Thanks ladies, I was pretty sure that was the right way. I am going to stay away from anything processed for a while.......except I just realised I already gave her cheese. ooops. Yoghurt too but it was that disgusting type that the BLS book recommends. I decided to eat some with her and blergh. Will have to put some fruit in it next time.
The first couple of days we started DD had something that I think was hives.....she didn't automatically break out but when her cousin clung onto her arm, that contact point got rashy. When I held her against my hip, her tummy got rashy. The rash would go in about 10 minutes. THis lasted a few days and now it's totally disappeared. We think it might just have been starting solids? Not sure but it's no worries now.
Last night DD had some meatballs and pasta - homemade from Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food cookbook - if you don't have that cookbook, I'd totally recommend it!! Can I just say..... what. a. mess. It was awesome. DH was there so he was reassuring me that she was ok after the lunch time episode.
This morning we've had banana on toast and she made another HUGE mess. Liked the banana at first but then found that it was much more fun to squish it up in her fingers and then throw it over the side of the high chair. Straight into the bath after breakie this morning!!
Hey MummuSue, its scary when they actually choke isn't it. DD1 choked on a piece of crust when she was 10 month, I had to pull it out of her throat. We didn't do BLS with her, so it can really happen to any bub.
Just a question BLSers - are any of you giving your bubs an infant supplement, like Pentavite? The BLW book suggests some supplements for iron, zinc and vit D. I have a history of low iron and Vit D, and we live in Melbourne so Vit D will be an issue for DS. Should we put him on a supplement when he starts weaning off the boob? Or at 6 months? Or not at all?
My feeling is that there's no harm in putting him on a supplement, but DH doesn't like the idea of giving DS a "medicine" when we have no evidence that he's deficient in anything. ???
I had to go back and find the section - in my book there's some discussion at page 139 about vitamin supplements. It's not really a recommendation, just something to consider. It talks in particular about vit D and says that a supplement can be a "cushion" but only IRT families with a poor diet.
I had low Vit D when pregnant and was advised to give bub Pentavite for 12 months. She hates it! She just spits it out. So your little one might make the decision for you.
We've been doing BLS for a couple of weeks now and I am so totally surprised at how fast DD has gotten good at it. She picks everything up and gets it in her mouth, she just has the problem that when she sees another bit of food she immediately drops the thing she has in her hand/mouth and reaches for the new thing. Not much is getting eaten so far but enough to make her nappies scary to change! At the moment, we are still giving her foods on their own - bits of steak, spinach leaves, vegies on their own. Tonight DH and I had lasagne and I was wondering if it would have been okay to give her too? DH made it himself with no added salt etc. Is this fine to start or too early?
Kate, we never did manage with the EBM here, although she'll happily drink cows milk from a sippy cup when I'm not there or we're out somewhere that I can't b/f her easily. I hope you have success, I know it's important for your day working.
Sue, for us it was more the consistency than the volume that changed with solids intake. I would suspect it could be linked to the teeth, teething has an effect on poos every time around here.
Mumma Sue - DD's poo's have increased in frequency here too! And they seem to have quadrupled in size also. I had to beg DH to change her the other night LOL
LOL, ok good to know! So it's probably a combination of the teething and the solids.
Seph, I don't give DD a supplement. Hadn't even occurred to me to do so - bad me!
DD still isn't all that fussed about food. I'm really starting to worry that she isn't getting enough. It's like when she bites things, it just comes back out again - kind of like she doesn't like having chunks of stuff in her mouth. We are offering her stuff all the time at the moment - meals and snacks, so she is getting plenty of practice.
AAHH, I'm sounding like a broken record. Sorry guys.
Mummasue- I can sympathise with the worry about whether they are eating enough. All the problems we have had with DD1 and her diet, I found it a bit hard with DD2 and the BLS to keep myself thinking she is eating enough and are we doing the right thing. She's almost 10 months and I've never seen a child eat with the abilities that she does. It took till about 9 months till she was really consuming a decent amount of food, before that she mainly played and experimented with it. Now I can see the time line forming that they say a baby should develop at, 6-9 month food is for experimenting and no nutrition required from it, 9-12 months transition starts from experimenting to actually requiring the nutrition and dropping milk as the main source. She has started to eat much more, I go to clean up sometimes and was used to picking it up off the floor and scrapping it off the inside of the highchair and now I get shocked cause I don't find scraps which means she has eaten the entire lot. Her coordination and motor skills are amazing, she uses her tiny little fingers with agile speed, picking out tiny bits of food to play with and eat. She's only 7 months, plenty of time to get there.
Thanks Studymum, it's good to have the support here. I know what you mean about her coordination though - she's amazing already. It's just actually consuming the food that she needs to get the hang of!!
I gave her cubes of mango for breakfast this morning, carried on with what I was doing and she just sat there. Then she said spoon and I realised she wasn't going to eat it til I gave her a fork (she's still working on what they're called!).
I reckon with your SIL your best bet is to just thank her for her opinion then sit back and let time show her she's wrong.
studymum - arrrrggghhhh how frustrating!!! I have read that in time once the baby learns to eat by copying our chewing and food patterns then they will naturally also want to use a knife and fork as we do as well. Same thing with salt and pepper, if the baby sees us do this every night then the baby will, in time want to put salt and pepper on their food too. I think your comparison to the nappy thing is spot on.
My DD reaches out for my fork or spoon at some mealtimes and if I pass it over she jams it straight into her mouth. It's quite surprising how good she is with her aim. I am not that keen on her putting my fork in her mouth because of the sharp prongs so I just went yesterday and bought a baby plastic fork and spoon. I haven't given it to her and don't plan to unless she shows interest in mine. I guess my point is that I think BLS is all about baby led learning so the baby will learn to use a fork and spoon in his or her own time?
My 4yo that I pureed for as a baby eats with his fingers all the time - so annoying. He knows perfectly well how to use his fork & spoon, is getting there with his knife, but halfway through the meal he'll abandon cutlery and use his fingers. My BLS 1yo will attempt to eat his yoghurt with a spoon, then stick his fingers in and he wants a fork (those plastic ones) to go with his dinner. Doesn't use it for the most part, but I'm hoping that the earlier he starts using cutlery, the less likely he'll turn out like his spoon fed brother.
We already have a "drop mat" - luckily my Grandma provided some old fabric she had lying around and it saves our floor!!
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