Thankyou so much for your wisdom SJ! I thought I was going to be alone in here for a while so I was going to make it up as I go along, but it is much easier when someone else has trialled and errored and I can learn from their experiences. Good idea about the wrap. Jett isn't sitting that well yet, but I'm sure it won't be long.
We have a vacuum too and figured he would be on clean up patrol, but I know he will leave some things behind... strange for a labrador. He's quite fussy and not that into food!
I had thought the same thing about the highchairs and wipes...they often look grotty and then you see the rags they wipe them down with ATM we just sit him on our lap when we are out, but of course this means we don't get to eat much, especially as he keeps stealing the food from our plate!!
ok....i have been abit scared to follow BLS because of gagging and i have convinced myself she isnt ready for it...which is unfair to her...its me that isnt ready lol.
She is refusing to eat the 'chunky puree' that she has been eating and enjoying for the last few weeks, she has been eating all sorts of fruit and veg sometimes with rice cereal mixed in. BUT this week she has one mouthfull then the top lips comes over the bottom lip and its lock down!!!! I wait an hour and try again but she isnt interested. She has also been pretty grumpy/not sleeping very well...wonder if it has something to do with eating/not eating, or just the age?
.... Im thinking that she has just lost interest in the mush and is wanting to do it herself, she has a rusk sometimes and quite like to chew away on it.
SO...Im going to buy some nice brown bread and steam up some vegies but i have read back through this thread and notice that people giving things like cheese and strawberries, which i have read in other places not to offer till alot older....is this just incase of a reaction to them? Is there anything you should really stear clear of or is it ok to try anything!? (within reason..nuts/junk food etc)
I think i read to many things from different places that give you strict guidelines and it just confusses me!
there are some great ideas on here to help get started...thanks all.
sorry to ramble alittle!!
Last edited by beckoes; February 15th, 2009 at 11:44 AM.
It could be just that age for Grace, or it could be teething perhaps, especially if she likes cheewing on the rusks.
I have a book on baby-led solids and it says that unless there is a family history of intolerances than from 6 months of age their guts should be mature enough to handle any food with a few exceptions. Strawberries it mentions because most young babies get a red rash around their mouths, same as with citrus fruit due to the high acidic content. If your baby is fine with them then it isn't an issue.
Cheese is ok, not all the time though due to high salt content. Otherwise it is ok.
Over the last couple of weeks I have taken to giving Jett solids whenever I eat, and I give him some of what I am having because that is what he wants. Not his own different meals. That is my choice of course, and I did start with just vegies and fruit. Now I just pick the suitable foods from my meals and put them on his high chair tray and let him pick and choose what he wants to eat. So far that has been a little bit of everything. I have been amazed at how his manual dexterity has improved, and he's happy to chase something around his tray until he gets it.
Gagging has been very little of an issue, a few big ones in the beginning but he seems to know how much or little to put in his mouth now. He even started chewing yesterday. I thought it must have been a fluke when he did at lunch, but he did it again at dinner.
So really the only rules are feed Grace what you are comfortable with and she is comfortable with, don't stress if she doesn't appear to eat much (which is why feeding her what you are having is easier, less wastage) and just relax and have fun with it. Grace will love it!
Hey folks, just a quick one for me, but wanted to jump in and join you all here! Will be back later to chat some more, but wanted to ask quickly, what kind of spreads you would give on bread or toast? Vegemite seems too salty, peanut butter is a no-no, jams etc too sugary.... and I'm all out of ideas! do you give spreads on their bread/ toast or just give it plain? Anyhoo, I'll be back later with more questions etc but just wanted to jump on the bandwagon!
Pixie - how about hommus or avocado? We do avo here... or just butter (on toast) ... um.. just plain bread mostly though, we are pretty boring... I gave her a bit of vegemite just before - but I think she is more interested in her rockmelon.. lol
LOL see this is what I need you guys for! Seriously I wonder if I still have a brain some days. I am taking a hiatus from avocado cause we had a nasty projectile vomiting incident after avocado a couple of weeks ago but I don't think it was the cause... so on toast is probably a good way to ease back into it! Beth must be getting sick of banana and yoghurt cause it's all she's eaten for about 2 weeks now!
BTW and totally OT - love the store Mel, had a quick look around last night, I will have a closer squiz when I get a chance!
I've used vegemite - I want to raise a vegemite kid!! I don't give it all the time, no more than once a week, and because it is only a scraping on toast I figure that should be fine, but that is my choice! He loves it!! I think you can use avocado, banana, corn, anything really that can be made into a paste consistency.
ATM we just sit him on our lap when we are out, but of course this means we don't get to eat much, especially as he keeps stealing the food from our plate!!
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