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Topic: Baby led weaning Posted: 13 June 2010 at 8:13pm |
I have read the old threads, and have found Gill Rapleys Guidelines to baby led weaning on her website, but would like to know more about what foods to offer and when. Do u follow plunkets recommendations about food to delay to after 1 yr like eggs?
Has anyone sort medical advise before starting blw if there is a history of allergies? - It says to on the Gill Rapleys website, but I cant imagine our GP has even heard of it! I wont be giving Aiden any of the main allergic foods to start with anyway, and will be careful to never give him much of one particular food at a time anyway because of our family history.
Has anyone done BLW without reading her book? Has anyone got a copy of the book I could borrow please?
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Posted: 13 June 2010 at 9:19pm |
The only foods we have delayed giving were honey and peanut butter. And we will start giving them when Jude is 1. So we are fine with things like eggs , cows milk and seafood (although we are not big seafood eaters, except for fish). However, neither of our families has a history of food allergies.
We started off giving things like broccoli, peaches, nectarines, banana at afternoon tea and quickly progressed towards him having dinner (whatever we were having) with us as that was easiest for us. Then he started eating morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Breakfast was the last to come as he never really seemed that interested in food in the mornings. Our boy loves his tucker. He eats everything and anything.
One thing I will say is don't be put off if he doesn't take to it straight away. At the start, it's more about playing than actually eating. My sisters boy (same age) does not eat anywhere near as much as Jude but he is still a thriving, growing, happy boy. Just go with the flow as much as you can. It's so awesome watching them figure out stuff for them selves. It's tempting to try and help them along a bit but they work it out!
Other finger food ideas I use are hummus on cruskit, cream cheese on rice cracker, persimmon (or any fruits!) and greek yoghurt. Jude loves soup and bread........ and anything really.
Baby Led Weaning is awesome. I love it!
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Posted: 13 June 2010 at 11:28pm |
The book is great. I'd lend you mine but Im not in NZ. Could you borrow it from the library? I bought mine off ebay for a bargin price.
We started on things like soft fruit, nectarine, melons, banana etc, also soft veges and broccoli. Then we moved on to things like toast, cruskits, fruit loaf toast, noodles, spag bol.
As for allergies, I waited until 7 months to try Jackson on egg and peanut butter. Having said that, we dont have a history of intolerances or allergies so it wasnt a major concern to us, although we did keep it in the back of our minds.
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Posted: 14 June 2010 at 7:16am |
The dont have the book in our library here unfortunatly, and I have been looking on Trademe for ages now but cant find one on there either.
Thanks for the food suggestions- thats pretty much what I had thought of anyway.
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Posted: 14 June 2010 at 10:51am |
Kellz, I bought the book from whitcoulls online for $25 inc postage. I'm still using it now though, sorry.
We've got allergy issues here too, so we'll be avoiding dairy, fruit, nuts and honey for a while yet - probably beyond 1 year. We are lucky at least that the reactions are *just* tummy upsets, rather than being life threatening. Still horrible though!
We started BLW in the last few days because I want a wee headstart on her going to daycare, plus she has been sitting up and pretty keen for a while now. So far she's eaten brocolli, cauliflower, carrot, kumara, potato, hummus on toast, gherkins, noodles, pikelets, lasagne and roast lamb (hehe). I am BF, so my diet reflects her allergies, so it's pretty easy just to give her some of what I'm having. She's actually eating a surprising amount, judging by what I clean up after a meal vs what I serve up, and by her nappies
I've got an awesome plunket nurse who is really helpful on the allergies, and also my mum had a few allergy babies too.
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Posted: 14 June 2010 at 11:05am |
Cool, thanks for that! Thats an amzing range of things already! I have only seen the book for $35 plus postage, so thanks for that too!
Aiden just had his 5 moth imms this morning, so I asked the nurse about doing blw with allergies. As I suspected, she had never heard of it, but when I explained, she said as long as we were avoiding the usually likely allergens til after 1 yr, then she couldnt see a problem. After Isla and her intollerences/allergys I am mega careful with what I eat and what I give my kids anyway, and Aiden already has a lot of stuff that dont agree with him - through my breast milk, so Im gonna be careful as anyway!
T_Rex- are u going to exclude fish and eggs too?
I wont be giving Adien any acidic foods for a long time either- he has reflux but its controlled by my diet. I wont give him mandarins/oranges/kiwifruit/tomatoes til ove a year too.
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 10:27am |
I see its $31 at whitcoulls online now - must fluctuate with the exchange rate.
Whats the problem with fish? Will have to look that up. She's had egg in pikelets already (oops!) so does that mean she's ok? Or might she react if I gave her scrambled eggs or something? Eggs and fish are ok based on family history. Dairy and fruit are the big ones for me to watch. She seems ok with tomatoes thankfully.
We tried porridge this morning but she couldn't get it into her mouth!
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 10:52am |
We didn't wait for any food, but we have no history of allergies. With egg, the boy I look after has no reaction when it's in baking, but I gave him a hardboiled one one day and he got all itchy and miserable, and has tested allergic and is now total exclusion.
