In the BLW method, the baby eats food while having everything in his hands, but for this he must be 6 months old, sit alone and show interest in the parents’ food. In this method, baby foods, soups and pureed meals offered with a spoon are not recommended, although breastfeeding should be continued for at least 1 year.
Learn how to start this method, what your baby can and shouldn’t eat, and other questions about the BLW method: baby-guided feeding.
- If the baby drowns.
- It’s natural to have the nauseous reflex.
- Which will try to get food out of the back of the throat alone.
- When this is not enough and food always blocks breathing.
- The adult should take the baby in his or her lap.
- Looking forward and pressing his closed hand against the baby’s stomach.
- This will cause the food to be removed from the throat.
To prevent the baby from chokeing, food should always be cooked so that the baby can hold it by hand, without crushing it completely. Cutting food into strips is the best way to prevent it from getting stuck in your throat. For example, cherry tomatoes and grapes should not be cut in half, but vertically so that they are longer and can more easily pass through the throat.
The best way is to choose a banana that is not very ripe and cut it in half. Then you have to remove only part of the skin with a knife and give the banana to the baby so that he can hold the banana with the skin and be able to put the peeled part in his mouth. While the baby eats, parents can peel the peel with a knife. Do not peel the banana and give it to the baby because he can crush it and spread it on the table, without eating anything.
In the case of other red fruits such as mango, it is best to choose one that is not very ripe, cut into thick slices and then cut into strips for the baby to eat, it is not advisable to remove the skin and give all mango to the baby, since it slips and can lose interest in the fruit or be very angry because it can not eat.
Ideally, an adult should not drink more than half a glass of liquid at the end of meals to avoid interrupting digestion, just like infants. You can offer water or fruit juice, but in small amounts and always after eating. Putting on a baby cup is the best way to make sure it’s not completely wet.
If your baby doesn’t show interest in water or juice, this indicates he or she doesn’t need or thirst, so don’t insist. Babies who have not yet been breastfed will remove all the fluid they need from the breast.
At this point, it is normal for the baby to take and crush all the food with his or her hands and then put it in his or her mouth. Placing plastic on the floor, under and around the chair can be a great solution so you don’t have to worry about dirt. Sitting your baby in a large bowl may be another solution.
From 1 year on, the baby should be able to better hold the cutlery, making it easier for the baby to learn how to eat the same foods cooked and cut into strips, but with a fork. Before that, the baby should only eat with his or her hands.
There are no restrictions on it, but to make it a more natural process, you just need to choose a meal, usually a snack, during the first week and see how the baby reacts. In the second week you can add breakfast, before or after the meal, and from the third week you can add another meal.
The baby takes longer to eat the food he or she needs to “chew” than if he or she has just eaten soup or baby food, where he or she practically just needs to swallow. However, the BLW method is more natural, being guided at the rate the baby chooses. In any case, parents have to choose, and they can only adopt this method at dinner or weekends, when they have more time, but this is not ideal because the baby can refuse food or show no interest because their taste buds do not. . is sufficiently stimulated. Babies who learn to eat vegetables from an early age generally eat a healthier diet throughout their lives, with a lower risk of being overweight or obese.