When I was pregnant, I KNEW I wasn't going to feed Jack store bought baby food. It has a shelf life of around 3 years, and you don't really know what goes into it. Manufactures legally don't have to put all ingredients on the packaging, plus it is stinking expensive!
What I didn't know, is that we would be doing baby led weaning. What is baby led weaning? Baby led weaning is the act of letting your child feed themselves from the very beginning!
Basically, we have just been giving Jack pieces of whatever we are eating! Jack LOVES IT! He does great with it, especially since he has 8 teeth already. The only down side is that he gets extremely messy!
It's pretty motivating to be eating healthier though! I'm very committed to teaching Jack about nutrition from the very start! Maybe I'm a mean, but I'm really pushing green veggies more than anything, and so far, Jack loves them, especially broccoli!
It's funny. You go into parenthood thinking you are going to do things a certain way, and it doesn't happen that way at all :)
I haven't researched all the details of baby led weaning, but I have been doing something similar. We didn't really follow the guidelines of what "stages" of food to feed Jordyn at. When she was only 4 months old, she started trying to eat our food, so we felt she was ready. We started with rice cereal, but I quickly switched her to whole grain instead and she loved it. I bought the baby bullet and blended up some fruits and veggies for her. She is almost 9 months old now, and she has 8 teeth too, so we have been chopping/mashing our foods and giving them to her. She really loved grabbing the food and feeding herself. I still feed her purees for 3 meals a day, but we always share whatever we are eating with her. She seems to proud of herself when she gets to do it. I figure, they know what they are ready for! So why wait?
ReplyDeleteThis is the way to go for sure. I plan on letting our kids eat our food as soon as they are able to. Good for you Jessica! Cute pictures too :)
ReplyDeleteAmanda- I love the baby bullet! Isn't it so fun to see their personalities? Jack just loves feeding himself, it's crazy how young they start showing so much independence :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Tara, You will have so much fun with Ivy and Jude!
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