Baby Led Solids chatter #6

[Lolpigs]

Oh and yeah gagging is more like when an adult gets a bit of food stuck, lots of coughing maybe crying but they can still breathe. Proper choking their face will go red really fast and they can't breathe. A good move I have used in both situations is to lift arms above their head, food seems to pop back out.

[Jennifer13]

Gagging is lots of noise and activity, usually followed by a big spit or spew to dislodge the bit that tickled the gag reflex.

Choking is silent (generally). It's when the food has gone down but lodged in the airway.

DD2 goes quite red when she gags! But she's not doing it much now, which suggests she's getting the hang of it. I wipe up any spit up and let her continue. Doesn't seem to bother her at all.

Hot1 - DD2 is eating rice. Why would she need rice cereal? chilli con carne for lunch today.

[Ladylove]

So DD is 6 months next week and i have gently introduced avocado this week... Actually the avocado needed no introduction as the reason she is eating avocado is because she snatched some from me and ate it so I thought lets start now, and with avocado! Anyway this afternoon DH gave her an organic teething rusk as we also have teeth cutting ... Anyway she only ate a bit of it but about 30 minutes later vomited it all back up. Is this normal when bubba is brand new to solids?

[Ladylove]

Another question... How often do your babes eat? With most family meals? Immediately after a breast feed?

[sloane]

i'm not sure about the vomiting but with my ds I offered a bf and maybe 30 minutes later would offer solids and we did it to coincide with family meals. a lot of people start with dinner but we started with breakfast. we only added a new 'meal' every few weeks - so we let him get used to a meal for a while before the next. I sword to solids first sunbather around maybe 10-12 months but by then his feeds were really just a pre-sleep thing.

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[peanutter]

we tend to do food then bf - because if we bf first, then there's no room for food!

we didn't have too much vomiting ... a little, but not much.

and we offer food every meal, but we really don't stress about how much they're eating, while they're still getting plenty of milk

[Ladylove]

Yeah we can't do dinner as DD is in bed before we cook dinner, plus we are on light n easy for dinners at the moment. I've just been giving her bits and pieces of whatever I have around, when I think of it so I've been a bit sloppy with it I confess.

[phebee]

Hi there everyone... I'm just joining this thread now cause DD is almost 6 months and we're going to start BLW then. I've just finished reading the BLW book by Gill Rapley and I'm excited to try it! I've just gone and bought a few smock bibs and a PVC tablecloth and floor protector. I've got a booster seat type high chair. Anything else I'm going to need before we start? What foods do you think I should do first?

ETA: She will be feeding on my lap for the first few weeks as she's still in a brace for hip dysplasia and hasn't learned to sit up yet as she's been unable to. But once that's started we can use the booster/high chair.

[~Kim~]

Hi girls,

was just popping in to refresh my memory again. Feels like so long ago that I had one starting solids lol. Holly will be my third BLS kiddo. She seems to have taken to it with much gusto....or that should be gutso

LL I always do it after a feed - purely because they're generally cranky before and unlikely to sit in a chair, no scientific reason. But I have to say, haphazard has always worked for us. I was anal about starting at a particular meal with DD1. But TBH I don't think it really matters. What ever works for you and your bub. Some say earlier in the day is better in case they react with a yuck belly, but I have found that with the whole new food thing, most bubs get a little bit upset as their gut is adjusting.

Phebee sounds like you have it covered chick

We started last weekend (H is 6months tomorrow :0) with a bit of pear and was very 'meh', but she loved the broccoli we offered the next day. I actually got into trouble from DS, "Mum!! You're not allowed to give her food! She only has milk! Nothing else!"
I just offer what I have available that she can have a crack at.

Remind me though
There's no real 'rules' about what to start and when is there?

[HotI]

2.5 yr old DD also told us off when we started offering 6 m.o. DS food!

i got a pear and quartered it, and DS was quite a fan. I think he ate half of it, and DD got the other half.

zucchini and corn were favs too. roast pumpkin and cooked apple not so much.

DS is taking to food a lot quicker than DD did. i'm not sure about introducing foods that DD had reactions to. Do subsequent children have greater risk of reacting to same foods? the reactions were not life threatening, more rashes etc that over time she outgrew.

[~Kim~]

hmm that pear was cooked...will try regular - cheers!

She has def preferred the savouries though. Cucumber is one she loves. She eats it right down to the skin.
Pasta was a hit, and she has learned that she can demolish a rusk.

Hmm not sure about the allergens. I have to say I'm a bit the same about DS's. i'm super paranoid about peanut butter. It's all my DS eats now but he couldn't have it until recently due to the rashing. Was going to hold off on strawberries too as DD1 rashed up with them, but she was being helpful the other day and shared lol. No rash though.
That wasn't really helpful. Was it?

[leckert]

Remind me though
There's no real 'rules' about what to start and when is there?

No honey until after 12 mths and whole nuts until 5. Other than that anything goes as far as I can remember. Although I delayed lettuce type stuff as it stuck to the roof of ds2's mouth when I tried it early.

[~Kim~]

Ahh copy. Good thinking 99.

[Jennifer13]

DD2 eats with me, except dinner. I don't really give her food too late as it was making it hard to settle her at night. She had a bellyache.

So I sit down with her for breakfast and lunch and I give her something at morning and afternoon tea or snacks, whenever I eat really. I save dinner leftovers and give that to her at lunch or after her nap.

She won't eat if she's hungry and wants a bf. She's starting to be able to tell me when she wants bbs. It takes her a while to study something before she tries it. She loves bread, strawberries and cucumber! She has tried everything I've had in the last few weeks pretty much and even eats spicy stuff.

My DD1 was eating whole nuts before 2 without issue. We love nuts here! Is it the choking thing?

[leckert]

Whole nuts can be a choking issue - we've done peanut butter and crushed nuts baked in stuff.

[Ladylove]

What about citrus fruits? I've heard a no-no?

[Jennifer13]

Wel, DD2 loves mandarin so I don't see any reason why not here! DD1 used to like it as a baby too. She did gag on a long stringy bit once, but once she'd coughed that up she popped it all right back in her mouth.

It's more about them eating what we eat and then keeping an eye on them IMO than about excluding foods. If you have family history with allergies you might want to either hold off or be careful when you introduce likely culprits, but otherwise I wouldn't. FWIW both DP and I have intolerances but neither of our DDs seem to so far.

[HotI]

DD now thinks it is ok for DS to eat foods. She eats her toast and then gives him the crust! She knows the 'rules' of BLS though, she puts it on his tray for him to pick up himself. DS has had mandarin and enjoyed it. Both kids loved raw zucchini tonight! I only offered it while i was waiting for zucchini sticks to steam, DS preferred the raw to cooked tonight.