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Find weaning advice from other Mumsnetters on our Weaning forum. Use our child development calendar for more information.

Find weaning advice from other Mumsnetters on our Weaning forum. Use our child development calendar for more information.

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My six month old just ate an entire roast dinner (BLW) - I'm so chuffed

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/04/2007 21:03

My little monkey DD, six months, sat at the highchair today and ate, roast beef (cut into long strips), green beans, roast potato, carrots, yorkshire pudding and a slice of bread.
I'm so proud!
She completely refuses to eat purees and will only eat 'people food' and actually SITS at the table in her highchair, joining in with the conversation with gurgling, laughing and showing us the amount of food she can cram in.
Thank goodness we ignored our HV who told us that it 'wasn't possible' for young babies to eat proper food.

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bananabump · 22/04/2007 21:06

Well done her! I'm going to be doing this with my baby eventually. I still have yet to hear from ANYONE that blw doesn't work! Thank god I heard about it before I started buying grinders and icecube trays.

ViscountessPetitLapin · 22/04/2007 21:06

Whoo hooo!

Congrats , it's great when they do stuff like that. Mine's 1 and would only eat toast and salad today. Lovingly prepared organic chicken was discarded disdainfully over the side

AitchTwoOh · 22/04/2007 21:09

it's hysterical when they do that, isn't it? well done that baby.
dd actually shook with revulsion at couscous today, she tried it about ten times but her response was the same every time. however she chucked back the chicken with preserved lemon and green olives so i can't complain. although the bloody couscous was fabulous so she'll be getting it again...

MuminBrum · 22/04/2007 21:11

Good for you and your DD! BLW is the business, isn't it? I used to love preparing plates of people food, cut into baby-appropriate pieces, and letting him taste lots of new things.

ViscountessPetitLapin · 22/04/2007 21:16

Aitch, DS is mad for green olives!

(if he can prise them out of his mother's grasp )

Actually, today he removed a chocolate finger from my hand, inspected it, sniffed it, then shoved it into my mouth. That's my boy!

whomovedmychocolate · 22/04/2007 21:23

Thanks everyone and SO much fun to phone MiL and tell her that my baby - who I refused to feed rusks - apparently making me a 'bad mother depriving her child' - cramming green beans into her mouth like they were going out of fashion!!!!

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/04/2007 21:25

Bananabump - the only use our icecube trays have got is for freezing melon chunks (great when they are teething)

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bananabump · 22/04/2007 21:31

Good tip! It's funny, he's not even born and I'm looking forward to experimenting with food with him.

Can you give blw babies home made fruit juice/yoghurt/frozen banana lollies? How do they react to icy things?

whomovedmychocolate · 22/04/2007 21:34

Well mine thinks anything like that is good to mush into her mouth (and hair). It's worth buying a messy mat if you are into BLW though (either that or teflon-ing the dining room).

You know you have to wait for six months AFTER the baby is born right?

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AitchTwoOh · 22/04/2007 21:35

the only problem (if you're happy with the sugar in fruit juice etc) is that dd found them very cold on her hands. mashing banana into yoghurt and freezing it is lovely, and we just used ice cube trays with calpol or yeo valley spoons sticking out of them...

MuminBrum · 22/04/2007 21:36

BBump, I made DS lollies by freezing diluted apple juice, not very early on, but from when he was about 15 months old - he loves them and it's a good way of getting some extra water in on hot days.

AitchTwoOh · 22/04/2007 21:36

bananabump... is your baby not even born yet?

bananabump · 22/04/2007 21:38

hehe, I know I know, 6 months!

The banana yoghurt thing sounds lovely aitch. I'll have to remember all this!

whomovedmychocolate · 22/04/2007 21:38

We only freeze melon chunks because they thaw quite quickly so you don't get frozen hand syndrome (which aisde from not being nice for the baby is quite scary when DD decides she fancies some breastmilk after eating melon and sticks an icy hand down your bra).

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bananabump · 22/04/2007 21:39

heyyy, never to early to get enthusiastic!

whomovedmychocolate · 22/04/2007 21:42

Bananabump - It's normal to want to know about these things early on - I bought nappies when I was SEVEN weeks pregnant!

But don't forget MILK BEFORE COOKIES!

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ViscountessPetitLapin · 22/04/2007 23:43

whomovedyourchocolate - does your MIL know that rusks are 30% sugar, and is she going to pay for your DD's dental bills?!

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