (also from sushi night!) and sweet potato. i have given her some store bought puree (that raffertys stuff) that a neighbour dropped over. but that appears to be more of a sensory game for her (read: puree EVERYWHERE hahahahaha!).

Also, i *think* i may of been a bit norti...i was eating a banana the other day and without thinking i let her suck on it (ie, demolish it) when she grabbed for it from my hand. i have been told since then though that it is one of those "freaky" ones that can be a choking hazard eepp! is this the case? i did a quick search about it but like most parenting things there are different schools for thought and now i am nervous about it giving it to her (mushed up of course is ok, but whole is how she prefers it lol).

anyway, i'll be following this thread with lots of interest! must buy a BLS book now.... :)

Cassius - whole is how DS has eaten his banana the whole the whole time - last summer he started them (so about 6mths old) and we just broke it into 3rds (lengthwise) and let him go for it. He LOVES his banana - will eat them even if there's any other fruit on offer (except maybe blueberries - apparently he thinks they're to die for atm)

ah thanks leckert! i will continue with banana then! she loves it so much...

We were at a Farmer's Market this morning and Miss L grabbed a 'plot' out of my hand and munched away - a 'plot' is a cross between a plum and an apricot - so yummy!! :)

hmm now i want a plot lol! YUM! gotta find one tomorrow lol

today marta had her first taste of pear...she hammered it lol. but 'nana is definitely the firm fav lol!

Seems like only yesterday that Marta was born! hard to believe she is starting solids already. BLS is great!

Cassius - I have never had troubles with whole bananas. My DD seems to squash it around in her mouth before swallowing. We leave the skin on, but cut a little strip off so that she has something to hold and something to suck on. It works well. Pasta has been a great hit with her as well.

cassius: we slice a banana in half longways, and then lengthways, so he can grip the skin, and then he noms it from there.

DS *loves* baby fed weaning, and has not been fed from a spoon/fork/etc yet except for when he nicks a little of mummy's!

favourites are avacado, any meat, cooked tomato and strawberries, atm :D

and as for "hippy" comments, etc, whenever people make comments about us doing BLS/BLW, I tend to look at them blankly and say, "no, I'm just FEEDING him."

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Just be careful with the frequency of giving banana's, when they are little too much can bind them up and give tummy pains. With both of mine, anywhere before 9 months, if they had it too many days in a row caused a prob, after about that age they were fine. I've known a few bubs much the same.

DS seems to be fine, but a couple of people from mum's group have found that it gets their LOs constipated, yeah.

but thanks :)

Today DD tried some grated cheese, which she loved. Favourites are definitely thick spaghetti, avocado and stonefruit. So cute! I think she ate a heap of broccoli the other day as she literally did a green poo ha ha :sick:

Hi ladies - I've been away for a week and wow, was that an experience with an 8 month old. She travelled really well but I have to admit, I had one fleeting moment of wishing I was jar/tin feeding her. Usually we just give DD whatever we were eating but we flew in at 12:15am that night, went straight to the hotel and went to sleep. As it was overseas, we had to get rid of all food I had on the plane so the next morning we got up and went to McDonald's for breakfast. I felt like I could hardly feed DD Macca's!! She had baby mum mum's that I hadn't had to get rid of and some of the yoghurt DH had for bfast. I gave her some egg and a bit of sausage from my muffin. *sigh* Other than that we did really well, she LOVES sushi! I am going to get organised and make some at home - yumbo.

HOTI - it took me sooo long to work out it was YOU :D

Hey guys, I've been away for a couple of weeks after a self imposed ban from BB. I was tired of whinging about the same old thing - amongst other things.

Anyway, in that time, things have fallen into place. DD is eating way more than she was previously and her skills at the table are just awesome.

There's nothing she won't eat at the moment and we have tried her with strawberries again and she's fine.

All good!

Yay! i've been wondering you have been and how things were going.

Thanks mate, all good here. Having lots of fun with DD. Hope that your little one is good? xx

Love the name change :)

Great to hear your DD is going well MummaSue.

We had a cake for DD's "half birthday" during the week (we were one week late but nevermind!) - I did a sponge decorated with strawberries and cream - and DH let her grab two big handfuls of it!! She then grabbed a strawberry and shovelled it into her mouth. Didn't eat any cake though, thank goodness. She seemed to like the strawberry but it was her first, I'd been avoiding them just in case of allergy as she's still only a bit over 6 months. Anyway got a couple of great photos.

We've now added a few new foods: banana, baby zucchini (loves it!), yoghurt with some rafferty's garden fruit mixed in, moussaka (!) and lasagne. The lasagne was the best, she didn't waste one single piece of pasta. She's also loving the baby rice cakes with cream cheese or avo :) All the fruit is definitely making her poops more regular too, now it's 2-3 a day ha ha!!

Just wondering how everyone goes with yoghurt? I've been putting it on the spoon and holding it out for DD to grab, she puts it straight in her mouth but usually knocks half of it off onto her front. Then I load up a second spoon and she will throw/drop the first one to grab the second. Tried putting the bowl in
front for her to grab it just with her hands but that didn't really work.

We've got a big family bday party to attend tonight - wondering if I will have to explain BLS to the extended family, as well as why she's 'wearing a necklace' (teething necklace). Sometimes I get tired of explaining myself all the time!!

Hi - great to see you back in here MummaSue :D

Mrs P -- I've got the admit that with yoghurt, I do a bit of spoon feeding. DD gets to take the spoon and feed herself and make a mess and then I offer her some from the spoon I am holding and if she opens her mouth then I put it in. I know it's not the BLS approach but I am needing to get lots of dairy into her since there's not alot of milk on offer here right now.

My DD loves lasagne also!!

I like peanutters approach to the BLS questions "what do you mean? I'm just FEEDING the child" :LOL: Now that DD is a bit older, we get alot of stares but lots of babies are trying finger foods around now anyway so people just thing DD is super awesome at eating finger foods. The types of foods we give her raises a few funny looks though, I love it!!

has anyone else had any issues with kiwifruit?

we gave J man a 1/4 of one (skin on, so he could get some grip) and he sucked and mushed it a bit, then lost interest ... but got a bit of a rash around his mouth afterwards, and looks like he might have a tiny sore just next to the corner of his lip ...

he's completely fine, so I'm not sure whether it's just a drool-y rash, or whether it's just because kiwi skin can be a little spicy, or whether it's a mild sensitivity ...

My LO got a rash from kiwi twice. haven't tried it again since.

A friend brought some nectarines over and they were sitting in a box on the floor. Little miss crawled over, grabbed one out of the box and started chewing/sucking on it. Very cute. It reminds me that i still sometimes forget how much she can do if she is given the chance. I usually cut them into sections but as long as i am watching (for the pip) i could give it whole and let her go.