Weaning- how do I do it, I'm so confused?

I just started by giving him everything that's on the table that he couldn't swallow like green onions, prawns, pepper, cucumbers, etc now he chomps on things so we go with 2 meals a day 1 is finger food and 1 puréed like masked sweet potato or avocado or sardines

There are loads of ideas on Pinterest (which is free!) and Baby centre has free information on the website. Start with things chopped up so they don't choke. Could start with baby porridge made with breast milk and build up meals. With baby-led weaning I think the advice is start by letting them inspect the food i.e. sit them in high chair with some appropriate foods they can choose to eat or not. They should get most nutrients from milk still so build it up. Things which are definitely no's are thing like pure sugary drinks i.e. squash or juice, no honey, no pure cows milk (can be as an ingredient). There's loads of free online information on NHS etc

https://www.babycentre.co.uk/v25018731/getting-started-with-baby-led-weaning-video

You can do a mixture of finger foods and purées, you don’t have to just stick to one. Basically they can have anything you are eating except honey under 1 and no added sugar or salt. Nuts need to be ground and things grapes and cherry tomatoes need to be quartered. The NHS start for life has free weaning information and food ideas. Things like toast with toppings like nut butter, avocado, houmous are good finger foods as are bananas. There’s also a helpful Facebook group called Baby Led Weaning UK

I did purees to start. I started with single vegetables then mixed them together. Once she turned 7 months I made them more and more lumpy. She's nearly 10 months and we have now started to do more BLW style foods. There isn't a lot my daughter won't eat. My daughter loves broccoli but she hates it when it's not pureed currently, she's getting better with it lumpy

My girl started with banana and then broccoli. Whole pieces a week before she turned 6 months because she stole the banana 😂 I follow a baby led weaning group on fb and basically just give her what I’m having or if she can’t have what I’m having because of allergens etc then I just steam her some vegetables. They don’t eat much at this stage, they mostly play with it. She puts loads in her mouth but I’m not sure how much she is actually swallowing yet 😂

Don’t over think it - just give them what you have. They don’t eat much to begin with. I didn’t give purées and don’t think I would next time either. We started with one veg but next time I would literally just offer what we ate. I did get porridge and peanut butter in asap just to check and we did do allergy risks individually but otherwise just offer bits of what you have and let them explore ☺️

The Solid Starts app is helpful but it’s US based. Join Baby Led Weaning UK on Facebook it’s a very helpful group. Think of it as introducing food as milk remains the main source of nutrition until 12 months. You may find it useful to go on a course. I did one with a lady who runs a baby class I went to when my son was younger.

Solid starts app is free and tells you how to prepare food safely for their age. I did blw with my son and basically he had what we had. His first meal was avocado on toast with poached egg. I really liked the What Mummy Makes cookbook as it had some nice meals, some of which we still eat now. Don't put pressure on yourself, they don't eat much to begin with but it's all good, expose them to as many different foods as possible. I can't comment on purees as I didn't do it with him and won't be for my daughter (I don't want to spend my time making purees, and I don't want to give shop bought). My son eats pretty well, he has what we have, I rarely make him something different, unless we're having a cheeky takeaway. I always try to have little portions of meals in the freezer for him - pasta dishes, curry etc for those days. I loved weaning and I'm so excited to start again. Almost counting down the days until she's 6 months (on the 18th)

Do you have a baby hub where you weigh your baby and see health visitors etc? The one I went to had a feeding clinic too and I think also at the local library. The HV gave me a bunch of flyers and a chart with info on how to wean and how to prepare and track the foods we tried. I also got a free weaning booklet and chart from the Ella’s kitchen website.

You can do both. I started with boiled carrots, sweet potato and broccoli. You can try both. One day try to give them soft whole veggies where it’s mushy if you pressed it. See if they will grab it and try it. You can also do purées. I just smashed it with a fork and added breast milk, but you can add to blender. Honestly a great start are veggies and fruits, noodles anything soft without too much seasoning. I would start bland first then introduce certain flavors.