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Sunday 21 February 2016

Baby led weaning for us, and a 2 weeks menu

Lorenzo was 10-11 months when these pictures were taken, but they are representative of all our BLW journey.
At the beginning, it was mostly the shape that was changing (long stripes of soft food, bug chunks of meat to munch on). He also didn't eat much, but it wasn't important to us.
Every meal was more about the discovering and sharing a family moment. And oh, he was so happy after the first dinner (chicken and carrots) we shared together!

He started to eats small pieces and to eat to actually fill up his belly at around 8 months.
At ~10 months he started using the fork and drinking from his glass. He also decreased milk feeds.
At ~12 months he began to be successful with the spoon and very dense food (but after a while he dips his hands in and sucks on them).
Now (12.5 months) he loves small things (berries, he picks peas out of soups) and to suck into spaghetti (italians :-) ). Loves dipping.
Somewhere he also started to accept being fed, which made it possible to introduce soups again (yey!).

I try to offer food that he can eat independently.
I try to fit in a menu some carbs (possibly unrefined) and vegetables. Less (animal) proteins since now he eats enough of those at the creche.
I also try to avoid the "one-dish meal" so that he can choose or experiment with different textures.

The menu: 
1) Tortellini, chichen and broth (with blended vegetables).
2) Pumkin risotto & almond chicken.
3) Green beans, potatoes and left over risotto-balls.
4) Salmon, grean beans and daddy-made whole cereal bread.
5) Chick-peas pasta.
6) Beef stewed with onions, mashed potatoes, roasted pumpkin.
7) Pumpkin and chickpeas soup. Spelt-crackers with hummus.
8) Bolognese whole-wheat pasta & parmesan cheese.
9) Milk-stewed pork, rice&spelt cakes, steamed spinach.
10) Some pre-made baby food (we have difficult days)
11) Daddy-home made pizza.
12) Quinoa-avocado-potatoes balls (I'm very proud of this one. Lorenzo didn't appreciated them..). Homemade bread with tofu and avocado spread. Tofu and cherry tomatoes.
13) Liver cooked with onions, mashed potatoes, swiss-chard.
14) Pasta with artichokes and pecorino, greek salad (tomatoes and feta cheese, oregano, olive oil).
15) Mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, fine-herbs cod.
16) Beetroot and potatoes gnocchi, gruyere sauce. 

It worked as well (absent here, but we offer them often):
Farinata (with some spread). Quiche. (Meat)balls of every sort. Lasagne & Cannelloni. He's not a big fan of omelettes, but they would be a perfect way to combine proteins and vegetables.

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