Baby-led weaning?

Question

So I recently introduced my son to solids. So far, he seems to love it. But every time I put the spoon up to his mouth, he tries to grab it and put it in his mouth himself. This makes it really difficult for me to feed him because food ends up flying everywhere. He is so fast and strong too... In this situation, I am wondering if baby-led weaning might work better for us. Any thoughts?

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We did baby led weaning with our first and will do it again with the second. It is great! The baby eats real food, all the time! It’s messy though because they are feeding themselves. You also have to keep in mind that when they first start out, they are not eating enough to count as replacement for milk. That will come later. My first is now four and she eats just about anything! She also has great fine and gross motor skills. I think partly due to baby led weaning.

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Started with baby led today, nerve wracking but great for baby I think, at some point baby was holding a piece of food in each hand and was just sitting there mouth large open, could see excitement in her eyes, trying to choose what to eat bless her this instant alone made me think blw is the right path to take for us, a lot of fun

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We love BLW in our house!

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Yea go for baby led

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Try giving him something he can hold in his hand while feeding him.  I had the same issue so I give him a cracker or a puff. Hope that helps!

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