https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:09:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-343406 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:50:09 +0000 Freckles 343406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a bit chicken, so i still stick to purees. But, we do give her big pieces of food to gnaw and suck on and she seems to enjoy it. We just have to keep an eye on her though. She gagged on asparagus yesterday...almost shoved the whole thing down her throat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338864 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:59:39 +0000 GrapeCrush 338864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>don't know enough and also too chicken </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338860 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:57:14 +0000 birdofafeather 338860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm planning on doing BLW. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338482 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:17:52 +0000 ladyfingers 338482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Oh, I know. I was just thinking out loud :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338478 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:16:38 +0000 heffalump 338478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO gagged on chunky purees. No way would I do BLW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338475 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:16:06 +0000 loveisstrange 338475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a little bit of both. She eats purees but we give her real solid food too. She doesn't honestly eat much but she chews on it and gums it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338474 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:15:58 +0000 mediagirl 338474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: that's totally a question to ask daycare! Plus, if you start BLW at 6 months, I think you can just do it for one meal at a time for a while. That would give you some time to get your lo used to solids and then, when he/she is ready to start eating at more meals, send stuff you know he/she can eat well to daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338468 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:14:20 +0000 ladyfingers 338468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not even due for four more months but I'm already leaning toward this. I love the concept and the ease of it. I don't know how it will work for daycare, though. They require you to bring baby food in original containers, so I don't even know how homemade purees would work (because there's no way I'm buying jarred baby food, sorry). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338370 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:39:51 +0000 sarac 338370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a big fan of BLW, but my baby wanted solids way before she could pick them up. You can start with purees and just move to solids when you feel ready, and still do a lot of BLW. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.</p> <p>My girl truly choked just once, and she cleared it on her own. It was scary for sure, but I got over it. Now she's a fantastic eater. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338275 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:54:00 +0000 mediagirl 338275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally chicken!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338270 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:53:11 +0000 boiledpnut 338270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HeatherlovesKenny: Ahh, thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-338269 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:52:51 +0000 HLK208 338269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: baby led weaning, Mrs.Bee had an interesting blog post about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-337487 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:14:57 +0000 boiledpnut 337487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is BLW? :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-337284 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:30:00 +0000 Mrs. Pen 337284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of... at our old place our dining room was carpet so there was no way I was going to try it!! We moved and now our dining room is laminate. He is 7.5 months now and getting better at grabbing food and bringing it to his mouth. Now, after 2+ months of purees, I was ready for him to start feeding himself so we did a very gradual approach where I slowly started adding texture.</p> <p>He definitely gags a lot more and there have been many times I'm freaked out enough that I grab him out of his high chair but he's always fine and in two seconds is shoving more in his mouth haha! </p> <p>DH hates it... so we don't do BLW with him.</p> <p>I'm glad I waited a little to do it though. And there are still many foods we puree completely. Like - every morning he has his "green smoothie" with me - so he gets pureed bananas and spinach. Other foods that are too hard to eat whole we puree as well. I will let him gnaw on carrots, but if I want him to EAT the carrot I usually mostly puree it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-337273 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:25:50 +0000 pinkcupcake 337273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was definitely worried about choking, but now I'm starting to relax a bit and incorporating some BLW with purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336998 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:05:45 +0000 HLK208 336998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm too nervous about choking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336993 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:03:10 +0000 mrs. wagon 336993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm too chicken. But now that I'm on my second one, I'll probably do a bit in combination with purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336492 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:08:58 +0000 jennylynn 336492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started her on purees before I had even heard about BLW, and like @winniebee, I don't feel like I know enough about it to confidently try it. Maybe for baby # 2? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336453 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:57:12 +0000 winniebee 336453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not too chicken - just not educated enough about it to give it a go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336446 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:56:04 +0000 lovehoneybee 336446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm planning on trying it but i'm really nervous about choking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336409 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:47:33 +0000 QBbride 336409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping to give it a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336407 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:46:52 +0000 mrsjyw 336407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'll probably give it a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-too-chicken-for-blw#post-336398 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:44:39 +0000 regberadaisy 336398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally am!</p> <p>I know they don't choke and it's really a gag reflex. But I'm too afraid I won't know the difference. </p>