https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:44:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-755631 Wed, 01 May 2013 21:07:39 +0000 babycrz 755631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love all this feedback. I start my son on purees a couple years ago... but am doing BLW (or really whatever is easiest!) with my daughter. The first thing she tried was black olive! ha.</p> <p>I still mostly give her broken up bits she can feed herself.. but this post has motivated me to try different things. A carrot stick keeps her WAY more entertained while I'm cooking dinner than a bunch of cheerios that she plows through in no time! I have the best photo with a floret of broccoli hanging out of her mouth too!</p> <p>Great ideas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-713080 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:11:04 +0000 mrskc 713080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made this pork loin last night and gave him some and he loved it! I gave him some squash sticks with it and he was not a fan. I think he loved the meat so much b/c it had all the seasoning on top and more flavor. He actually shivered in disgust when he tried the squash. lol </p> <p><a href="http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/2012/02/herb-rubbed-pork-loin-609-recipe-152.html" rel="nofollow">http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/2012/02/herb-rubbed-pork-loin-609-recipe-152.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-700173 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:14:47 +0000 Mrs.B 700173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A really likes avocado and banana. We started with avocado but have done banana, sweet potato, broccoli, shrimp(not sure if that is recommended but she loved it), cantaloupe, yogurt bites, yogurt, peas, and carrots. She still doesn't actually eat much of it she spits most of it out but loves tasting new things and feeding her self. I have had a few scares when she gagged but she has never chocked on anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-700152 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:01:45 +0000 katsupgirl 700152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is so useful! We started playing around with BLW a week or so before she turned 6 months. Her first food might've been steak. We thought it was funny but I got nervous and took it away pretty quickly. Well after we took pictures and video first. LOL! She's had sweet taters, broccoli, carrots, a taste of mango and avocado. We tried avocado cause she seems to like guacamole. She mostly plays with her food which is fine cause the gagging is nerve-wracking. Yikes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-700134 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:53:55 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 700134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: I was just curious, because we started a few weeks before 6 months (he was sitting up, grabbing, etc), but then he didn't really seem to like anything. He would just spit it all out. Now he's doing better and I thought maybe it was because he's older?</p> <p>Also, he gets some purees at daycare (no BLW for them!) and he seems to like those better than the whole foods. I figure we'll just do both: BLW at home and some purees at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-700093 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:30:17 +0000 jetsettermomma 700093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing! What great suggestions! We started DS on purees about 2 weeks ago, a couple of days before he turned 6 months. Over the weekend, we gave him a big piece of a banana and he held it in his fist as he tried to gum and suck it. Today, I tried the same thing and he did the same but then decided it would be fun to toss it to the beagle. Excited to try meat :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699507 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:53:28 +0000 BelugaBean 699507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just want to subscribe to this thread. We're also in the camp of giving purees but hoping to transition to BLW whenever we get the courage. I'm trying to give her new foods at lunch every day but it makes me so nervous so I'm hoping getting ideas for foods will help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699489 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:48:00 +0000 mrskc 699489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: ah, thanks! I'm sure the chunky purees are getting him used to it! Just give it a shot! </p> <p>@Kemma: how cute! I think I'll try some broccoli tonight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699452 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:37:11 +0000 DillonLion 699452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: Mmmm tasty broccoli! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699442 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:35:11 +0000 Kemma 699442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with slices of raw apple and steamed broccoli florets followed by slices of nectarine, peach, capsicum and cucumber.</p> <p>Here's Miss A enjoying her broccoli... </p> [attach=1664/13/mky8yo.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699415 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:29:50 +0000 bunnylove08 699415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sweet potato </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699296 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:06:37 +0000 mrskc 699296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMini: Adorable! I'm going to make a pork loin this week, so I figure I'll give him a slice and see what happens. </p> <p>Thanks all for the suggestions. Anyone use the BLW cookbook? I'm thinking about buying it but not sure if it's worth it. I wish I would have just bought it instead of the regular book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699269 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:57:04 +0000 MsMini 699269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>S's first foods were pork (from a stew, cooked with spices like cumin), oven fries (regular, and then sweet potato), steamed baby carrots, steak fingers, chicken, then steamed broccoli. Honestly, we just fed him whatever we were eating. This is a picture of S with a chunk of pork at just after 6 months (probably 6 months 2 days old). </p> [attach=1297/13/mky774.286x383.IMG_0847.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699249 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:50:48 +0000 lovehoneybee 699249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Green beans, asparagus, chicken, sweet potato, toast with hummus, avocado, strawberries (loved but had a contact allergy), raspberries, bananas (eh), broccoli (eh), pancakes, cheese sticks, cheesy scrambled eggs, rotini pasta with butternut squash or pumpkin sauce (HUGE hit), sweet potato and black bean enchiladas (mostly just strips of corn tortilla with the sweet potato sauce on it).... