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Baby led weaning
Soooo had a difficult day with my new mindee today and chatting to dh today I am thinking one of his problems was he is hungry., he is breastfed at home as far as I can see most of the time.. He will not be fed with a spoon and she told me he was good at feeding himself. Today he ate next to nothing as when he is overtired he doesn't feed himself but other days he doesn't eat as far as I can see, anywhere near enough! Is it ok with baby led weaning to try and introduce a spoon (was planning on giving him one to play with and trying to get him to try something sweet like yoghurt ) but at ten months and being stubborn can't see it being easy lol!
Any tips?!
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I did blw with my child and im so glad I did.
I did use a spoon when having things like yougrt or soup or beans. I would do it fornher but if she was in a stubborn mood I would load the spoon and help her guide it to her mouth.
Blw doesnt have to be religious I must not put anything in the babys hand or I must not use a spoon.
Is it worth trying to offer more snacks through the day like ever hour or so?
Is mum expressing any milk for you to give little one?
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Originally Posted by
Kidston
I did blw with my child and im so glad I did. I did use a spoon when having things like yougrt or soup or beans. I would do it fornher but if she was in a stubborn mood I would load the spoon and help her guide it to her mouth. Blw doesnt have to be religious I must not put anything in the babys hand or I must not use a spoon. Is it worth trying to offer more snacks through the day like ever hour or so? Is mum expressing any milk for you to give little one?
Yes she gives me a bottle of milk which I fill a cup from and he does drink from, its one of those tommy tippee ones but he only takes about a quarter of it over the day
Good to know it's not religiously needing to be adhered to., I am all for them feeding themselves and have always encouraged them too but to be honest not sure in this case it's not just a bit of a cop out
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I wouldnt worry how much he is eatting too much, at 10months my girl wasnt eatting much at all only bits here and there, I was prepared for this as its quite normal with blw, the point is they learn to chew before learning to swallow food and they choice when they have had enough to eat so it can take a while for them to build up their eatting. She never lost weight though or anything like that as she was getting everything she needed from my milk. My girl has never accepted expressed milk so if I had to leave her for a day she would just make up for it by feeding extra at night time and im sure its the same for this little one and mum.
Its really hard not to worry when there not eatting enough but im sure their eatting will pick up soon enough.
Once my girl was 12 months it suddenly clicked and now shr eats everything in sight! Sorry ive gone on a bit but thought my own experience might help.
This book is really helpful and doesn't take to long to read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0091...AC_SX110_SY165
If you never have an blw questions feel free the pm me.
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Thank you that does help! He is weighty enough so I would say he is getting plenty of milk but I am worried he fact he is so unsettled (screams all day) .. Is he hungry?
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That has helped me with a ble. She is 14 mts and still not a great eater but it is getting better.
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Yes give him one to play with. Let him dip it and feed himself. Feeding him with a spoon is a bit of a no as your taking the control away from the child but to be honest I also spoonfed things like yoghurt to my dd. best to find out what mum does and how strict she is with the blw as I had a mum that was very strict on it so I never went near her dd with a spoon.
And chances are he isn't hungry. If he's able to feed himself then he would If he was hungry. Maybe offer little but often if your concerned. Things like bread sticks in between meals
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Oh and food before one is just for fun. Blw quote. It not about quantity but about exploring food
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Originally Posted by
munch149
Oh and food before one is just for fun. Blw quote. It not about quantity but about exploring food
But surely that's for a baby who is with mum all day breastfeeding or is taking regular bottles?
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Hi murphf,
How are you?!
I'm blw ds 9m and while I allow j to feed himself the majority of the time I do also use a spoon esp for things like porridge (he's not had yoghurt yet as we are dairy free), I tend to give him loaded spoons and let him feed himself but also on occasion do feed him myself. After all they've still got to learn to eat with cutlery. However some people are very rigid with it and don't like the use of spoons at all.
Have you spoken to mum about it? I think that would probably be my first port of call tell her what you're finding and ask her how she feels about introducing a spoon etc
Is mum providing food? If not what sort if things are you giving him? Maybe try things that don't require too much effort to begin with if he's upset?
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Originally Posted by
Becci26
Hi murphf,
How are you?!
I'm blw ds 9m and while I allow j to feed himself the majority of the time I do also use a spoon esp for things like porridge (he's not had yoghurt yet as we are dairy free), I tend to give him loaded spoons and let him feed himself but also on occasion do feed him myself. After all they've still got to learn to eat with cutlery. However some people are very rigid with it and don't like the use of spoons at all.
Have you spoken to mum about it? I think that would probably be my first port of call tell her what you're finding and ask her how she feels about introducing a spoon etc
Is mum providing food? If not what sort if things are you giving him? Maybe try things that don't require too much effort to begin with if he's upset?
Just wondering if you gave the child soup how do they eat it lol
Tess1981
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with a straw , seriously though I would love to know too!! x
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I'd guess in much the same way that I feed my 10 month DS, dump chunks of bread in and see how he goes? Lol!
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So he ate a lot better today! Thanks for the tip about snacking that really made a difference to our day! I suppose I don't really let the others snack but this might be the way to go with him since he is younger .. He ate a reasonable brekkie. Then snacked all morning on rice cakes and Ella cookies , had a good sleep on his full tummy, and scoffed lots this afternoon! His mum says he doesn't eat when tired so hopefully today is the norm!!
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Originally Posted by
JKL
I'd guess in much the same way that I feed my 10 month DS, dump chunks of bread in and see how he goes? Lol!
I dip the bread in....tbf using a spoon with soup at this age regardless how they're fed would be a challenge - very messy lol :/
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Originally Posted by
tess1981
I have never heard of blw before so am curious why are spoons a no no? Surely we should be teaching children from as early on to use spoons and forks? Now no one jump down my throat I am only asking as know NOTHING about it
Indeed we do, it's more about getting the children used to different tastes and textures as opposed to spoon feeding mushed up stuff, the theory behind it is more to do with avoiding fussy eating and encouraging dexterity,
Once they've got to grips with handling the food you introduce cutlery, for example I give my son a spoon to play with/ or a loaded spoon at times and I will do more and more over the coming months
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Originally Posted by
wee_elf
with a straw
, seriously though I would love to know too!! x
I did blw with ds and have used a straw for soup as well as a tommee tippee sippy cup.
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My lo was blw and did eat yogurt himself with his fingers - very messy!
At 3 1/2 now he is using a spoon most of the time
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