She’s more capable than I thought!

I’m not good with sticky mess, so I haven’t really been embracing self feeding and finger foods and all that.  But over the last week Veggie Baby has been becoming more and more keen on grabbing the spoon and trying to feed herself.  So I’ve been trying to do some finger foods at every meals – chunks of fruit and veg, breadsticks, oatcakes with hummous, pasta and so on.  She’s actually much better at it than I’d thought.  So I threw caution to the wind and gave her some sultanas and halved prunes.  Oh, the choking hazard!  I know.  But as far as I can work out, all food seems to be a choking hazard, so I thought I’d see how she did.  Most of the sultanas ended up on the floor, but I did see some in a later nappy, so some must have gone in!  The prunes were a success, she sort of sucks the flesh out of the skin.

I got several ideas from a website on Baby Led Weaning.  I think it’s probably a bit too late for us to go down this road as she’s almost there anyway, but I’m definitely going to use a lot of their suggestions for finger foods, and just give Veggie Baby a bit more freedom.  Yes, it’s messy, but she’s waterproof and i can wash her!

I’ve also been letting her have a go with a spoon, and she’s better at this than I’ve been giving her credit for.  As long as the food is sticky, she can manage to get some of it in her mouth.  So now we have a spoon each and while she concentrates on spreading the food around, I try to sneak some into her mouth.  She’s not eating vast amounts, but we get a little bit more down her with this method.

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