Feeding your baby BLW style

@marijke. I was taught at uni that children dont develop hand preferences till much later (about 3), but recently I was watching discovery and thye are now saying that even in womb a baby shows a preference by mouthing the dominant hand. Going on that I think James is going to be a lefty because his left hand is ALWAYS in his mouth (the whole fist and it was even like that during my scans).

Zodwa I think it depends on the sugar content of the biscuits in question. But I still only give B one biscuit/cookie a day.

I asked the same question about left and right on our month and no one really felt that they saw a clear preference to left or right. I asked because I wondered if perhaps because B is so skilled in using both that she might be ambidextrous but I think even at 1 year of age it is still too early to tell. But yes B shows no preference.

Ruru uses his left hand to eat esp when he in the feeding chair. Sometimes he'll pick things up with the right hand. I was just wondering if he cld b left handed.....
Have u ladies noticed which hand ur baby uses the most?
B is such an inspiration Marijke, cant wait to get there.
Left him with a friends daughter today for a few hours, said she mustnt feed him coz I didnt want her to overeact incase he gags or whatever. Turns out she fed him biscuits he liked them I hear. She also gave him mango shame.
How much is too much when it comes to giving a baby things like biscuits. When he's with me, he dsnt get junk though, not yet anyway

Wow B eats so well. What a little star!

Marilu, it depends on her mood really. Last night I made her favourite food so she was so busy eating that she forgot to mess around. She has about 2 or 3 meals that she really enjoys, but those pictures are the exception in our house!

I just want to add that at her age sleeping though has absolutely nothing to do with how much she eats because after that plate of food and a day of eating very well, she also had about 2.5 bottles during the day she still woke up 3 times. She's currently cutting a tooth (number 6) and finished another bottle during the night. As I've said before, round 8 - 9 months whether she sleeps or not had more to do with her routine than eating.

I don't think I'm a typical BLW mom..I still give Mignione pureed food sometimes if she allows it Mignione LOVED pureed food in the beginning and then the teething started and she refused to let a spoon near her mouth. With Marijke's tips we started giving her whole pieces of food which didn't quite worked out in the beginning seen as vraatjie M tried to shove whole pieces into her mouth and gagged and of course paranoid me was too afraid of choking. Later on she realized the can bite off pieces

Now she eats whole pieces of food: chicken, mince, cooked veggies,pasta and she only somtimes eats yoghurt or Purity (if she's in a good mood). It's still a struggle to get her to eat porridge in the morning cause she tries to feed herself with the spoon.

Marijke, love the pics of B eating. She eats alot hey!! How do you get her to EAT the food and not throw most of it off the plate? I better get M a plate..I just put the food on the feeding chair tray. I tried putting it in a bowl but she throws the bowl (and food) on the ground.

Excellent photo's M - thanx! Can't wait for my LG to reach that stage...