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699190 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:34:55 +0000 sera_87 699190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Banana, peeled apples, pancakes, cheese, cooked broccoli, carrots, celery, chicken, sloppy joes, pork, steak, cantelope, strawberries, etc etc. basically anything easily grabbable and not *too* messy. </p> <p>I'm still leery of giving rice and I waited a bit before going spaghetti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699179 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:31:56 +0000 prettylizy 699179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did avocado and nectarine (or maybe it was peach?) I left the skin on slippery things so she could get a grip on them. She would suck all the avocado off the rind then drop the rind. So adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699170 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:28:52 +0000 hellobeeboston 699170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>avocado or banana!</p> <p>(we're not doing BLW - but a friend who did said her babe did great with avocado first) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699162 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:25:50 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 699162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we did bananas, peaches, green beans, cut up toast "fingers" with vegetable purees spread on them, steamed baby carrots, avocados...</p> <p>things that are soft but still easy for them to grasp! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699115 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:14:12 +0000 hilsy85 699115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: I didn't even give him a chance to spit it out I guess, lol...maybe we'll work up to it! I have found that the purees I make him at home are much chunkier than store bought (just tried a store bought jar of peas yesterday) so it makes me feel like maybe he's at least getting used to some texture? (sorry for the threadjack!) (also I love the IG pics of A eating--he looks so big in his high chair!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699101 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:10:18 +0000 mrskc 699101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mewtill: He'll be 6 months on Sunday. He was showing signs of readiness. Sits on his own and can put objects in his mouth and chews on them. I will give broccoli and carrots a try! He amazingly didn't gag on the sweet potato. Just took a chunk off and spit it out. </p> <p>@TurtleDoves: @hilsy85: I was a little nervous, but he did just as the BLW book said he would. Got off a chunk and it just fell out of his mouth. I did get a little freaked and I was ready to scoop it out of his mouth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699083 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:03:53 +0000 hilsy85 699083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: ha same here...I gave him a piece of banana this morning and he gnawed off a little chunk and I freaked out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699064 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:59:42 +0000 autumnlove 699064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bananas and watermelon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699060 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:57:23 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 699060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing! We plan to transition to BLW when my fears have settled. He doesn't have teeth &amp; I'm a chicken so right now were at purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699052 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:55:03 +0000 mrskc 699052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: That's what the BLW book said. It said even if they can't chew it, just sucking on the meat and drinking the juices was good. I just seems weird to give him chucks of meat, but maybe I'll give it a shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699047 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:54:22 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 699047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your DS? We started our LO around 5.5 months with steamed carrot sticks and then avocado. He liked both, but did gag some on the avocado. We tried banana (nope), sweet potato (lots of gagging, I think it needed to be softer), very ripe pears (very slippery, but no gagging and he liked it), and steamed broccoli.</p> <p>Broccoli has been his favorite so far, with carrots a close second. The broccoli has a great handle and he can just suck the little tops off. </p> <p>He's 6 months now and we gave him a bit of steak yesterday. It was unseasoned and cut so that he couldn't tear any bits off. He really liked sucking the flavor out though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699038 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:53:20 +0000 Honeybee 699038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bananas are a big hit with most kids, and mine also liked avocados. Plus, there's no cooking involved! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699034 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:51:48 +0000 tysonja 699034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we do a mix of blw and purees -- we began with purees and around 7 months did a lot more blw :) for us, i just found 5.5-6 months too early to actually eat anything solid enough for them to hold! :) just our experience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699032 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:50:42 +0000 hilsy85 699032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: we're not doing BLW, but my pedi said meat is actually a really good first food because of all the iron in it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blw-parents-what-foods-did-you-start-with#post-699030 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:50:06 +0000 mrskc 699030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just gave DS his first foods yesterday! We decided to go the baby led weaning approach in starting solids. Yesterday, I gave him some sticks of roasted sweet potato and a slice of pear. The pear was too slippery and he took some bites of the potato and spit it all out. </p> <p>I was wondering what other foods you started with? I need some inspiration. Is it too soon to give meat? </p> <p>I was thinking about steaming some baby carrots and also trying broccoli florets. Any other ideas? </p>