Hey ladies. Thought I'd join in here as we've just started BLS with DS (just 6 months) and having a few problems.

Problem is... he's absolutely passionate about food! I gave him a banana this morning and I don't think I've ever seen him happier. He just grinned and chatted and gurgled as he shoved huge chinks into his mouth! Super, super cute. That didn't go down too badly - perhaps a slightly gurgly tummy an hour later, but no major dramas. BUT. On the first two evenings I just steamed him some veggie sticks and he hoed into them. Again, he was so happy. But swallowing large chunks and ended up with quite a sore tummy later. Tonight, I decided to just try him on our food - pasta with veg and tuna sauce. The bits were smaller and he was having difficulty getting them in and he completely cracked it. He was just sitting there desperately swiping at the food, trying to feed himself bits that were stuck inside his fist and crying at it all. I gave him a stick of mango that we were having for dessert but he squeezed it too hard and it broke, leaving him with the same problem. He desperately wanted it, but couldn't get it in and just got more and more upset. So I ended up helping him. Holding stuff in my fingers and then letting him grab my hands and guide it into his own mouth... happy and gleeful boy again. But he was literally sucking the chunks out of my fingers, giving them a cursory spin around his mouth and then swallowing them whole. And 3 hours later he was a very very very miserable little boy.

So WDID?
Just keep giving him our food so that he gets less in, avoiding the tummy pains but making him intensely frustrated when he really, really wants to eat?
Keep steaming him stuff that's easy-ish to digest - different from our food and there's not a whole lot of variety that I can think of?
Help him and physically give him smaller bits of stuff either with fingers or spoon so that he's not swallowing big chunks (I know then this isn't really BLS)?

Other suggestions?

I remember DD would get a sore tummy occasionally when she started solids, but she didn't really ingest much until 8 or 9 months. It looks like this little guy is going to eat (or try) anything and everything. His sleep is terrible as it is... I don't want to have it further disturbed by an upset tummy for months.

Also...
My MCHN said that it's fine to introduce potential allergy foods early now... that in fact, this may be protective against allergies. Wanted to check what you ladies are doing. Do you give your littlies eggs, satay etc.?

TIA xoxo