Aww thanku l_a means alot your comments good luck on the run, will be thinking of u. Xx
Right ill try and explain it as well as i got it explained too, mrsw u wont need to worry about m having to get used to different flavours as shes bf she will taste food through that
Baby led weaning allows babys to adapt to weaning at thier own pace, at 5-6 months u start by allowing them to feel foods, mash, carrots, green beans, banana etc, pref just fruit n veg, because now at 4 months, they pull everything to their mouth to feel for texture ready for this, when it comes to weaning they do the same with foods,, she said it actually takes up to 6 months for them to fully start chewing it, the key difference between BLW and traditional weaning, when you think about it, is in the order that children learn to eat. With a puree, they learn to swallow first and then chew, which works fine until they meet a lump. With BLW, the babies learn to chew first and swallowing might come some time later. So basically blw starts by feel, then to mouth to taste by tounge, then little nibble, they learn to chew then they spit it out, then then chew ans swollow and it gradually builds, they showed a humous pot on the dvd and the 6 month old put its fingers in it and licks and tastes it slowly, then u build it up by adding a carrot, where they dip it into the humous and lick it off that, then the start to nibble the carrot etc
All puree does is fill them up, blw learns them to chew, eat, swollow, and not choke
babies can actually go upto a year on just milk, she said you wont benefit your baby from baby rice, its got no flavour and is like wallpaper paste, so nothing is gained from it.
I think thats everying she got across about weaning xx
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