Synchronization of Us

Sorry was going to title this post plain old BLW but i think i like The Mush Stops Here better. I have talked about Babyled weaning here before - check out this site for more information .

For those new to it , basically its weaning your child straight onto table food. No mush , no fuss . Easy and fun.
There is so much i love about blw , can you imagine the time is saves not having to puree and spoon feed the baby . Its so relaxed , Ru gets given his meal and i don’t care if he eats it or plays with it or just plain ignores it. After all i have not spent time making a meal just for him but for us all and you can guarantee someone is eating it.
I love watching him play with the food, he will grab it in his chubby little hands and squeeze at hard as he can . He will put it to his mouth and suck and chew till it dissolves. Messy - sure but who cares . There is a reason we do bath after dinner you know

At the moment we don’t offer food during the day , its me being mean but we have set routines and stopping to let him play with food would break into that (plus you read the above its messy part didn’t you ) . I do like him having dinner and thats more to keep him out of my arms so i can eat.
Its been miss for the most part, most nights im pretty sure he was swallowing almost nothing . In keeping with blw i did not care - after all if he does not take solids then there is no danger or him weaning from the breast anytime soon (You have heard it hear first, yes i will still be breastfeeding him when he starts high school. Im not wanting to stop EVER) . Also the added benefit of keeping you know what from returning for mummy .

Last night was the first time he seemed to enjoy dinner . We were having a meatball casserole and the boy went nuts , eating at least 2 meatballs and a handful of carrots. In fact we all had finished our dinner and he was still eating his as i cleaned everything away. He also slept wonderfully last night, only waking up twice during the night (trust me when your kid sleeps as badly as Ru does , twice is amazing) .
Tonight we were having Pasta with Asparagus and Ham (and some other veg that needed used up ) and yet again he acted like a starving boy. This time we all finished dinner, i done the dinner dishes and cleaned the kitchen PLUS cleaned the table and put out his cot . He was still eating away…

It may just be a fluke and tomorrow he will be back to not eating , either way i love watching him with his food . I love how natural it all seems .

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