I first read
about baby led weaning on the internet when looking for information on feeding
children. BLW seemed so natural, and I told about this method my husband who
supported me. We decided that this would be the most natural method of feeding
our child.
Children
begin to crawl, walk and talk when they are ready and we give them this
opportunity. Why not do it with food?
BLW is a
method of introducing solids that is based on the idea that babies should
explore food(texture, smell, taste and color). The baby is free to play with
their food and taste and eat it at their own pace. It's recommended to wait
until 6 months because the baby is able
to sit up properly. Some children are ready earlier and some later.
We decided
to wait until just about 5 months and to try the baby led approach. When we
started our adventure Kai was 20 weeks (about 5 months).
Kai was
born as a big, strong and healthy child. From the eighth week, I fed him a
bottle.
My child is
at the stage of putting things in their mouths (mouthing), so I decided to give
him food instead of a toy ;-).
„Food is just for fun until they are one” I found this saying on the network. I love it!. So we started
playing with food.
THE FIRST DAY
An attempt of a rice cake.
"What is it?" ;-) (Kai was chewing a cookie)
THE SECOND DAY
"Do I have to eat?"
THE THIRD DAY
More and more fun. Kai likes to play with the broccoli, and he loves to drink water from a glass(to pour himself).
THE FOURTH DAY
Lunch-Banana.
"Did you want to poison me?" ;-)
Dinner-immortal set.
"I'm beginning to like it."
THE FIFTH DAY
"Something I ate."
THE SIXTH DAY
Apples and broccoli, yummy yummy ...
THE SEVENTH DAY
"I love mango, yummy"
"Broccoli is healthy."
As a mom who chose this method I can share experience,
but I can not give you advice when you should start your baby.
Sites that helped me:
Baby-led weaning has been a fun adventure for my little guy too. Isn't it surprising how they just know exactly what to do? Looks like your baby had much better success with broccoli than mine.
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After one month, our son got bored with broccoli. We believe that he knows what he's doing.
DeleteThe little babies are so amazing, how they know how to eat and even drink from a cup! Our baby likes banana though. This is a lovely thing to capture about your baby :)
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