Baby Led Weaning
BLW was from England. This method offers a baby eating soft foods, long and can be held, as well as finger food to improve his skills and good for development. Gill Rapley and Traceh Murkett, author of Baby-led weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food explain what it BLW and how to start and why babies love it.
As reported Parentdish, Saturday (31/01/2015), BLW fun approach while giving your baby food. At the age of 6 months, basically the baby is ready to eat finger food and refined foods can be bypassed altogether. This allows the baby to feed themselves, not fed her parents.
Actually, the baby can eat puree but by using hands or equipment, not fed her parents. Already imagine the messy like what. Your baby is quite sit with other family members at mealtime and join in when she was ready.
According Rapley and Murkeet, baby happy with BLW. It could help develop their skills and confidence. BLW is expected to release the stress of parents when it is time to eat often with `pertempuran` and facing child a picky eater. BLW also cheaper because there is no separate food prepared or need to buy food equipment. "Most babies are ready to start their own food with their fingers about six months, the minimum recommended age to start solids," he wrote in a book
Here are some things you need to consider before teaches parents BLW:
1. It is the age of 6 months
Try waiting until the age of 6 months before the start of the dense and most babies are not ready. It depends on the development of your baby and your patience.
2. It sits
Make sure your baby is sitting upright to eat, do not lean. It is important for the proper development of motor skills and the prevention of choking.
3. Not when hungry
Choose a time when your baby is tired or hungry. Time to eat into his time studying and initially explored. "At first, your baby will take a piece of food and exploring with his hands. Then he will feel it. Soon, he will begin to bite and chew. One or two weeks later, he will begin to swallow."
4. Food many nutrients
If you decide to try BLW, offer foods that are high in calories, iron, zinc, protein, and fat such as meat, avocado, eggs, iron-fortified cereals (for finger food). Focus on fruits and vegetables sounds healthy but may not be sufficient to meet the needs of the baby.
5.Thick foods
Thick foods will rejuvenate the baby while holding it. Most family healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, cheese or meat to make a baby can suck or chew it. Try to vary your baby will be happy to learn to hold a different texture. He then will switch to using a spoon and fork gradually. But, do not be afraid to try to puree.
6. Upgrade texture
If you start with a puree, be sure to upgrade the texture after the baby is comfortable with eating. Not improve the texture in time associated with eating problems later on.
7. Do not enter any
Never insert anything into your baby's mouth and do not try to persuade him to eat more than desired. He probably would not eat a lot in the first few months, because most still comes from the milk. So he offered milk and let the baby decide when want BLW.
8. Avoid salt and sugar
Avoid salt, sugar and 'fast food' as bad for the baby. Small fruits such as grapes, cherries and tomatoes should be cut in half, to remove the seeds. Honey and whole nuts should not be given to infants.