Oooh, exciting!
Dont' worry about mess on her clothes or you could buy one of those bibs from Target that are like and art smock.
I sit my DD in a Bumbo chair on our bench. It has the play table with it, she puts things to her mouth. Steamed heads of broccoli are good as is steamed fingers of carrot.
DD also likes bits of toast. Sometimes it's best to start after the morning feed I find, as that is when they are the most alert and happy and you can start on fingers of toast.
At the start she just sucked all the goodness out of things, now she actually swallows some things. I am doing a bit of both, BLS and purees with things such as yoghurt and stewed fruit that I give her on a spoon.
Jump into BLS forum and also have a look at Gill Rapley's website, she has alot of tips on starting and a flyer you can download on BLS.
Baby led solids is all about 'food is fun until there one' so try anything you eat, she may not eat some of it, and devour some things, that's the exciting bit about it.
Hopefully someone from the BLS forum will jump in and give you more professional advice
Just enjoy, she will get there, one day she will just start putting things in her mouth and not look back
Gosh first BLS are very exciting!!!! I felt incredibly lost too when we first started but just last week I thought how natural it all is now. You are doing it all right, DD may not have put any in her mouth because she was interested in the feel and new look of the cool new play things you have given her! Just keep offering each time she is showing interest or whenever you are eating, dont force it. You will be suprised at how soon she realises she can gobble that food up and then you'll be guarding your plate We tried lots of different steamed vegies and baked vegies cut into chips too, a firm favourite became english muffins! Now at almost 9 months she loves everything....especially what Mummy has, even if she has had her 1st lunch LOL. At 6 months DD was pretty small still and we would put towels in her highchair to make her sit up a bit higher. HTH.
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We tried lots of different steamed vegies and baked vegies cut into chips too, a firm favourite became english muffins! Now at almost 9 months she loves everything....especially what Mummy has, even if she has had her 1st lunch LOL. At 6 months DD was pretty small still and we would put towels in her highchair to make her sit up a bit higher. HTH.
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