Just wanted to share our journey to BLW.
The first time I heard of it was almost 2 years ago when my cousin in law told me about it. I was terrified of the thought! How would I know the difference between gagging and choking? If she was choking, I don't know baby heimlich!!
But thanks to @mrs. Pen: she mentioned that she actually started with purées then moved on to "real" food.
I kept that in the back of my mind when we started solids at just before 6 months. We probably did purées for 2 weeks before I started giving her tiny chunks of real food when I felt she was better at eating. I slowly increased the size of her chunks. Now at 8 months she is 90% all BLW.
It is SO much fun watching her truly enjoy food! She has loved everything except bananas! Her current favorites are smoked salmon, meat in general especially pork chops! And hummus with anything! I love that we're raising a little foodie who eats and tries everything! She's officially tried more foods than grandpa! Haha
Anyway just wanted to share and let those who haven't started solids you don't have to dive straight into BLW!
We have done purees and now added in some sweet potato strips (cut out of a cooked sweet potato. Last night we tried to give her some turkey from our belated Christmas dinner, though and she kept gagging on it. My husband wants to go back to purees now.
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