Kellz, I'd be happy to loan you my book if you like, PM me your address.
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 1:19pm |
i didnt read the book... i just gave eden whatever so long as it was easy to hold... i did follow some guidelines though, like no honey till after one and if she had allergies i would probably have limited them and waited till later too. you can still follow the normal plunket guidelines, just dont puree the food... like it says pumpkin, kumara, carrot, pear, apple, pumpkin... so give those cut into chunky pieces so he can hold one end and chew/suck the other end. the point is the food needs to be held by bub, not small enough to fit in their mouths in one go.also i was careful about seasoning... no salt added to cooking the food to start with.
she really liked sushi when we started...
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 1:42pm |
T_Rex - Fish and eggs are the other common food alergens, so its recommended that they be delayed til after 1 yr if u have a history of allergys.
Definatly dont give bananas if u have history of allergies, cos they are allergy forming.
Like squishysmum said, some people with egg allergy can be fine when its in baking, but can react to raw or cooked egg on its own. Personally I would not give her anything else containing eggs til after 1 yr.
We are also only going to introduce a couple of things at a time, because if he reacts it is easier to work out which food was the cause of the problem, than having to sort through a huge raange of foods, and foods that have mulirple ingredients!
Sorry thats a bit OT!
Has anyway got any suggestions on how to cope with other peoples reactions/ scepticism/crticism about BLW over the usual weaning ,method?
I dont know anyone in real life thats doing it - a friend saw pics of Aiden on my facebook page of him eating celery and persimon, and got a 'what the heck were u giving him them for?' look on her face, and was like " u gave him celery?". All my firends here with babies similar age are all busy cooking up giant pots of puree!
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 2:36pm |
If they are genuinely interested, I explain about it. If they are just being critical I say something along the lines of "oh, really? you still believe in the unnecessary puree method?" in a kind of "have you been living under a rock" tone of voice.
For the record, I have no problem with people usung the puree method, but I have issues with people passing judgement on my parenting choices and will respond in kind.
If I want to be nicer about it, I just ask what they would rather eat - food or food-slops?
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 4:01pm |
i got lots of sceptism but i used to just shrug and say i like it! its been great for her fine motor skills and so much easier for me! no matter what you do you will be judged, even if you did purees (cause you will either be judged for making them by those who buy and vice verse!)
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 5:08pm |
Yeah thats tru Deb! Im sure I will become more confident, but since we only just beginning and Im a bit unsure of exactly what to feed him etc, and how its going to go, its hard when people are questioning my choice.
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:16pm |
SquishysMum- that would be awesome if I could borrow the book. Thanks heaps. Will PM you.
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Posted: 16 June 2010 at 2:52pm |
Question re BLW - I only heard about it a few weeks ago and saw a newspaper article about it.
Are there any of the usual 'authorities' who recommend BLW? I'm thinking of Plunket, the Ministry of Health etc? I did see in the newspaper that some doctors interviewed at Starship Hospital were not supportive of it, and I can't work out if it is just another fad, or an actual change in feeding guidelines?
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Posted: 16 June 2010 at 4:17pm |
I dont think its a fad or a change in guidelines either.
WHO recommend exclusive bf for the first 6 months before introducing solids - which is what BLW recommends.
Plunket would not comment when asked to by Little Treasures magazine article- most probably as they recieve sponsorhip from Watties who produce baby puree, much the same as plunket nurses are not allowed to comment about cloth nappys if asked, as they are sponsored by huggies.
In asian/african/indian cultures for example, babies are bf for a lot longer than in NZ, and I cant imagine that they puree all there baby food up either!
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Posted: 16 June 2010 at 5:11pm |
Pretty sure plunket recommend finger foods from 6 mths too? BLW isn't new - its just recently been given that name. All it really is is skipping the puree stage, and letting baby decide when s/he is full. Nothing particularly controversial there.
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Posted: 16 June 2010 at 11:38pm |
We also get weird looks and comments by people too and I just shrug them off. I love BLW and the fact that we can all eat our dinner at the same time and Jackson is quote happy to feed himself and very self sufficient at it now And I dont need to spend hours in the kitchen preparing and cooking bulk food to puree...
If you cant get a book to borrow try here and here. Not sure what the NZ $$ is like at the mo but possibly cheaper than $35 from whitcoulls. Postage took about 2 weeks so not too bad for Royal Mail
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Posted: 17 June 2010 at 9:47am |
We haven't started yet, but after telling our families about it we have had a lot of sceptism and disapproving looks. My Dad is the only one who has got behind our choice. So, we have stopped mentioning it now.
I also get a lot of comments on the fact that we haven't started solids yet. Like Bizzy said, you seem to get comments no matter what you do, its ridiculous.
Will be interesting to see what reactions I get when we actually do start.
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Posted: 17 June 2010 at 7:25pm |
Yeah I have hardly told anyone about the BLW since I havent had good reactions. I dont mention that we havent started solids yet either.
I have told my Mum about the BLW and have given her the articles to read so she understands what it is and why we doing it since she has a lot to do with my kids- she respects our decisions, and likes to be fully informed frist then gets right behind us, like she did with our homebirth!
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