All through my pregnancy, I had done a lot of research about BLW and was really excited to start it when DS turned 6 mo. I watched as my friend did this with her DD and was so excited that I returned all other baby spoons and other feeding supplies people gave me at my shower.
And, of course, my LO isn't into it at all. He will put everything into his mouth except a piece of food you put in front of him. We've tried having him suck on a slice of apple, a slice of avocado, steamed sweet potato sticks and a large piece of banana. When he does get it to his mouth, he gags something crazy and usually ends up throwing up. I figured, he's just not ready. And that's ok.
However, on a whim, I tried mashing up the sweet potato with some breast milk and some banana and he went nuts! He can eat about 4-5 oz at a sitting if we let him. I've tried now to make the purees a little chunkier than normal super smooth purees as I don't want him to get used to the thin texture.
Most days, we usually try to give him a piece of food to play with before we give him purees so that he continues to practice but he's not a fan.
Yes, I know that food before one is just for fun, all babies are different and all that. I was hoping that those of you out there who do a combo of purees and BLW can share what they do and how their LO's handle it. Thanks!
Except that he wasn't very efficient at it, and he'd cry while trying to feed himself because he was too hungry. So I would put some whole pieces of food on his tray while feeding him a puree made out of the same food (e.g. Steamed carrot slices on the tray with mashed carrot puree). Once he ate a good amount of puree (a few ounces), he could feed himself the rest of his meal BLW style. As he got older, I started giving him a fruit or veggie pouch first, so he could feed himself the puree and the rest of the meal, and we pretty much completely removed the purees and went strictly to BLW at 11 months.
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