Starting baby-led weaning

I planned on making my own baby food purées with my new food processor for Paisley when she turned 6 months. As that 6 month mark got closer I discovered Baby-led Weaning and I am so glad I did! A ton of parents have done this without knowing it had a name. Basically you skip the purées and go straight into REAL food that the baby can gum/suck and it should be finger sized....grabable? Is that a word? Haha

Spoon feeding a baby can be tough, typically it's a chore and both mom and baby don't really like it. With BLW (let's call it that from now on so I don't have to type so much haha I'm on my iPhone) your baby feeds herself/himself and the amount that they want. You can enjoy your meal with your baby!

My FAVORITE part about it is watching Paisley explore different textures and flavors. My hope is that she has a life long love of healthy foods and likes a wide variety of foods. I am hoping she won't be one of the many kids screaming "I ONLY WANT CHICKEN NUGGETS!!!!!!" But we will see :D 

BLW is going to make us (the parents) eat better because soon we will be eating the same meals! I just have to adjust Paisleys with less salt and sugar. We already eat "kind of" healthy-ish but we have fallen off the bandwagon after I delivered the baby. Example: I had 3 chocolate milkshakes in one day after I had Paisey.  

Here are some photos of our BLW adventure! Tell me about yours in the comments please :) 

Banana 

Avocado

I swear she liked it haha

Cantaloupe

 Broccoli 

Broccoli beard! 

Soon we are going to try eggs, toast, cream cheese, lentils, steamed carrots, sweet potato, yams, and much much more!