Baby Led Weaning 4 months and 23 days

Lily's first meal time.

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• baby-led
• weaning
• lilly
• may
• lily
• mae
• godfrey

[marianalass123]

oooh... a bit too early for solids at 4 months! Their gut is not mature enough to deal with solids and it increases the risk of allergies... breast or formula milk only until 6 months (not 12 as previous comment) is what is recommended...

[bitasuite]

Lily seemed to really want to start eating at this age. When we sat down together she would point at our food and then her mouth. She was almost 5 months old and the time felt right so we went for it. She barely swallowed any anyway. She is a fantastic eater now. She's just had about 10 mini weetabix, half a bannana and some penut butter on toast. I believe that you should trust your instincts on these kind of things. The advice changes all the time anyway. If it feels right - go for it!

[SilBarreiroFal]

@bitasuite Congrats. I´m learning at this exact moment, my daughter 6 months old started eating this week, but she does not want to eat the mashed fruits and cries and just wants me to breastfeed her, I´m a little bit concern and I don´t know how to approach it, I´m afraid she can choke herself with a piece of food.

[Doggutdogdog]

@Frenchblue8 There is a choking risk with anything- solids, mashed foods, toys etc. These things do happen but that doesn't mean BLW is putting your baby at risk any more than normally. It teaches them good solid food technique sooner so that choking is less of a problem in later months. As long as you go about it safely it doesn't have to be dangerous. I think most parents should read up about choking and first aid just to be safe anyway. Glad your baby was ok, by the way.

[LiveLifeBabyGirl]

@marianalass123 k cool ? did they ask for your advice MANY , MANY parents use BLW and nothing goes wrong.

[brandibee1123]

To young for baby food, you all are killing your kids and causing obesity!!

[MsDanny444]

@Frenchblue8 so sorry to hear of your story, brave of u to share to save others, I don't understand why things that are choking hazards are given to these babies?? Im confused

[Frenchblue8]

(con't) because I ended up having to push it down the back of her throat as far as I could. Only when she then coughed and burst out crying did I know she was really ok. I have never told this to a soul, nor was it easy for me to type about it here, But if our story could make even one parent rethink giving tiny babies giant stalks of broccoli. etc., it was worth reliving that horrific day. When baby starts eating 'solids' is personal. But no one has the right to risk a child for a fad.

[Frenchblue8]

@BackwardsHatToucan  Really? Tell that to my 13month old who was eating - for the first and ONLY time - a Gerber 'teething cookie'. she had been happily sucking on one end - in my arms - and it got so gloppy, the large end broke off in her mouth and was stuck in her throat before my brain could tell my eyes what they were seeing. I did what I'd read - hooked my forefinger to pull it out but she jerked at that moment and it ended up going further in. She lived ONLY due to

[missusangel]

@Anglynn74 Interesting that you you refer to BLW as 'these new frangeled experiments'. Wonder what parents did thousands of years ago before the invention of blenders and feeding utensils. Totally agree with parents being prepared for choking hazards though as they can occur at any time with children, whether they're doing BLW, being spoonfed or simply playing with toys. Highly recommend that any one looking after children do a first aid course!

[missusangel]

@bitasuite Totally agree! Parents know best. And as for Lily, she looks far more advanced than some 6 month olds I've seen doing BLW. She's trying to chew and everything! The WHO have released new guidelines this year to say that breastfed babies can start weaning any time from 4months - 6 months, which is a change to the previous 6 mth recommendation.