Florence led weaning...

I cant remember quite when or where I first heard about BLW but after reading up on the approach, I decided that BLW was for me, and truly plumpscious of course!
During my pregnancy with Florence I discovered MUCH had changed, sometimes a little radically and at times what seemed a little ridiculously, from when I had carried and reared my two other children. Suddenly there were hundreds of 'must have' little gadgets that it appeared I simply couldn't live without (nor could my as yet unborn child), even though I had done so before. Conversely, so many things were no longer available or deemed safe that my other two had adored or I had indeed found indispensible. Along with the new toys and gadgets I found many of the rules of baby rearing had changed too, most noticibly the guidelines surrounding weaning.
After the arrival of Florence, I found my ears ringing with the many, MANY different opinions on baby weaning and as such found myself searching out the rationale behind the 'guidelines'. It was here I must have stumbled across BLW.
So after devouring all the literature I could find (not a lot-see my links) I decided that BLW was the way to go.
Wish me luck...


Friday, 18 January 2008

Not blogged for a while



Not blogged for a while. Sort of found other things to do, christmas, france etc. No excuse. Well florence has hit the six months stage and now the pressure is on to eat. Before this milestone I wasn't really concerned about what she did or didnt eat and some days didnt bother with the food. I certainly didnt go for the full three meals a days. I'm just too lazy to organise it all. However now she is six months I have to concentrate.

We have been going for the full three meals a day for the last couple of days or so (built this up obviously), but to be honest now I'm starting to get a little concerned she is eating enough. Those that have humored me (mum, some friends with babies) and my plan to BLW have now started to ask whether she is getting enough food. They cite Florence's inability to sleep through the night as evidence. (more on that point later)

Now in all honesty I haven't had her weighed for an embarrassingly long time. But she is happy and seems healthy and the weight issue is a moot point with me. My two other children were totally different in their approach to food and their size; one considered too small and the other too large. So the weight issue means nothing in my mind. I would like to state at this point that I am confident enough to say that these little comment dont creep ino my psyche and make me question my decision to BLW and that on baby number three I am sublimely confident to just say 'no, I'm fine, i know what I'm doing'. However I'm not that confident and I have been worrying a little. Suffice to say I have been teaming the batons with a little squashed baton mush....


God knows why


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