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Hi ladies, hope you don't mind if I join in. I'm just about ready to start BLW with Ashlyn. I wanted to wait until she was 6 months, but she seems so ready now. She keeps trying to grab my food when I'm eating. I was thinking of starting with some avodado. Is that good to start with. With broccoli how do you prepare it? I have no idea how to steam veggies:redface:
Mel, Ashton looks so cute with his food! He's into everything!
Looking forwarded to joining in the fun.:D
Hi girls! Hi Mel Hi Captain! (my baby buddy's)
I'm joining too! I have watched the BLW DVD with DH and we are going to start soon. Emily is really reaching out for our food now and I think she is ready, she is 5.5 months. Its very exciting!!!!
is microwaving the veg ok?
hey im joining too! im expecting Mia to start solids in the next 4-6 weeks....
i dont see y avacado would be a problem, mayb try some on toast?
yeah im abit confused on the steaming thing.. better to steam than boil? so would i need to go buy a steamer?
I steam in the microwave, a little water in the bottom of the container, cover with glad wrap and nuke for 4-5 minutes, give or take until they are soft.
Yeah Ash is into everything. I gave him potato and sweet potato today at dinner time but he didn't like it, he then ate a whole banana lol
Gave Ashlyn her first go of some avocado. It was soooo cute!! She was so excited just to have some food in front of her she spent 10min just looking at it and smiling, lol. She eventually got a bit in her hand and then shoved her whole hand in her mouth. Not sure if she actually tasted anything, but it made her happy to be part of the meal.
This is going to be fun. :D
Hi everybody. I am lurking in this thread and find it invaluable for information. DD doesn't seem ready for BLW yet but I imagine it wont be long. I hope you don't mind me lurking.
Hi to all the girls in my Baby buddy thread.
More than welcome Indie. The more the merrier!
I gave Jett some mango the other night. OMG - def his favourite so far!! Left the skin on so he could grip it and he just sucked it off and tossed the skin away. He had a little go at the skin when all the mango was gone, but we ended up fishing it out and giving him some more!
Finally today we have managed to get him to sip some water out of his sippy cup.
Up until now he just wasn't interested and at the most sipped water and spat it straight back out.
This really is fun!
Well we tried carrot and broccoli today for lunch. Not alot went in K's mouth but it was hilliarious watching him try and pick it up to eat it hehe
made such a mess but its all good, he enjoyed himself! I took a few photos, they're a crackup he has broccoli everywhere :lol:
MT - yay for Jett drinking out of his sippy cup. I find Kye has been heaps better since I got him one with handles. Skulls it back like a champ! :)
DH thinks its a bit wierd all this, think she isnt getting what she needs! All i have to do is show him the red stringy remains of a banana in her nappy ! I think i need a bigger mess catching mat! the one ive got doesnt cover enough surface area! its amazing how far she can throw! 'Ate' lots today, tried orange, broccoli,bolognese, modified version of last nights dinner. I have dinner when DH gets in from work which is after DD goes to bed so we dont have dinner as a family, i eat breakfast and lunch with her though. And we eat together on DHs days off. so ive been saving stuff from the night before for her. she goes in to a world of her own when she has food infront of her!!
I added a link with some photos of our adventures with food so far...from spoon fed to baby led!
RE- Steamin - i use to steam in the mircowave, but i have found that if i do it on top of a saucepan its better and the veggies taste nicer - we have a bamboo steamer (they cost about $10 or cheaper from asian grocery shops), it does take a bit longer but they have a better consistance...
Otherwise i will boil them - both are fine really...
Beckeos - at this ages bubbas dont actually NEED much food and if they are given too much they can prematurly drop milk feeds with is not good... food is meant to be fun to start with and should not make up much of their intake at all... reassure your DH that she will be eating loads in no time and that it is just her learning about the tastes and textures atm that is more important.
RE eating as a family - we dont have Dinner together as DH comes in from work after MJ is in bed, we try and have breaky together (if DH is up :rolleyes:) and on weekends we will have an early dinner with her and DSS.
