It’s been a month since we began our baby led weaning journey with our second born son, Felix. This is now where time seems to suddenly start slipping away at an increasing rate as the days flash by between bottles, naps and making and cleaning up three meals.

After a difficult first week, it’s safe to say I was feeling a little apprehensive and despondent about the second week of baby led weaning.

It’s been a week since we began the weaning process with Felix, but it’s not been the successful start we envisioned and experienced with Dexter. It has been a struggle to get him to pick up the foods we have offered and we have even resorted to trying the odd purée here and there, but…

Baby led weaning is all about baby learning how to self feed, so are baby led weaning spoons really necessary? In our opinion, yes they are. Spoons are great for preloading foods such as porridge, yoghurt and soups and it’s great to get baby used to cutlery, way before they start using it properly.

Weaning is one of the most exciting times of your baby’s life and while choosing baby led weaning can feel a bit daunting, it truly is an exciting journey that has so many benefits for both baby and Mum. We started weaning our first son Dexter in November 2016 and he took to baby led…