Did you start with purées? If yes, was it difficult to transition to solids?

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I was trying to start my baby out with normal food like super small chunks of avocado but he’d play with it but that’s it so I tried purée avocado with a little formula and spoon fed him and he loved it and ate it with no problem. I just don’t want to start bad habits that I’ll have to break later. FTM so trying to figure all this out. He’s 5 months old

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You DONT have to start with purees. With real foods they have to be cut at a finger length. Small pieces pose higher risk for choking. And a baby has to be 6m for solids. Especially with real foods. Ready signs have to be met. 
Baby led weaning for beginners and beyond. Great BLW info. 
Starting real foods teaches baby to chew first then to swallow. Giving purees only tells baby “oh I can just swallow this” since it has the “liquid” consistency of milk.

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So there are some pretty militant BLW advocates and they REALLY tire me out.
There are all kinds of reasons why a parent might choose to start their baby on purées. In my case, I was TERRIFIED of her choking. Even though she’d met all the required milestones, I needed a few weeks beginning with purées to watch how she handled it and gradually build my confidence. 
Fast forward to now, she’s seven months and I’m confident feeding her fusilli! We just needed a bit of time on the easy stuff. 
Don’t let the BLW militants bully you!

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Definitely start with purees. They need to learn how to chew before they understand chunks of food.

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I did a little of both, but definitely started with purées. There is nothing wrong with using both purées and BLW to start solids, just make sure your baby has met all the milestones recommended to begin any solids.

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You do NOT have to start with purées! :) But you need to cut foods into finger-length slices. Join Baby LED Weaning for Beginners on Facebook :)

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I’d def start with purée before chunks baby needs to get familiar with moving food around they can easily choke

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We offered both, but she ate mostly purées at 6 months and up until she was a year. No issues. We just offered both and let her decide what to eat with no pressure. 
She’s two and loves peas and brussel sprouts, so...purées didn’t harm her, lol.

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Yes. We had a super easy transition to solids. I wasn’t even really ready for her to take to them that fast!

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I did purées and at 6 months when he met all the milestones for BLW I started solids. I did a hybrid of both until about 8-9 months when he didn’t want the purée anymore.

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Yes, definitely start with prurees

Did you start with purées? If yes, was it difficult to transition to solids?

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