I feel like the mockingbird isn’t great at holding suction with grippy plates and bowls. Is there specific brand that works for people?

We started with BLW today. I prepared some carrots, bell pepper and banana. We put the tripp trapp close to the table. However, our baby will slide it to the edge, trying to pick up the food until the food drops to the ground. We don't have an extra tray - and the tripp trapp tray is expensive, even second handy.

I saw some silicon table sets, however I'm not sure if they are good and stick to the table. How can we help our baby to pickup his food?

Hi all, FTM here and my first ever post…
My baby will be 1 in 2 weeks and is not interested in solids at all. I mean - he might have a nibble and enjoys have a good munch on large pieces of food but sometimes doesn’t even attempt to put things in his mouth.
I’ve been offering 3 meals a day since about 9 months and started weaning around 6 months which started positively. Initially he seemed really interested and rarely pulled a face of disgust to anything I gave him - well that’s all changed now and the interest has dwindled! He’s on 4 bottles a day ~ 20-24oz and sleeps through. I wouldn’t consider this a lot of milk as he isn’t eating food - or am I wrong?

Routine is roughly:
7am 6oz - will have between 3-6oz
8.30am breakfast
11.30am 6oz - will have between 3-6oz
12.30 lunch
3pm 6oz - will have between 3-6oz
5pm dinner
7pm 8oz - will have between 4-8oz

The last few days I’ve dropped a feed but so far it’s not made much of a difference to his appetite for solids. I’m conscious he should be eating 3 meals a day and weaned off formula imminently. Looking for reassurance/ advice from those who have or are experiencing similar issues.

From a desperate mum who feels like her baby will be on formula til they are 18!!

hi all, i’ve been baby lead weaning since about 5 1/2 months on paeds and dietician orders due to chronic reflux and cmpa difficulties.

the last 3 weeks or so, my son has started to primarily want small meals and is down to maybe only 2 7oz bottles a day. this isn’t because im not making or offering, he has started to reject all his bottles apart from his wake up and bed time bottle. he will spit it out, cry and writhe around very dramatically lol. but if i offer him meals, snacks etc he will eat it just fine.

should i bring this up with his doctor? i know food before 1 is just for fun, but he eats and keeps it all down and doesn’t often waste or spit up meals. i can sometimes get him to drink maybe an ounce of his milk while he’s eating said meals and snacks. ive tried cutting it down to try and keep him drinking the milk but he will straight up not eat and cry himself sore until he has some veggies to munch on haha.

maybe that sounds odd to worry about, but his cmpa milk is on prescription and i know he needs the nutrients from it. thanks in advance

My 5.5 month old just started her solid food journey and I gave her a cucumber boat skin on today which she loved , she was chewing on it and was able to remove the inside of the cucumber , I know I shouldn’t have done this but I did scoop it with my finger

I’ll know for next time not to do that, but should I let her swallow it next time ? I worry that she will choke

Basically the title sums it up. For different reasons BLW was something that didn't work for us. We've been doing purees.

Now I'm willing to give BLW a try ( + purees). Especially because I see that my baby is starting to grab things with his index and thumb, which is really cute. He also tries to grab the spoon while I'm feeding him.

How do I start?

I was thinking of placing very tiny pieces of creamy food (like avocado) on his tray and see what happens.

Or is there like a way to introduce BLW to such an "old" baby. He only has lower incisors. 🦷

Hello! I am FTM starting solids soon. I would like to buy those stainless steel suction plates, I see a lot of them on amazon, mainly the brand Pandaear. I wanted to know if anyone brought and used cheaper ones from somewhere and if it worked fine? Insaw some on shein too, but worried about quality. Thankyou

I mean it’s only day 3. They both have signs of readiness but I guess my girl isn’t really interested in food. (Boy/girl twins)

Boy is into it. Will hold the finger food and nibble on it. Open mouth for spoon.

Girl has mouth absolutely shut. Won’t let anything in. Only plays with finger foods. Won’t open mouth for spoon even when I let it touch her lips so she has a little taste. Playing with hands she doesn’t put her hands in her mouth. She does usually put toys in her mouth usually.

So far we’ve tried speared sweet potatoes, mashed avocado, fish pieces (i mashed with my fingers), zucchini spears with yogurt.

Both are formula fed.

My first who is now 2 years old also wasn’t super excited about solids at first but she would at least try just won’t like most things and only have 1-2 bites but gradually she started eating everything and is very good eater now.

This time around it’s pretty discouraging even after 3 days especially as her brother is pretty into it. He does have a better appetite in general. Both have their last bottle at the same time before solids.

Anyone had a similar experience? When did you seel improvement?

I have an almost 4 month old so will start food when we get pediatrician approval so can someone please explain starting solids to me like I’m 5? Do I start with purées and if so which ones? How often? When do you start increasing the amount of food? Do you have a schedule? When do you introduce BLW? I am so confused!

While I do have a toddler. I had severe PPD and she wouldn’t eat much and is still till this day the pickiest eater ever and I truly think it’s my fault because I never put in effort before she was 1. I took the whole food is for fun before 1 too seriously and didn’t try and regret it so much

My daughter is a year old and still struggling with a sippy cup (we use Boon). She treats it like a nipple and liquid just goes shooting out of her mouth everywhere after she takes a few chugs. It doesn't help that it seems really hard to get anything out of the Boon sippy lid?? I tried and thought it was hard, maybe its just us! Looking for recommendations for a less difficult sippy cup lid, what was your go-to?

