Feeding your baby BLW style

Whatever, really, that is just sad.

Mmmm, yeah I understand your point of view, please understand mine too... Just cause you blw does NOT make you a better or braver person than me. THAT is my point... concerning bravery.

Well see, there you go. "I honestly do not think it has anything to do with being brave" Once again, how is that not meant to be a nasty remark?

I think it is very brave because we have to defend ourselves against comments like that a lot of the time. It's like fighting someone who only uses windows or only drives a VW. They tend to be so narrow minded.

I'm not some hippy living in the forest 'feeding off the land'. This concept is nothing new. It was only recently written by a nutritionist who spent years researching it. There is a video online somewhere where a woman spent days reading everything she could find on feeding and decided that BLW is the way to go.

I'm sure if you look at the pics of my LG feeding herself you will not see in it that she is unhappy and near death by choking in any way shape or form.

In a way, Marijke, I suppose you're right. There will aloways be that tiny little doubt in my mind - which is why I won't do it - but hey - if it works for you why not? As you said yourself, I am just not that "brave". I honestly do not think it has anything to do with being brave - but yeah... once again, let's agree to disagree.

EP, again, I don't think you will ever fully grasp the concept because you have already closed your mind to it. You have already decided that it is wrong (or whatever you feel) so you will never be open enough to fully understand it

EP Said: "...is exactly the reasons I think anybody who does it, must be really UNparanoid"

Here's the meaning of Paranoid according to the dictionary

"Paranoia is a thought process heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a perceived threat towards oneself. Historically, this characterization was used to describe any delusional state."

According to that, sure I'm "Unparanoid" I don't fear food, that just sounds silly and I trust my childs abilities. It's not like I walk outside to sunbathe while she sits in her highchair eating peanuts or something. I am always close by. I know what to do if she chokes, but that doesn't mean that I am putting her in danger of choking.

It's like learning to walk, you don't stand behind your child ever single step of the way, they fall down, you wipe off the tears and they go along merrily. You are there though when they are in danger of really hurting themselves.

I'm not so unparanoid that I sit outside the whole time smoking bong. I still worry about her and fear for her part but about real scary things.

Well, zodwa, just like my irritated you, it irritates me when people jump to conclusions. Mmmmm, yeah, maybe I would indeed feel differently if I understood the motivation behind your choice... No... not really the motivation as such, but the the whole concept. Hope you can understand that I was not trying to be mean or nasty - Maybe we should just agree to disagree? I am not sure that anything else is going to make sense.