Comments on: 5 Tips to Help Your Baby Enjoy Solid Food

By: Tips for When Your Baby Resists Solid Food : Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - Breastfeeding Information, News and Support

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:37:26 +0000

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By: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:14:23 +0000

Awesome Lisa! I am so happy to hear this. Thanks for taking the time to leave your comment!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:31:45 +0000

Your posts on solid food has totally influenced my family! I’m a first time mama to a 9.5 month old baby boy, and if I hadn’t found your blog he would probably still be eating mush. But he’s happily feeding himself the same healthy food daddy and I eat at meals, and loving it. Incidently, I’m cooking healthier meals too…it makes me stop and really think if I want to eat something myself that I would never give the baby. Thanks so much, Angela!
-Lisa

By: Whozat

Whozat — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:12:33 +0000

Agreed. I think when the British say “weaning” they are thinking solely of “weaning onto” solids, and not at all about weaning off of the breast (or bottle) – but it sure messes with my head!

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Thu, 21 May 2009 05:01:13 +0000

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By: Azucar

Azucar — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:24:55 +0000

We did baby led weaning with my current nursling. SO EASY! He sat on my lap during adult meal times and snacked off my plate. He didn’t start until he was 9 months old, and has proved to be a fantastic and varied eater.

By: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:15:24 +0000

I have heard “weaning” in that context too and think it is quite misleading. Yes the introduction of solids is the first step in a long process of transitioning from the breast, but I wouldn’t say I’m weaning when I start solids and plan to nurse for many months after that! Congrats on your success so far with solids!

By: Whozat

Whozat — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:18:29 +0000

Based on my whole 20 days of “experience” with feeding my baby solids, I especially agree with #3, #4 and #5.

We are doing “Baby Led Solids” and it’s working very well for us.

(More often referred to as “baby led weaning” because all the books, etc are British, and they use the word “weaning” to mean “starting solids” regardless of how long they plan to continue to breastfeed, but I have trouble thinking of it that way because we are sooooo far from weaning.)

The gist of it is that you don’t start til 6 months, and then just go directly to finger foods.

My inlaws were, shall we say, “skeptical” at first (I believe the term “BS” was used) but when they saw Peeper picking up sweet potato, carrot, crackers, and potatoes and eating them – one week after her first bites of solid food – they were believers.

You can find more info, and a forum to discuss with other BLWing parents at http://www.babyleadweaning.com or read the book Baby Led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food by Gill Rapley.

(Note: I’m not associated with that website, or the book or the author. I’m just a parent for whom it is working, who’s in a bit of an evangelical mood about at!)

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:17:53 +0000

I completely agree on the self-feeding and the mess-making. The two really go together. There’s pretty much no way a beginning eater will self-feed neatly.

Although I will say that whenever I introduce solids to a baby I think that it would be awfully convenient to have a dog to clean up the mess. Especially when I’m down on the floor cleaning for the third time that day.