As Liam goes into the world of solid food, we're combining two approaches. He's getting standard purees, the kind you eat off a spoon, and he's getting sticks of food so he can feed himself. The first style is extremely common, almost everyone on the street feeds their child in this manner. The second, not so much. Its known in the babyworld as Baby Led Weaning or BLW. Basically the child is given stalks of solid food (soft foods obviously like banana, avocado or steamed sweet potato) and they control how much they eat. Its very "hands on" (see what I did there) and very messy, but it allows the child to explore their food. Feel the texture, squish it in their fingers, play with it, all sorts of fun things. For more info on BLW, check out the link above.
You want me to do what with this stuff?
Oh, I'm supposed to eat it!
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