Baby Led Weaning

Growing healthy babies with healthy appetites

Photos

: Aitch’s dd2 enjoying a toot on a green bean

: And for your very first meal, Master Joe, we have banana

: …but you seem to prefer your thumb

: Better luck with the broccoli a few days later

: Fidget does pasta bolognese. And the bolognese fights back.

: UrbanDryad’s boy enjoys his spaghetti

: …by the fistful

: 4 days into BLW and Laura’s already on the smoked trout.

: Joe-man and the remains of some pitta and hummous

: Weetabix devastation with wee Joe

: Bruno’s first rice cake

: Little Lena tries peach halves

: We recognise that highchair… The Nome in Wagamama, a favourite of BLW babies everywhere

: Iris says ‘all done…’

: Pasta per la bambina

: Eli loves broccoli trees

: Evie and a sizeable chunk of watermelon

: Bethan enjoys her first taste of lotus root

: Callis at 6.5 months piles into some salad

: Tinkerbell makes a foodie face mask…

: demolishes some spaghetti

: and sees off some tangerine

: Victoria’s babe enjoys her broccoli using the Rapley-approved method

: Little Laura on holiday in France

: 6-month-old Eve gets stuck in

: Ellie misses the point of BLW

: Miss Lottie’s first taste of broccoli

: Mademoiselle Mangetout tries her first-ever slice of melon

: Aaaaaw. Just… aaawww.

: Is that Tigger stalking Mangetout’s broccoli from behind the highchair?

: Ginormous penne

: Lentil bolognese shrapnel

: Look! Solid food! BabyUrban is a little too excited by the concept and forgets to eat

: Would Sir or Madam like to order from the buffet?

: Quokka’s babe defeats the poxy Tommy Tippee mat. Has no one read my dire warnings on the matter?

: Yes, everyone in Scotland sits down to dinner in a tartan tammy and matching bib – what of it?

: Coriander’s baby Jack does a bit of damage to some broccoli

: There’s something of the mafioso about this shot, I think.

: The simple pleasure of a bit of toast

: Messy mango

: Smiler demonstrating considerable skill with a spoon and some Weetabix at 6 months old

: …although his aim’s maybe not so impressive with yoghurt

: Getting started at 6 months with some melon

: Not completely got the hang of this BLW thing yet…

: Willow’s fourth-ever meal ever ever ever. And let the records show that it was banana toast.

: Lansgrim’s girl tries solid food for the first time and seems to be quite happy about it.

: Is it Evian, maman? Our French babe takes her first sip.

: Ha ha… look Mum, no bib.

: The WeeMan likes his baby sweetcorn

: …and here’s what happens when you take it away.

: Day 2 of BLW and a rice cake is on the menu

: …with some watermelon for dessert

: Ellie having a pasta and pesto picnic at 6 months old

: 6 months old and already self-feeding with a spoon

: Daisy declares Angeliz’s lasagne recipe a palpable hit

: The Munchkin just one week into BLW

: …just before inventing the handsfree approach to BLW

: The Nome and an unidentified purple ingredient. Berries? Beetroot? Who knows?

: Another baby not taking the broccoli tree ‘handle’ very seriously…

: 8-month-old Wiggles insists that a photo is taken Right Now

: Oooh, what’s this bit?

: Hey, blue eyes…

: Fay’s first pear

: This is the first solid meal Poppy has ever had – but it looks like she’s got the picture

: Mmmmmmm

: Purpleturtle’s babe has been eating spaghetti…

: Little Small’s pincer grip makes an appearance at 8 months

: Megan demonstrates her sword-swallowing technique with some tenderstem broccoli

: Drinkable porridge?

: The divine Ruby eats her first broccoli

: Hope Esther doesn’t mind that I’ve pinched this photo of Madelief spoon feeding herself at 7-and-a-half months

: Helen’s cheeky little man

: Megan eyes up a carrot

: Little Megan and a big piece of pear

: Twins Karel and Madelief have come to expect a live floor show from their dad at meal times

: Madelief attacks an aubergine

: 7-month-old Karel eats a pear quarter

: I thought Piglets ate truffles?

