I alternated between finger foods and purees and that seemed to work. Also, whatever I had pureed for them, I started leaving it on the chunky side so they could get used to the texture.

My kids liked the Gerber puffs too! I’m not an expert on BLW but maybe she’s not completely ready. I think it’s important that you keep offering her finger foods so she gets used to them. My kids loved Laughing Cow cheese and other soft foods…anything mushy that is similar in texture to purees might work?!

I actually tried w/ pureed food w/ my daughter when she was 6 mo and she just wasn’t interested! I got the Gerber puffs (specifically those b/c they really melt fast in their mouth) and she LOVED them! She liked that she could suck on them without needing teeth and I loved that she couldn’t choke on them since they dissolve. I fed them to her myself and she learned to want them and so would also try to feed herself with them but she doesn’t have a very good pincer grip. After a week or 2 of that, she started just being more interested in more foods and I tried finger-length puffs and that really helped her learn to put food in her mouth because they are larger than her hand so she could at least get the edge into her mouth even if the rest was crushed in her hand 🙂

I didn’t use the blw approach with my kids however, I think the strategies are the same with trying to get kids to eat…keep offering them to her! If she’s not interested at all in feeding herself, you could take a break for a week or so and then try again. As for eating particular foods (blw or purees) try different textures, make multiple attempts, and add trying adding herbs and spices to the food-they add a ton of variety and flavour!

Thank you! To be honest, I would be content with some of these meals, lol!

Thank you…I hope you do refer to it in the future 😉

I completely agree, in fact, I didn’t do blw with my two children because I was too afraid of them choking!!