Sunday, 23 November 2008

Baby-led weaning

The idea is you don't give your baby purees of who-knows-what. You offer her little bits of recognisable food to play with, and gradually she eats them, and is thus less hungry for milk. In this steady, stress-free way, your baby very slowly weans herself.

Good links:
http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/
http://www.rapleyweaning.com/

I have to admit I have been trying a mixture of the conventional glop-on-a-spoon method, combined with BLW. Yoghurt, a huge favourite with many babies, including the Hungry Mouth, is glop, after all. But finger food is lots of fun, and less messy.

1 comment:

Gill Rapley said...

Hi,
I found you via a Google alert - good to 'meet' you. Thanks for linking to my website. You might like to check out www.baby-led.com, with a view to adding it to your list - that's the website I share with Tracey Murkett, and which is connected to the book we have just had published in the UK.
Best wishes,
Gill Rapley