Once my son turned 5 months we began introducing solids since he showed readiness (plus trying to yoink my plate and staring at me intensely whenever I put food in my mouth). It turns out he absolutely loves food. We’ve done spoon feeding some yoghurt and meat stock and boy is he having a grand time. He loves frozen fruit too which is cute and messy. We decided to do a combo of spoon feeding liquid/mashed food plus BLW. I asked on a couple Facebook groups on how to safely serve fruit (since it’s his favorite food and I’m paranoid he will choke on the fibers/skin etc) and half the responses were apesh*t that I wasn’t doing exclusive BLW. You’d think solids would be less of a touchy topic but I was very wrong. It seems like the new crunchy mama crusade is telling people they’ll traumatize their baby by “force feeding” them with a spoon 
. Can’t catch a break for anything can you folks.
If my baby had been born in a BLW-only family, she would’ve starved to death. This lady demands a full-service experience. She sits in her high chair patiently with her mouth open like a baby bird for hours if need be.
@Remington
Yes! My mini CEO demands to be hand-fed. I’ve tried BLW but it all ends up scrambled and on the floor, none in her mouth if it doesn’t come from my hands.
Lane said:
@Remington
Yes! My mini CEO demands to be hand-fed. I’ve tried BLW but it all ends up scrambled and on the floor, none in her mouth if it doesn’t come from my hands.
Same! I feel like I’m making food for my dogs at this point.
@Remington
Omg my people! I’ve tried everything to get my 13-month-old to feed himself, but he just waits (im)patiently to be fed. He has all the requisite motor skills. His pediatrician thinks he’s just a diva.
He has all the requisite motor skills. His pediatrician thinks he’s just a diva.
This is our situation as wellmy girl will feed me every tiny morsel of food she can get her hands on, but when it comes to getting food into her own mouth she demands to be spoonfed. Like if I try to put food or the spoon into her hand, she’ll shake me off and whine in outrage.
@Remington
Hahaha that’s so cute!
@Remington
Loll that’s adorable! I’m imagining my son now sitting in a high chair with his mouth open like a baby bird haha!!
@Remington
Same with mine 
she’s very picky too, but if we didn’t do purées she would simply not eat, or eat very very little. And the horror they would find in this—she basically only likes purées and the store-bought baby snacks that are like puff chips or rice crackers . But baby needs to eat! Everything else is thrown on the floor within seconds.
I did a mixed approach. There’s no objectively right way or wrong way really. I recommend Solid Starts as a resource https://solidstarts.com
Dacey said:
I did a mixed approach. There’s no objectively right way or wrong way really. I recommend Solid Starts as a resource https://solidstarts.com
Yes, Solid Starts has been amazing! I use the app to find new foods for him to try so I know what to get at the store, and I love that it tells you how to serve it at different stages.
Dacey said:
I did a mixed approach. There’s no objectively right way or wrong way really. I recommend Solid Starts as a resource https://solidstarts.com
Was about to say the same thing. The Solids Starts app is a good one. Currently doing a mixed approach as well.
Ugh, we are BLW, but only because my strong-willed chunkasaurus rex can’t stand the texture of anything pureed and absolutely will not tolerate being spoon-fed, but will happily chow down on anything we offer so long as he can feed himself. I wanted to do spoon-fed purees at least for the first couple of months, as it’s so much less messy, and we have a dog with a million allergies, but we are stuck in BLW hell.
@Micah
Omg my husband would cry! Our baby is 6 weeks but he’s already researched homemade puree recipes and wants to get fancy with her baby food.
@Micah
Right there with you, we did BLW because she refused to be spoon-fed. The amount of time and energy spent cleaning is exhausting.
@Micah
Same, if offered a spoonful of food, mine will remove the food from the spoon to eat it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a spoonful of yogurt; she’ll happily lick the yogurt off her hand.
@Micah
Yeah, we’re BLW by necessity too. I tried to start with purées and my baby just immediately grabbed the spoon from my hands, and if I didn’t give it to him, he’d slap it out of my hands and splatter vegetables all over the walls. Sometimes I can get away with giving him a ‘decoy spoon’ to play with while I feed him, but he’s little mister independent. It was stressful at first (lots of gagging and messes) but honestly, I enjoy the fact that we can all eat dinner together as a family every evening, and I don’t have to let my food get cold while I feed my baby every bite!
@Micah
Same, now I have a bunch of purees that I’m about to post in my mom group because my daughter hated food she couldn’t grab and feed herself lol.
Omg how dare you There are some combo feeding groups you can check.
The Solid Starts app shows you how to serve each food!