I am feeling pretty good today as at lunchtime Sam had a great time with some boiled carrot...he might even have gone so far as to swallow some! I guess I'll find out for sure when Sam has his traditional 'morning poo' (sorry if too much information)...watch this space (I probably won't post a photo of it though)...
A bit more of the gagging thing (boo), and a magnificent sneeze sending carrot chunks onto the table (hooray!) finished off lunchtime in style - bring it on!
I've got a sweet potato already lined up for the next meal and we went to Waitrose this afternoon so we stocked up on yummy broccoli, more carrots, and butternut squash.
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Intro to Sammy led weaning...
This is the story of Baby Sam and his journey into the wonderful world of food...
...up until introducing finger foods Sammy was exclusively breast fed (very proud of myself for this). At five and a half months old he became increasingly nosy about what hubby Chris and I were doing...and eating.
We decided to follow the 'baby led weaning' method; for those of you who've not heard of this it is basically a method of weaning your baby from 6 months (the WHO recommended age to start weaning) using finger foods and allowing the baby to explore foods at their own pace.
The baby experiments and learns by picking up the food, squidging it about and eventually swallowing some!
The theory is that the baby will not eat the food until they are developmentally ready to; i.e. they have lost the tongue-thrust reflex, they can control their hands and fingers enough to pick up the food and get it into their mouths, and they have the ability to gum and swallow it!
That's the theory - here's what happens in reality...
...up until introducing finger foods Sammy was exclusively breast fed (very proud of myself for this). At five and a half months old he became increasingly nosy about what hubby Chris and I were doing...and eating.
We decided to follow the 'baby led weaning' method; for those of you who've not heard of this it is basically a method of weaning your baby from 6 months (the WHO recommended age to start weaning) using finger foods and allowing the baby to explore foods at their own pace.
The baby experiments and learns by picking up the food, squidging it about and eventually swallowing some!
The theory is that the baby will not eat the food until they are developmentally ready to; i.e. they have lost the tongue-thrust reflex, they can control their hands and fingers enough to pick up the food and get it into their mouths, and they have the ability to gum and swallow it!
That's the theory - here's what happens in reality...
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1 comment:
Aww, he looks like he's having fun! It took Hannah ages to get the hang of a cup, am impressed with Sam's prowess :o)
Keep up the good work,
Cate.
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