Baby lead weaning help

Yep sounds completely normal Stu put things in his mouth then let them fall out again or gagged on them for at least a few weeks before he started swallowing things. And I didn't even realise he was swallowing anything at first till the evidence came out the other end!

Yep, food at this age is more about touch, texture and learning and not about actual eating. Just let her carry on. Gagging although sometimes concerning is totally normal too, sometimes they can actually gag and throw up as well, this is also normal (but gross), is all just part of the learning experience, and stops them choking too.

yep I'm not worried at all about the amount she is or isn't actually eating, 'food is fun until your one "

But more was worried about the gagging and vomit/gagging - really attractive and my ex plunket MIL will freak if she sees it!
Might save eating with in-laws for a few more weeks hehe.

Her hand - eye co-ordination is really, really good today she took a small piece of my vege sushi and got it in one piece into her mouth (but then spat it all out all over the floor)
I love the theory of BLW, who would bother pureeing after knowing how easy it is!

Just another question - at what sort of age should they be quite competent at eating? and am I aiming for 3 meals a day at this stage?

I sort of do breakfast and an afternoon late lunch/dinner at the moment, is that enough?

We started solids (BLW) around 5mths as well. It took roughly 4 weeks of one meal a day, usually lunch.. not much went in, but it was amazing watching her skills develop.
By 6.5mths, so 6 weeks after starting, she was on 3 meals. I was a little worried about when I should introduce another meal, but found she just let me know

Sorry I suppose my post was a little ambiguous!

Basically, I found that she was eating more with her one meal and becoming a little pissy before bed, ie. not so satisfied with just booby. Once she started taking in alot more we moved to two meals (lunch & dinner), then to three. Like I said, it was a good six weeks before she was on three meals. I kind of expected her to 'take' to solids really well and felt a little confused when she didn't! But I kept reminded myself that it won't happen over night - now at nearly 9 mths she eats so well, she even eats lettuce & loves it! (discovered that today)

DH doesn't get home till late as well so we cook DDs dinner each night and ours later.
Just remember that it is a process and she'll get there soon enough.

Oh and do expect everyone who traditionally weaned their chidren to pipe up and tell you how dangerous BLW is - I still get it all the time, until they actually see her eating, what she eats and how easy it all is! I can just imagine your MILs reaction! Good luck and have fun!

I wont really say we are doing BLW. However Andrew got really interested at food at 4 months (just like his sister did) but this time I really wanted to wait as close to 6 months as I could. Well he had other ideas and put himself on solids at 4 and a half months (same time we actually started feeding our girl as well).

He leaned forward to McKayla's plate and picked up a piece of wintermelon and I was not about to take it out of his hands again. He just popped it in his mouth and sucked and sucked. So he put himself on and now we just let him play with stuff.

He is very good getting it in and only gets frustrated if it is so slippery and he cant really hold onto it after a while as it keeps on slipping out so I help to just hold it for him.

He does that gagging bit as well, specially if gets a piece of and tries to swallow and it is still too big. Still gives me a bit of a scare but we are getting use to it.

Seems your lo is going through sort of the same thing. (this side we are getting stuff in.).

I dont really even do it at the same time each day. If we are eating something and he wants and I consider it sort of safe for now I allow him to get it as such. And according to his nappies he is getting plenty through.

I hope you don't mind me threadjacking!
Baby led weaning sounds like a really good idea from what I've seen posted, so what's this book called? I'd love to read it

I'm a BLW fan here, and so is my baby girl! 9 months now and she practically eats whatever we do

For the first couple of months (we started @ 6mths), she would play with her food more than actually eat it, so some days she would be interested in breakfast, lunch and dinner, and some days, none at all. But that's ok She is also BF on demand, so I wasn't worried.

Now she has her 3 meals a day (more often than not) plus snacks, and BF. Saying that, she is only 7.77 kg but very healthy

And yes, you do get a lot of the Oh no she will choke!! comments, until people see how competent she is at eating

Her favourites are blueberries and strawberries

I recommend it to everyone.

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Haha SquishysMum I love it! My ex plunket mother in law is slowly coming around to it too, but hasn't seen much eating and gagging in action yet.
DD is really getting the hang of it, in only about 7 days, she has eaten a real range of food and actually swallowed some watermelon and courgette.
Now I'm running out of healthy ideas of what to give her!