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I'm excited to see your take on 1 vs 2. I feel like after my first's first year I was so confident and had all these things that I was like "yes I know this stuff now" then my second came and I was like "oh I still know nothing because they're completely different".
Loved the comparison! Anxiety sure can make life so much harder! To anyone experiencing lots of worries about their baby: do reach out to health care provider. Anxiety lies to us and tells us we're not doing enough, but you don't have to feel this way. You deserve to feel more relaxed and like yourself again.
Mentally preparing myself to start introducing some purees to my five month old. Definitely needed to know some of this before I nose dive myself into it!
I just found your channel today..and i'm binging all your vids. I'm a first time mom and my baby is 7mos. I so resonate with your ladid back approach!! Love your content!!
It's so useful to have this info (and the podcast is just outstanding), especially since here in France while there are tons of good resources on what we call "la diversification alimentaire" and tasteful foods, and babyled weaning is getting popular, I think it's also very taboo to mention the anxiety you might have as a parent, especially since there's pressure on starting even earlier (+ like 3 months) and the advice doesn't take breastfeeding moms into account. With previous generations who didn't breastfeed (supposedly out of choice but often actually because they had no info on how to do it) sometimes pressuring to get started sooner in hopes that it will make that unseemly breastfeeding stop ...
I'm 2.5 weeks into baby led weaning and I learned about it from YOU during my excessive research before and while pregnant. I've been pretty chill while she's eating. I understand gagging is normal. My struggle is planning a new food for her Monday through Friday from different food groups (fruit, vegetable, grain, protein, allergen) and how to properly prepare it. The first 100 foods chart I'm looking at has stuff I've never eaten or prepared so it's stressing me out. She's not eating what I'm eating usually so it's not easier right now. I also only feed her once a day. More than that seems so overwhelming right now.
That’s what happens some days over here too! No stress. Solid starts is a great app to see how and when to introduce foods. If I’m eating an apple I type apple and see if it’s too early or how to do it at whatever age babe is at!
I stress so much about new foods and preparations too! We always try and give what we eat (if it can be safely introduced) and the gagging never bugged me, BUT I feel all this pressure to throw something new at her every day. I’m running out of things!
Introducing solids can be so overwhelming at the beginning! (Even if doing only store bought purees). You and baby will both get the hang of things and it will get much easier soon. I'd recommend to try and take some of the pressure off if you can. You're doing great! Baby will be totally fine if you lower the bar for yourself - they probably will even benefit if it means you can both relax a bit more.
Maybe this also helps: introducing a variety of foods, tastes and textures during baby's first year has been shown to be beneficial. But it doesn't have to be every day. They need to try the same things repeatedly to get acquainted with them anyways. So as long as you're generally aware of having some variety over the weeks, you're doing good!
I love hearing the comparison 1vs2 of your first to your second, but I find it more entertaining how you compared your attitude with feeding your first baby compared to now feeding your second. I feel like I’m in the same boat with it all 😂
I felt this way too!!! The choking with my first, she gagged a lot. My husband and i were also stressed about it. The second I was so much more relaxed and she actually did amazing with weaning. It sounds like I was the same as you were with your second.
Amazing timing! I’m just weaning my 5 month old onto home made purées, waiting for him to sit unaided and then going in with BLW! I’m hungry for this info!
Have you looked at the Solid Start app? My doc told me about it at 4 months. I didn’t look at it until the other day (baby is 7 months now). It is amazing!!!!!!! I wish I looked at it sooner. It shows how to prep all sorts of food for blw. It’s perfect!
I have two boys and everyone told me ‘they will be different’, I nodded and was like okay maybe in my head, but it wasn’t until I experienced it that I believed it! Truly they shine as individuals and although they have similarities it’s fun to learn about what’s different and what makes them unique from each other.
I was so confident the fire time bc I had watched all of the videos and done so much research. Now for #2 I’m paralyzed with fear bc she’s allergic to so many things that I eat and she’s strictly breastfed, not even a bottle. I’ve had 3 little jars of baby food in the fridge but Im so scared to give it to her. Although I feel more confident giving her food I cook myself. I might try giving her some soup. That’s the only thing I can eat with her allergy restrictions. Im hoping she grows out of it
Funny to see that. For me it’s somehow the other way around. As I do not have time to sit and see my second one eating (too much action with the first one), I’m afraid to give her solids as I might not watch her the moment she swallows. I wasn’t afraid with the first one.