I always eat lunch with her, so he is not eating alone and at dinner time i have a cup of tea sitting with her sometimes or she is in the kicthen with me when i am preparing dinner for DH and I
Re MESS - i have given up! we have no mat underneather MJ anymore, after she is finished i send in the dog and then mop the floor!!! If the weater is nice we sit outside in the highchair for dinners or on the grass for lunch (but sometimes that is more of a problem as she crawls off!!!)
HTH :) Glad you are all having fun with it
I am on the BLS journey as my DS just hasn't been that interested in solids and I was sick of throwing away jars of baby food (which tasted gross anyway, in my opinion). I find BLS much less stressful than trying to coax DS into "just another mouthful".
My question is, DS enjoys playing with his food- ie- chasing it around on his tray and shaking it and banging it....but not so much in eating it. He will stick it in his mouth to try, but he just doesn't seem to like much except yoghurt, a TINY bit of vegemite toast and arrowroot biscuits. Everything else, when he puts it in his mouth, he looks horrifically disgusted and does this whole dramatic shudder like its the worst taste in the whole, entire world. Then he just plays with it.
Is this ok? Will he eventually get into solids? I kind of figure I will just let him keep trying things and let him go at his own pace, but he is over 8 months now and all the other kids in mothers group seem to gobble down everything they can they their hands on. Should I be concerned?
Jessica - this is FINE... try not to be concerned with how much is going in. He is just finding out what this eating business is all about at the moment.
one of the principles of BLS is allowing you baby to have the choice of what and how much to eat... give him a coupld of things to 'chase' around the tray, allow him to sample bits and peices and if doesnt eat that much, its OK thats why he is still having milk feeds (either BM or FF) and they are still to make up the majority of the intake.
What other foods have you tried him on?
Are you giving single foods like carrot, broccoli, cheese etc or are you giving meals?
By this age i was giving MJ 'meals' i would make some pasta and then do a white sauce, add some veg and tuna and pour it over the pasta, then she would be let loose on a bowl (or tray)full.
Sometimes she played, but more often she prefered to eat this way by around 8 mths
She also loves quiche and sometimes i just mix up some mince, veggies and pasta and make a bit of gravy and give that to her, the other day she had hamburger (homemade) rice and veggies with a bit of sauce (cant rememebr what sauce i used) to bind it together a bit more and she loved it.
Its really messy, but that might help... dont know - but in any case, dont stress about the intake - 'food is fun til their one' you still have 4 months until he needs to be eating well and loads can happen in that time
HTH :)
jessica: i know what you meen abuot the shudder like it the worst thing they ever tasted! DD had yoghurt for the first time today and would gag and shudder, and blowing it out with a raspberry....then be looking for more....we ate a whole bowl, each mouthfull followed by the same reaction! very strange!
Question...how do you 'baby led' yog and porridge and sloppy things? i filled the spoon and just held it infront of her and she lent in and ate it, sometime grabbing the spoon and guiding it in, but i tried to give her the spoon and im just not ready for my house to look like a jackson pollock painting!! any tips?
good question beckoes, I still spoon in his yoghurt. One time I put the bowl in front of him and while I spooned, he played in it. The mess was unbelievable!
Beck, not sure what you can do about the spoon.... Beth can kind of do it herself if I load the food on the spoon, she can get *most* of it in or near her mouth! although she does always end up with some in her eyelashes!
She has been refusing things she usually likes the last few days cause she has been pretty unwell. Wouldn't have a bar of toast the other day or yoghurt this morning, although she has had a good munch on cucumber, celery, peach and banana. But we'll just take it slow till she is feeling better.
We are still trying anything ane everything, combo of BLS and puree still without much luck om much.
He will suck on a chip for a while, and last night a small piece of cheese, but really everything he tryes he gags and pulls funny faces and dry reatches! Grr he has eaten so well at start then suddenly stopped.
Have tryed: apple (puree and bits), sweet potatoe, potatoe, pumpkin, pasta, cheese, chicken breast, farax, yougurt (vomits projectile hmm think was 2 early for his belly)
Feeb what a bummer that J is still not enjoying solids! You are doing great persisting with it.... surely he has to like something sometime! :hug:
Thanks hopefully!! Otherwise he may BF till school Lol