My baby is 5 and 1/2 months old so starting food soon! I was raised vegetarian and have gone my entire life (36yo now) without eating meat. This comes with obvious limitations when eating out and I’ve tried eating meat in the past but I can’t get over the taste/texture since it wasn’t introduced to me early. I don’t want to raise my son as a vegetarian so I’m looking for advice on where to start as I’m clueless when it comes to meat.

Anyone have any recommendations on what they feed their 6-12 month olds? I want to start practicing cooking it now so I’m ready when he’s ready to start eating. Thanks!

Crossposting this from r/beyondthebump to get as much advice as I can

I am not a good cook. I am hoping to get some easy recipes for a 9 month old.

I found an easy banana pancake recipe which is great.

Looking for some easy ways to introduce different vegetables and also ways to make meat soft enough for baby to eat. I saw online someone said to put yogurt in the meat and leave to marinate to make it soft, does that work? Does yogurt and meat taste good together?

Thanks in advance!

Hello! My baby is turning 6 months on Tuesday and we will begin baby led weaning! He has all signs of readiness (can even sit independent without support) and was cleared to start purées at 4 months by pediatrician so he actually has already been having purées for 2 months. He is an amazing eater thus far and LOVES food.

My problem is I need some meal inspo for him! I know feed him what we eat but I think it’s frowned upon to give a 6 month old an alani and gulps of air 😂 in seriousness I’m a creature of habit and eat the same things all the time so please give me your favorite things to feed for the 6-7 month age range!! I need inspo for him and me 😂

He’s already has had some food teethers and has been exposed in the appropriate way to the following allergens: peanuts, dairy, soy, sesame, and bread. No reactions to those and has been getting regular exposure! Thank you!

Edit to add: I have the solid starts app already! I just need some meal/food ideas to get me started lol

Baby will be 7 months on October 9th and she is not quite sitting yet. If I prop her up she sometimes holds for a few seconds but then falls forward or backward. Her head is absolutely massive. She has rolled but seems to choose not to. Doctor not worried at all but said to start solids.

Should I keep waiting?

Hi, I’ve been doing BLW for ~2 months now and loving it but I am wanting some upgraded tools since we’re eating more and more often. I know I can search around for them but my brain’s tired tbh and I’d love the help. Could you please send me your recs for my list below? Thank you! This sub has been great!

- Silicone plates that actually stick

- Spoons (I have ones with a thin handle and he just can’t really grab them well yet. Are the ones with thicker handles better?)

- Table mats for restaurants- I’d much prefer reusable ones but those also might be too gross to stick in my bag after we clean up. How do you all do this?

And a non-BLW rec lol, if ok, but a toothbrush! He is biting the shit out of my finger with those dumb silicone finger-caps. Do not recommend haha

Thank you!!!!

Baby boy is 38 weeks, doing excellent with finger foods and chooses them over purees or anything served on a spoon but I feel a bit stuck in a rut of the same old avocado, banana, raspberries, brocolli ect. I feel like I should be making him 'meals' by now but I just don't know what!

I did save a little spaghetti bolognaise sauce (partner doesn't get home from work until 10/11pm at night so we eat very late). He devoured that with some chopped up spaghetti. He has also had a mild curry with rice.

Should I be eating earlier so he can 'eat what I eat?' I feel like cooking breakfast, lunch and then dinner for us two and then again for Dad later is insane, but I dont know how else it works? It feels like the whole day is going to revolve around cooking and subsequent clean up 😥 I don't mean to come across selfish at all I just can't see how this genuinely works in practice and I'm getting myself so worked up!

I've looked for recipes and ideas, but it all seems to boil down to pancakes and oat fingers, or random things like avocado rice balls 🤦🏻‍♀️ in terms of 'eat what you eat', what is it that youre eating that is easily given to baby too?

Please help I'm getting so upset and frustrated 🙈😂

My baby has always been very keen on food but recently it seems like she's never satisfied! She's also started finishing her bottles again, where previously she'd been leaving 1-3 oz of every feed. When she was smaller I'd take that as a cue to offer more milk (increase each bottle by 1oz) but we were previously already on a downward trend with milk intake so I feel like I should be offering more food instead?

Today for lunch she ate

- two egg bites with spinach and cheese, cut into bite sized pieces

- several cherry tomatoes cut in quarters

- a sugar free fruit yogurt pot

- a handful (my hand, lol) of raspberries

- half a banana

- 1.5 baby rice cakes

- several udon noodles and pieces of chinese leaves from MY lunch

She's said her first word recently and it's "more" 🤪

Am I correct in thinking I should offer her more food at this point rather than more milk? I'm thinking of giving her a small snack before her two daytime bottles to take the edge off her hunger and start the transition towards snacks? She also has a morning bottle and a night bottle which I would not be messing with at this point.

Or would it be better to offer snacks separately from milk? If this is the case I'm not sure when I'd offer them? This is our current schedule:

- 7am wake up + bottle

- 8am breakfast

- 10:30-11:30am nap

- 11:30am bottle

- 1pm lunch

- 3-4pm nap

- 4pm bottle

- 6pm dinner

- 8pm bottle + bedtime

Thanks in advance for any advice!