I'm so nervous to get pregnant again one day. Idk how I'll love another baby the way I love my little girl. How will I juggle caring for two as a full-time stay-at-home mom?! It sounds so scary!
This was exactly me two years ago! Turns out it works beautifully 😊 kind of like how you can't imagine how wonderful the first child is until you have them. Plus, the transition is 1000 times easier since you're already set up for baby life this time 😂 I'm also a stay-at-home mom, and we're on our third now!
Love this series. My second little one is due in July, they're gonna be 25 months apart. You sharing your experiences make me feel so much more secure, because I'm really worried how it's all going to go. My first hasn't started daycare yet (... she wasn't ready and now we most likely won't be able to start until September), so I'm going to be home with two little ones for at least two months. Uff.
We did a mix of BLW and spoonfeeding with our first, which worked quite well (and was good for my anxiety, as I could add lots of oil and nut butters to the purées, adding some calories). I'm excited to see how it'll go with our second! How do you wash your kids? Both in the bathtub together? How many adults are there? Kids separately? Showers? My little one hates baths and showers, so we mostly catwash and do baths once a week.
Can you share how postpartum was different with your first versus your second? Not emotionally but how hectic was it with Esme when all you needed to do was rest and heal/recover while also having a toddler to care for? I know those days are gone with multiples but I’m just worried about that when I have my second (currently 17 weeks pregnant).
I would love to hear an update on sleep! I know you did some sleep training with Aleya (I probably misspelled that- my apologies!) but recently saw the picture you posted with both girls in bed. Expecting our second and we’re not sure if or how we want to change our sleep situation. 🤷🏻♀️
Tentative: March 6 at lululemon space were doing a live podcast recording. Weekend after Mother’s Day we’re planning a 1.5 day conference but still getting details and approval figured out!
I feel like I’m not anxious about choking (we’ll see when he actually does try something not a purée; I may change my mind 😂), but I feel so overwhelmed by solids in general. The pediatrician is just like “yeah you can start oatmeal cereal and then add fruits and veggies from there” at the 4 month appointment (he’s 5 mo now), and I’m like 👁️👄👁️ eh? Like I have no idea how much he should eat, how many times he should eat, if there are still hard rules about when you can give certain foods. I feel like I was thrown into the baby food aisle and told I can start shopping but given no direction. 😅 (which can we talk about how the “age” indicator on those foods isn’t even an age? It’s “sits with assistance” and “sits independently” and “crawling.” Those aren’t ages, those are milestones! And some babies don’t even crawl! 😵💫)
I love this book “All-Organic Baby Food Cookbook: First Time Parent's Guide to Nutritious Foods for Every Age and Stage” it has tons of information about signs that demonstrate baby is ready to eat and how to introduce the first foods. It’s just super simple and has tons of recipes from 6 months to the toddler years I highly reccomend (I think Shayla talked about this book in a podcast which is why I have it)
My pediatrician told me that basically anything is fair range when it comes to baby food except these specific things : (before the age of 1) - no honey - no excessive salt - no added sugars - no highly processed foods - no cows milk Just try to introduce 1 new food at a time, for 2-3 days at a time, to see if there’s any potential reactions & that way baby can get used to the taste a texture before exploring a new one.
& 1-2 times a day is fine at first, & offer water with every solid feed. They don’t even technically have to ingest anything, they just have to get used to different smells, textures, & tastes. Eventually you’ll notice baby starts to actually eat what they’re given, & not just play with it. But until 1 year of age their nutritional needs are met with milk, so don’t stress too much.
I wanted to do BLW. But my little one was ready before 6 months so I had to give him some purée. Oh boy, does he not like them. So far none of the purée I made went into his mouth: he just doesn’t like any of them. But he is constantly trying to take our food (maybe because he grabs everything?), but I can’t give him that as it has salt in it. How do you deal with salt?