: Piglet two weeks into BLW

: The divine Miss C

: Hardcore BLWers eat their broccoli raw! Baby Wallace tucks in.

: Little E’s first taste of Shepherd’s Pie

: Pumpkin. Yet another BLW baby who hasn’t read the Rapley guidelines about using the broccoli stem as a handle…

: Wallace’s young ‘un enjoying his grub.

: Minimoo, having finished the broccoli, turns to the bib.

: A meal of carrot, butternut squash and banana. Minimoo’s own recipe.

: Widget and her first encounter with a tin of Quality St. Tut tut.

: Widget demonstrates how to eat soup the BLW way, soaked into bread.

: Completely indulgent, hardly shows you anything about BLW, but isn’t this girl just edible?

: Dizzybaby creates courgette carnage

: There’s a reason that teddy bear is covering his eyes…

: Little E is rather handy with her porridge spoons…

: although it doesn’t work all the time…

: Mr T and a rice cake

: Little Mr T tries some pear

: For some reason this made me LOL. The Weeble eats some toast pizza.

: Pumpkin enjoys the simple pleasures of some toast and butter

: Josh says ‘what mess?’

: Crinkle-cut cucumber

: The angelic Josh snacks on some toast

: Bubby smokes a cheroot… no, eats a carrot.

: Bubby dispatches an apricot

: Peas, please

: Beef and beer casserole

: Chicken soup with plenty of barley

: Not convinced about the ham, Mum…

: Man i just love this tortilla wrap.

: Babybear enjoying her first oatcake with hummus

: One week into baby led weaning and another banana hits the dust

: Jenn T’s baby does the naked newsreader trick

: Inside-out shorts bib improvisation, and one embarrassed baby

: Plastic coated cheese mmmmmmmmmm

: Chewy calamari – quite an effective teething ring

: JandNmum’s Stinkerbell drinks from a glass like a big girl

: …and she is rather pleased with herself about it

: Rachel’s family fully support Finn’s efforts to lead his own weaning, just as long as they don’t all have to wear matching bibs

: We think Finn likes toasted cheese

: Health and Safety alert. Bumbo plonked on sofa but Finn doesn’t care…

: Porridge Wars 3 : revenge of the spoon

: Mum your porridge pancakes are a bit ropey…but I’ll give it a go.

: Boomer and Babybear

: Babybear and Boomer again…

: Boomer demolishing a nectarine at 8 months

: Posh oatcakes in a posh hotel.

: Fruit for breakfast in a highchair made for grownups.

: Again with the smoked salmon… am I being self-indulgent?

: Smoked salmon and spinach combo at 8 months

: Spinach. Please note the technique.

: Smoked salmon in one hand, rice cake in the other

: Babybear has a little crush on this boy, can you tell?

: The cottage cheese incident

: Hummus and pitta in a mysteriously deserted restaurant

: Porridge pancake

: You know how newsreaders are naked from the waist down..?

: My first sushi

: French toast for ladies who lunch

: Babybear at 6 months eyeing up an apricot

: Potato fried in olive oil. Okay, a chip

: Yoghurt. Never again

: Pork Fillet at Grandma’s

: Upside-down broccoli trees

: Look at my melon

: Tattie Soup

: Getting started with fusilli and carrot

: Bananananaaaaaa

: Bad, Bad Mother

: 7-month-old Boomer with Pitta Bread and Avocado

: 7-month-old Babybear with Banana

: Babybear at 6 months eyeing up an apricot

: Babybear’s daddy trying to grab the skin before it goes in…

: Hmmmm… I wonder?

: … no problemo

: Got it! Mummyteacher’s girl wins the day.

: Nome enjoys a roast potato aged 9 months

: I think it’s the law to photograph your child eating spaghetti bolognese.

: Mmmmm… ice cream as a finger food

: The owners of the Japanese restaurant tremble when they see Callis approach the All-You-Can-Eat buffet

: Oli goes orange

: More please, says the rather beautiful Foxa

: Beetroot woz ‘ere