by Pics » 01 Mar 2012, 09:57
I think it can mean different things. My 2 were DEFINITELY blw, but that didn;t mean that they were never spponfed. When a baby grabs your hand as you are preloading a spoon and guides your hand to their mouth, it is clearly baby led. And they can make it very clear that this is what they want you to do. FOr 2 months, Iona insisted that all yogurt was spoonfed as she realised it was the quickest way to get it in - but didn;t want anything else like this. I never 'convinced' her or insisted, or did aeroplanes etc but she was happy and so was I. Elodie was similar - but found using a spoon really hard and would quite often show that she wanted me to fdo her porridge etc, but would feed herself everything that wouldn;t go on a spoon (so soup etc from cup).
I think because i was confident in my approach, i didn't feel the need to explain it (although if i look back over old posts i may find that i did!) whereas people starting out may feel that the hardcore among us may not accept it. I don;t know - maybe Jem will now strike me off .....!!!!! ( i dare you .....!) But i never pureed anything.
Mummy to 3 scrumptious BLWers, who sometimes rebel + ask for spoonfeeding (2007, 2010, 2013). Antilop chair, slings, cloth nappies, no steam mop but awaiting permission for special handshake which probably involves porridge.
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