Solids food made easy with Raised Real
Now that the babies are 8 months old (and 6.5 adjusted), I’m really buckling down on giving them more textured foods.
I went into the whole solids thing wanting to do baby lead weaning, but with pedi direction to start Wilder on solids at 4.5 months and their prematurity being a factor, we sort of fell into combo feeding instead.
It wasn’t how I pictured our food journey, but just the thought of giving three babies strips or chunks of food was absoluetely terrifying - a common emotion for most starting BLW.
So we started with oatmeal - once a day - for a couple of weeks, then moved on to single ingredient vegetable purees when they all hit 5 months old. At 6 months old, we introduced fruits and allergen-prone foods (along with a morning meal), adding them to oatmeal or letting them eat it as a puree. At 8 months old, these triplets have had a taste of most every fruit and veggie I can buy and have loved every single one.
A couple of weeks ago, a company called @raisedreal sent me a box of 24 prepackaged and precut meals, and they have made my transition to chunkier foods so much easier.
Made with locally sourced fruits/veggies and mixed with wholesome ingredients I had never even had myself in my 31 years of life, these babies are gobbling them up like champs.
Despite the normal gagging episodes (and learning to differentiate them from choking), I feel much more confident moving forward with foods cut into finger-length strips and small chunks. As always, I recommend any tips or things I should know!