Category: Baby Led Weaning

Mamatography Week 9: Visitors And Waiting

March 7, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mamatography, On Mama's Mind, Projects & Series
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It’s been an odd old week. There’s been so much ‘to do’ yet I only do it little bits at a time and as a result, the list never gets smaller. Just looking around now, there are things I should be doing and yet I’m not. I’m sitting here…resting!

Home Made Yoghurt Topping Options

January 8, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Favourite Recipes I Have To Share, Food
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I have tried to do regular food posts here since almost the start of this incarnation of the blog, but something always comes up. Initially I posted recipes based on the organic food deliveries we received, then we joined a foraging group, and I started posting about that. We then went to South Africa and…

Money On My Mind

October 11, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Carnival of Natural Parenting, Cloth Nappies, Mama Stuff, Misc
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I’ve been to-ing and fro-ing in my head on the subject of money lately. It’s just such a hard topic to discuss really, without people becoming uncomfortable, or the subject actually causing rifts in friendships. But a few things have happened in my life recently that I thought I could share with you and while…

Baby Led Weaning: First Food Suggestions

March 10, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mama Stuff, Reading and Resources
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I’ve written a bit on the why of baby-led weaning, I’ve spelled it out in my top ten reasons, I’ve written about what Baby Led Weaning equipment you need (or don’t need, as the case may be) for Baby Led Weaning, but I haven’t written anything on how to get started, or more accurately, with…

10 Reasons to Choose Baby Led Weaning

March 8, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mama Stuff
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I love baby led weaning and it’s one of the greatest things I’ve discovered in parenting. It always amazes me how people struggle with both the time consuming and financial burden of purée feeding.

Attachment Parenting In Nature

February 24, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Breastfeeding, Discovering Nature, Incidental Learning, Mama Stuff, Raising Conscious Children
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Becoming a mother has changed me in more ways than I knew possible. I am passionate today about things I’d never heard of two years ago. I also spend a lot more time around animals than I ever did before, since we’ve tried to get Ameli outdoors and into nature as much as possible. Over…

What Do You Mean ‘Natural Parenting’?

November 9, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Breastfeeding, Carnival of Natural Parenting, Cloth Nappies, Cosleeping, Mama Stuff
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I have often told people these two things: Before I had Ameli, what I knew about children could be written on the back of a match box, with room left for a stamp. I didn’t choose many of the ways we’ve decided to raise Ameli – she chose them.

A Baby Led Weaning Story

July 15, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mama Stuff
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One of the things I really like about baby led weaning is the theory that a baby will only eat what isn’t bad for them. According to this theory, when a baby won’t eat something, they will generally later be found to have an intolerance or allergy to it.

Essential Equipment for Baby Led Weaning

June 15, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mama Stuff
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Possibly my favourite thing about baby led weaning has to be the fact that the essentials don’t really extend further than the food itself. In other words, there is no need to rush out and buy yet another pile of ‘stuff’ to add to the baby-related clutter already in your home. Of course, there are…

Why Baby Led Weaning?

May 18, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mama Stuff
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As with so many things baby-related, I knew nothing about weaning and first foods a year ago. I had seen people spoon-feeding babies purée, and accepted that as how the process of learning to eat starts. In my journey into parenthood, however, I came across the term “Baby Led Weaning”, which really intrigued me. So…


As with so many things baby-related, I knew nothing about weaning and first foods a year ago. I had seen people spoon-feeding babies purée, and accepted that as how the process of learning to eat starts. In my journey into parenthood, however, I came across the term “Baby Led Weaning”, which really intrigued me. So much of my parenting style involves Ameli, my daughter, guiding us to knowing what’s right for her that this seemed a strange exception to make.

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