[blParent] Feeding Solid Food

[Alysha Hiller]

My baby didn’t particularly like being spoonfed by either me or my cited husband, so we started doing baby led weaning instead. It involves giving your baby soft finger foods that they feed themselves. You can start with very easy to mash foods like bananas, avocados, steamed sweet potatoes, steamed carrots, steamed broccoli, eggs, etc. Young babies don’t have the pincer grass required to pick up small items, so it is good to start out with pieces of food roughly the size of your index finger. That way, they can grab the food in their fist and still have some sticking out one and to put in their mouth. Avoid giving foods that can be choking hazards like whole blueberries, grapes, hotdogs, etc. Things that are round and could block your babies airway should be cut up, so we cut things like carrots and bananas into smaller sticks to feed our baby. This has been working great for us, and we now just give our baby parts of our own dinner to eat at the same time as us. He likes it and is doing great at seven months. There are lots of online resources about it, and you can also check out the Facebook group called baby led weaning for beginners and beyond for more info. Good luck, and have fun!

Best,
Alysha

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> On Sep 7, 2019, at 9:03 AM, kelby carlson via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Our baby is now old enough to start eating solid food. I don't want my wife to have to do all of the feeding, but we are having trouble putting together strategies. Feeding from behind and in front seem equally difficult, especially since she really likes trying to grab the food. What approaches to this have people found helpful?
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