Was Baby Led Weaning successful for you?

Question

My LO is 5 months and so I have been researching ways to introduce solids once he is 6 months. I came across baby led weaning and was wondering how it works if anyone could explain it to me. I understand it is finger sized pieces of soft foods of what you eat but  do you introduce foods slowly like you would purees? As much details as you can give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks 😊

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I just gave my baby a bit of what we ate at mealtimes, some soft and mushy, some hard, some was finger shaped. He has a go on everything. He’s just about to turn 8 months and has started eating it now, most of it went on the floor or in his lap but it was fun to watch him play with it and discover tastes and textures etc. It’s super messy though

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I started offering my daughter all foods I'd eat at 6 months old, she's now one and has been a "pro" at eating for a couple of months now. She eats everything and has been awesome for me.

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I’ve been looking into this, too. There are several books on amazon which were recommended by some moms in my local FB group...from what I’m gathering, yes, you cut the food into bigger finger sized foods and they feed themselves. You don’t have to wait the 3 days between foods (that’s outdated).

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We did both purees/pouches and some BLW. We didnt start our version of BLW until baby was about 8 months, he just wasnt interested earlier. The key is letting baby decide.

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We did it slowly 😊 
We did one type of food at a time for 3 days. Once we did a small variety of food, we began mixing them (she was 9 months at this time), and now she’s 15 months old and she basically eats what we eat (with modifications). She doesn’t get added salt. I season her food with other herbs and seasonings, but not salt. And i do the same with sugar. No added sugar.

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We never did finger sized foods, unless ut was something that made sense (meatballs for example) We always did strips with most things. He’s eaten straight off my plate since 6 months old. At 8 months he’s had:
Chicken, eggs, berries, peaches, apples, bananas, avocado, steak, asparagus, cheese tortellini, pizza, pasta and red sauce, spagetti os, broccoli, peas, green beans, carrots, rice, clear soup (like at a japanese place), fries, nuggets, bacon, toast, ham, turkey, beef jerkey, chips, waffles, pickles, mac n cheese, beef, quesadillas, and so much more.lol

Was Baby Led Weaning successful for you?

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