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raise money to help children with cancer There is a growing
trend for baby led weaning (BLW) instead of the traditional
route of starting with pureed baby food then moving on to lumpy
foods and finger foods. This ties in with the guidelines that
suggest that weaning should start from around 6 months. In
theory, baby led weaning, like breast feeding, allows babies to
learn appetite control, so they eat when hungry and stop when
full. This may help reduce the chance of obesity later in life.
BLW involves offering babies a range of foods and allowing them
to explore and select their foods and self feed as soon as they
are ready. It can be seen as a natural extension from breast
feeding, but bottle fed babies can baby led wean too. Initially
your baby might only touch and play with the the food, before
moving on to licking, tasting and finally eating some. When
offering foods such as rice and cereals you can give your baby a
spoon, but they will probabl