4 Days of BLW

Glad I listened to Chase on this one.....he's doing great and loves it much more than purees

baby lead weaning?

well, for all the research I have done on BF-ing, attachment parenting, and the like, solid foods have probably had the least amount of erin-overthetop-hoursongoogle - research that I usually like to do with any decision regarding C$, especially a medical one like food. But alas, he just got hungry and I went for it with a little information and the best of intentions. I felt extra good when my homemade purees were gobbled up with glee. Cue sparkling sunshine glow, and me basking in my glory. We have been doing the purees for a month now and I thought he was doing pretty good. Up until yesterday, here was our list of purees he had tried

bananas, avocados, pears, apples, cantaloupe, and turkey soup

Well then, I tripped upon a blog via Kellymom and it talked about Baby Led Weaning. I had always thought BLW was letting the little one decide when to stop nursing, something I already intended to do to the shegrin of just about everyone I know over 40. Nope, wrongo! BLW is a self feeding plan that encourages a baby to feed themselves. Offer solid foods in the size of french fries, and let baby at it (under watchful eyes in case of gagging, of course).
http://forum.babyledweaning.com/index.php

Wow, this seemed neat. I didn't have enough time to do full research last night, but ha, to hell with it, I was bound and determined to try it on Chase when I got home. I shared my newfound knowledge (little of it that I had) with Phil, who like any good father worried about his child's safety, told me I was nuts and was pretty against me doing it! Well, not that I don't respect my hubby, I do, but shouldn't we let Chase tell us if we are nuts? I cut spears of cantaloupe, and made Phil gum it with his lips, showing him how soft and hopefully safe it was for Chase. And......we let Chase have at it. Well, wouldn't you know, the kid got it! He totally got it and was happy trying to figure out how to feed himself. Unfortunately the cantaloupe was pretty squishy and so its wasn't as successful actually getting into the belly, but he got the whole concept. I was oh so proud.