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Category Archives: AIBLW
Mark’s First Foods (A Baby-Led Weaning List)
Several people have asked me recently about what food exactly we feed Mark. I haven’t blogged much (or at all) about Mark starting solid food. I did with Ellie (you can find all those posts here) but somehow, so much … Continue reading
Eating Yogurt
Ellie is learning how to use a spoon. Right now, I’m using my spoon to fill her spoon and then she puts it in her mouth. (We found these cool small but “real” spoons at Crate and Barrel.) She’s quite … Continue reading
AIBLW: Ellie loves fruit! And corn!
Last month, we were getting a ton of plums through our fruit CSA. So we gave one to Ellie every day. I would take a bite out of it so that she could get into the skin and after that … Continue reading
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Triple Fisting It
Note the three different foods she has in her fist (the one in her mouth). This girl is learning how to eat! (And this picture is a couple months old!)
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June Sewing – The Prosaic
Sometimes, I just have to sew to get things done. My June sewing was almost all like that. First, I sewed five large rectangles to put on the floor underneath Ellie’s high chair. The Baby-Led Weaning book recommended using something … Continue reading
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Movie Week, Vacation Edition: Getting the Neck Clean
Eating is messy business and because Ellie’s neck has so many nooks and crannies, it can be hard to get it clean. This is our method. (taken 6/4/11)
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Movie Week, Vacation Edition: Ellie is learning to eat
Here is Ellie on Day 4 of her learning-to-eat adventure (taken 5/2/11): And here she is on Day 5. Notice that she’s getting messier, although she really still wasn’t eating any of it at this point (taken on 5/3/11):
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Movie Week, Vacation Edition: First Solid Food
A bit of explanation: With Baby-Led Weaning, you are supposed to eat what the baby is eating so that the baby will learn that it’s OK to eat it. Hence, that’s why you hear me being so silly about chewing … Continue reading
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Salmon and Souvlaki 