Now that Goosey has discovered food he's devouring everything in sight. However for a variety of reasons we have recently been adapting a "combination" feeding effort.
Breakfast is usually spoon fed - I've been offering the loaded spoon and Goosey grabs it and stuffs it in his mouth. Takes about 2 milliseconds. Frustration levels kick in after about 5 goes and the yelling starts. It's like "you know I want it. I can see you lot stuffing your faces with the porridge why do I have to show you where to put it? Help me out!" So now breakfast is straight from the spoon, unless it's toast or fruit.
In fact everything we would "spoon" ourselves (e.g. cereal/yogurt/fruit pots) is being spoon fed, but nothing is forced, so no aeroplaning or any other kind of encouragement. I still give him the spoon to practice feeding himself but towards the end of the meal when he's not outraged at how slow he is.
Is this against the principle of BLW? I'm not sure but I believe it's better for Goosey and therfore us. I don't want him to link meal times with frustration and it's all about positive food experiences. And judging by the way he demolished granny's casseroled lamb yesterday it's not hindering his finger food ability in any way!
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I have no knowledge of blw but surely being able to eat porridge off a spoon will turn out to be a useful life skill.
ReplyDeleteMost definitely. It's a case of following his lead. Somedays if I use a spoon he gets angry, other days he gets angry if I let him use the spoon. He's just not going to make it easy :-)
ReplyDeletewhat yoghurts do you give him?
ReplyDeletei'm not sure which ones to buy for my lo
Goosey is lactose intolerent so he gets those little pots of fruit puree from the baby food area(so much handier than making it yourself) but I gave his brother petit filous when he first started,
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