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Baby Led Weaners.
Ha. Weaner.
I did bookmark a post made by MIT to WildCat and MACB.
I'm curious about it. And am reading more about it since we won't start for another month or so.
Why did you chose to go this way? Did you spoonfeed purees at all?
I know that part of it is putting out multiple foods and letting baby pick. Were you nervous about allergies and the 3 day rule? We have no food allergies on either side of the family...
I'm hoping, if we do this, daycare will do it there so I'm gathering resources.
Re: Baby Led Weaners.
I got some basic info online which interested me enough to read the book. A lot of points made in the book really sold me. There's a lot on the history of baby cereal and purees in relation to what age they used to think babies needed food (I believe at one point it was 2 months!) because breastfeeding was looked down upon and they thought mother's milk wasn't enough to fatten up infants. Basically they say purees were invented to feed to babies much younger than they're given nowadays and by 6 months or so they were on finger foods and developmentally ready for it. There's no proof that starting with purees gets them ready for finger foods.
Also I was intrigued by the idea of learning hungry and full early on through self feeding. I didn't have a great relationship with food growing up so the idea it could help her learn satiation and experimentation early on was appealing. I know, too, some babies have a really hard time transitioning from purees to solid foods due to texture so I was aiming to avoid that potential problem altogether. The only time I've spoon fed her is if we're in public and sharing a yogurt because she makes a mess with it if I give her control :P
We didn't follow the allergy rules except for higher allergen things like egg whites, gluten, strawberries, etc. We also only gave one thing at a time in the beginning, though, just so she didn't get overwhelmed. One night would be bananas, the next green beans, and so on.
I know a lot of people who have done this with LOs in daycare start out the first couple months just doing one meal at home. They do gag an awful lot in the beginning and need constant supervision. We only did one meal a day even with me being home because it was 1) less hassle and 2) still just for fun really. We didn't start 2 meals a day until 8 months and we still only do 2 for the most part. She's down to 4 nursing sessions and I don't want to drop anymore for a couple more weeks at least. Riley was one who took to it right away and she eats huge amounts (it seems, anyway!)