Babyled Weaning

aly · 21-03-2008, 02:38 PM

Does anyone do this with their own child and/or mindee??

I had big trouble with my 2 boys, the eldest is not so bad no being 6 but my 3 year old has a very limited diet. He used to love certain things but won't even touch those things now.

Someone on my baby forum introduced me to Babyled weaning, and I must say it's fab.

My daughter [poppy] is months old and has already had spag/pasta bol with us and even has a cooked dinner with us.

She will give most things a try which with weaning the other 2 it was very hard to get past the mush stage.

Does anyone else use this form of weaning?

**sarah707** · 21-03-2008, 03:04 PM

My baby mindee's mum asked me to read this site as it is what she is using with him after having all sorts of problems with the 2 year old.

Seems to be working so far, he has a very varied diet and is not at all picky... suppose only time will tell and every child is different...

http://www.babybanana.biz/

**crazybones** · 21-03-2008, 03:19 PM

I have never heard of this before but it looks very interesting. I had a bit of trouble weaning William but that was more my fault than his. If he coughed or gagged a little I would go into a blind panic and the whole of my stomach did a flip probably because he stopped breathing twice when he was less than 24 hours old due to gagging on the mucus that hadnt cleared. So when he first started eating I really was a nervous wreck but this method may have helped me. It does look fascinating and I am going to read a little more.

aly · 21-03-2008, 03:22 PM

try this one too
http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/

**Tatia** · 21-03-2008, 05:40 PM

How interesting. I had a 1 year old mindee that would gag and then projectile vomit on me several times a week if her food was too lumpy. No kidding. It was so frustrating but her mother pureed all her foods for so long and kept her on jars that she couldn't tolerate texture.

**miffy** · 21-03-2008, 05:44 PM

I've never heard of this before but it looks very interesting so will do some reading later

Thanks for the websites ladies

Miffy xx

aly · 21-03-2008, 05:45 PM

thats just like my eldest...

I kept him on the baby tins of beans!!!

**angeldelight** · 21-03-2008, 05:55 PM

Thanks for the information

Angel xx

**deeb66** · 22-03-2008, 04:38 PM

I have never come across this before

Have to say it looks interesting.

**wellybelly** · 22-03-2008, 07:26 PM

Ie not heard of this but im really interested

**Lincsminder** · 22-03-2008, 07:54 PM

This is how i weaned my youngest two. Quite messy at times but it worked well for us.

**Alibali** · 23-03-2008, 06:33 PM

this looks great for my nephew, he does the gagging/projectile vomitting thing, so will defo pass this info on. Ta much.

Ali

**Donkey** · 26-03-2008, 11:27 PM

i am just about to start this with my little one.

**miffy** · 27-03-2008, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by joy_sheffield

i am just about to start this with my little one.

Let us know how it goes

miffy xx

**Saz** · 27-03-2008, 09:01 AM

I tried this with my own dd (no.4) and it was fantastic. So easy and no problems moving from stage to stage with jars. I wish I had known about it before I had my fourth child.

She only has four teeth at nearly 18months but she can eat most family meals herself with very little assistance. She will attempt most foods and eats such a variety of food. Now she makes very little mess when eating and eats off a plate with a fork and just resorts to fingers every now and again.

**Spangles** · 17-03-2010, 02:26 PM

Sorry to drag this old message up!

Was just researching baby-led weaning for Chloe and this has given me lots of information.

Has anyone got any suggestions for the first things to give to her? I want to try it this evening meal time while we eat, she's 6 months and 1 week and I want to do both purees and BLW so she has a mixture of textures and ways to eat.

Could I give her a stick of cheese today? She's had baby rice and puree for over a week and she's just beginning to swallow some - I think! Ha!

aly · 17-03-2010, 02:37 PM

Hiya

Poppy's first food was a brocoli..thing? {what is it called lol**
the whole stalk thing, she nibbles at it...now at 2.5 it's still her favourite thing on her plate.

I will pm you a load of info i have for you, but it will take me some time to conjour up.

xx

i think the main thing is chipsized chunks of food, any food...Not sure on cheese but again it will end in the mouth and she will probably just suck on it.

Somone else I know, her daughter was sat on her mums lap and just pinched a piece of steak, she gummed it too death lol.

The thing you need to realise is the choking thing....the difference between them actually choking and the swallowing stage as they are different....Poppy didnt once choke on anything she had.

**Spangles** · 17-03-2010, 02:41 PM

Thanks Aly. The choking does really worry me actually but I've read some information and it does make sense to give it a go but, as I say, I will do purees too to begin with.

I will look forward to receiving the information, thank you.
x

**littletreasures** · 17-03-2010, 05:50 PM

Aly, if I pm you please could you send me the info as well.

One of my Mum's wants to do this with her baby (who is 4 months old now) when she's older. I start to have her next month so want to know what's involved.

Never knew about it when my kids were little.

**auntym** · 17-03-2010, 06:00 PM

A childminding freind of mine does this for her mindee, at mums request and mum supplies the food daily that she wants to give him.
anything from rice and chicken to brocolli, garlic bread peices, tomatoes cut into quarters, halved strawberries, halved plums, sliced boiled carrots, and he eats it fine, hes 7mths old.