I had always wanted to try baby-led weaning with Elfie. I’m a big fan of parenting in a way which feels most natural to me, and BLW fit into that category.

However, when she started showing signs of being ready to eat solids (at five and a half months), there was no way she had the hand-eye co-ordination to feed herself. She couldn’t even hold toys in her hands at that point, so I went ahead with the more traditional way of feeding her myself.

Now lunchtime is her favourite time of day!:

Parsnip

Carrot

Pea

Tomato and Chicken pasta

We even got her a lovely highchair although as she can’t quite sit up straight on her own yet we only do ten minutes at a time in this: