BLW not working...

I am sure this is more me than Jake but...

I have been trying to switch to BLW since before christmas as I found Jake ate better with finger foods (and I was over the mash/puree business) and we were going great guns but all of sudden Jake is refusing to eat anything but mash

He is hungry and wants food he just doesnt want whole foods. If mash it and put it on his tray he will eat it then he will just whinge at me opening and closing his mouth until I feed him.

Im not sure what to do...

He doesnt increase his bf if he doesnt have solids but he is obviously hungry. He just knows what he wants.....Its almost as if its to much hard work and he doesnt want to.

Its hard to just sit back and say oh well if your hungry you will eat it because he WONT! He has never been a big drinker and is low on the weight scale... if he loses any weight you will be able to see his ribs again and I just dont think I can handle that. (like I said more about me).

What would you do??? Let your skinny baby go hungry to get him to eat more foods or just give him what you know he likes and wants????

What about teaching him to hold his own spoon? You and him having matching spoons and eating say something sticky that sticks to the spoon - maybe yoghurt, thick vege soup etc.. will he do that?

We have done BLW from the beginning and I honestly have days where I can't be bothered with her not eating enough, so we get out the spoon and top her up with yoghurt (like now while we're both sick!) Don't worry too much about it, if you have to feed him then do it, just keep offering him finger foods, even the same snacks as you have while sitting on the floor playing. I quite often get out fruit/cruskits/crackers etc to eat together while playing.

In short, you know Jake best and if you feel like you need to feed him then totally do it. You might find it's just a phase he's going through anyway and next week/month he might not budge when you try to feed him

Dont suppose hes got a tooth coming through or something thats got him off food at the moment? I know we pretty much go right off solids when teething. THose are the days BLW kinda goes out the window and he gets yoghurt and yummy soft things.

James did this. I liked the concept of BLW but also couldnt get the puree/mash stage out of my mind so I did a bit of both (which I know you technically cant do). Basically I gave him heaps of finger food but then fed him some so that he would eat enough. He woudl go through phases of eating then not and it was frustrating.

Then he decided he wanted to feed EVERYTHING himself so I let him and he was really good at it...now he is making too much mess and not getting enough in so I let him go for it and then I scrape up the rest and feed it too him.

oh I meant that apparently when you do both you arent actually doing BLW.....so I call it baby trying to lead but mummy guiding it weaning BTLBMGIW...dont think that would catch on well

LOL Nikki sounds like what I am doing...

Like I said at the beginning its more about me than him... having "Im doing everything wrong" day... its passed. I truely think I need to transfer out of plunket to my GP. I always spend a couple of weeks second guessing my parenting skills after a check up.

Look at my old due thread mummies posting Gosh has it been over a year already

i would just gie him the bowl of mash and let him feed himself!

sounds like its more of a wanting mummy phase as opposed to a doesnt want to eat phase. do you sit and eat with him... i find that encourages them more.

you are wondering what goes through his mind now? wait till he's a toddler or a preschooler....they are just plain weird!

TysMummy wrote: wat dos BLW stand for?

Baby Led Weaning.. it refers to letting a baby lead the way in regards to the introduction of solids, and not related to weaning from milk, as the name may imply.