https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:05:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-blf-baby-led-feeding-experience#post-2474672 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:03:20 +0000 Finfan 2474672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did BLW starting at 6 months. We never did purées and she fed herself. It worked really well and it was nice to be able to give her whatever we were eating. She is still a very adventurous eater at 3.5. We don't have any food allergies in our family either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-blf-baby-led-feeding-experience#post-2474670 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:03:14 +0000 gingerbebe 2474670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not do BLW. </p> <p>I wasn't opposed to it, but we started solids early for my son's reflux and weight issues and he was never (and still isn't) a motivated eater. Giving him a chunk of apple to gnaw on wasn't going to do anything for him because he's not excited about it. So we fed him purees while offering him neat/easy snacks like puffs or mum mums to learn his pincer grab and gave him a piece of steamed broccoli to gum at while we ate dinner at night so he wouldn't get bored. He really didn't "get" self-feeding because he didn't care about eating, but he did finally start trying foods and feeding himself at around a year old. </p> <p>Even now he's pretty whatever about food, drives me bananas. At 18 months he's just now experimenting with spoons and open cup - something I think more food motivated kids get earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-blf-baby-led-feeding-experience#post-2474650 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:53:22 +0000 snowjewelz 2474650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Strict BLW is skipping puree and just starting to let your child explore "real" food (soft in the beginning, of course). And definitely self feed vs being fed. </p> <p>I did a combo; we did puree for around 2 weeks then moved onto exploring food-food. We started at 6 months. We loved it! It was definitely trial and error, messy, and worry some (even though I know gagging vs choking it was still scary). </p> <p>By the time they master pincer grasp (for DD it was around 8-8.5 months) then it got much easier. </p> <p>I loved it for the fact that we didn't have to always make separate puree or even separate meals... By 7 months she was pretty much just eating what we eat, within her ability to chew/swallow of course. Just no honey till 12 mo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-blf-baby-led-feeding-experience#post-2474311 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:45:00 +0000 BSB 2474311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BLF (baby lead feeding) or is it BLW (weaning).</p> <p>Tell me about it? I've heard of it.</p> <p>Isn't it just letting your baby feed themselves instead of spoon feeding them? You start with soft foods. Do you skip purees?</p> <p>When did you start?</p> <p>Then tell me about your experience. </p>