Baby-led weaning is, it must be said, a somewhat cheesy term for just letting your infant self-feed. You cut food up into manageable sticks and offer it, they eat. It’s really pretty simple. The key difference between BLW and traditional weaning, when you think about it, is in the order that children learn to eat. With a puree, they learn to swallow first and then chew, which works fine ...
We also looked at health outcomes and found that BLW children generally had lower BMI compared to spoon-fed children. There was a small incidence of underweight in the BLW group but a larger incidence of obesity in the spoon fed group.
But wait, BLW fans! What could be yet another £20 wasted at Lakeland Limited is suddenly a must-have… Whomovedmychocolate says: “I just bought a Lakeland canape maker – it’s like a sandwich toaster but it makes little walnut shaped pastry shells (yeah I know, posh or what!?)
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 ...
BLW guidelines in French. En Francais! Je kid vous not! okay, see far below for a brave effort by lansgrim some years ago, but i am now editing to include littlecolette’s version, which is written in rather better French, apparemment… Guide pour une diversification alimentaire gérée par le bébé (baby-led weaning), mise à jour de juin 2008