Solids

We have started the girls on solid food. It's a blast.

I'm deeply into the philosophy of baby-led weaning. See the link on the right for more info than you really want.

The short definition of BLW is that you don't bother with mushing things up - you just offer your baby food in its normal state. For example, our girls' first solid food was a steamed carrot stick (one each!). They licked and sucked on them, and got a little bit down their throats, but mostly they just had fun.

That's the big idea of BLW - that for young babies, eating solids should be about fun, socialisation, experimentation, and learning new skills. Actually ingesting stuff is a great bonus.

However, I am spoon-feeding the girls porridge and yoghurt. They are keen on them. Hazel is especially keen on wresting the spoon from my grip and feeding herself. Mostly we end up sailing the spoon into her mouth under dual control.

They have both dropped their consumption of milk. Yesterday we asked our doctor about this (we were there anyway, getting the girls immunised), and she said to not worry if they are still putting on weight, but to think about how to get iron-rich food into them. I might take them in to get weighed at 7 months instead of waiting until 8. Also, it's probably time to give them some meat. Not quite sure how to do this - perhaps a small hunk of steak? Stay tuned for some gruesome photos.