I'm so pleased to send you over to Donna's blog today, Redhead Babyled, for my very first guest post. Donna has been running a fabulous series on the topic of Baby-Led Weaning and very kindly agreed to include a contribution by yours truly.
This is a little taster of my post:
"On paper, BLW made perfect sense to me. Especially when compared to what the Italian mamas around me were doing: boiling a potato, a carrot and a courgette for at least an hour, discarding the lot to leave just the “broth”, mixing in some creamed baby rice and grated Parmesan, administering with a special weaning spoon. In the middle of summer, when it was already 32° C in my kitchen? Erm, no. With a food-obsessed 5-month-old who grabs the spoon out of your hand, flings it across the room, then reaches for the nearest tomato? Definitely no.
BLW was everything I was looking for. No faffing with purees, ..."
You can read the whole post here. Do take a moment to read the rest of Donna's amazing blog too!
This is a little taster of my post:
"On paper, BLW made perfect sense to me. Especially when compared to what the Italian mamas around me were doing: boiling a potato, a carrot and a courgette for at least an hour, discarding the lot to leave just the “broth”, mixing in some creamed baby rice and grated Parmesan, administering with a special weaning spoon. In the middle of summer, when it was already 32° C in my kitchen? Erm, no. With a food-obsessed 5-month-old who grabs the spoon out of your hand, flings it across the room, then reaches for the nearest tomato? Definitely no.
BLW was everything I was looking for. No faffing with purees, ..."
You can read the whole post here. Do take a moment to read the rest of Donna's amazing blog too!
First encounter with courgette at about 5 months...
