Day One: Sweet Potato & Pear

Alright, so today was the first day of BLW for Harper! Yay! We learned a lot today.

Setup: We used her bumbo with her bumbo tray because I don't see the need in wasting money on a high chair at the moment! I put one of her old receiving blankets under it just in case.

Process for Sweet Potato: I had bought a Baby Bullet and steamer before I knew about BLW, so I decided to keep the steamer and use it. I cut up some sweet potato into different shapes, sticks, wedges, and just randomly cut pieces. Then I steamed them for about 10 minutes

Result: The sweet potato was kind of mushy and the wedges I cut didn't work out so well. I'll definitely remember that the small stick method is best for sweet potatoes! The sticks she could easily pick up and stick in her mouth. She got a few pieces off and made some funny faces, but all in all I think she enjoyed it.

Sweet Potato is MESSY! It got everywhere and when I took her out of the bumbo there were pieces everywhere! It was too funny

Process for Pear: I cleaned off the outside of the pear really well and then cut off some slices into sticks. I gave the pear to her raw

Result: She loved it! She could easily pick up and hold the pear pieces (they were slightly slippery though). She didn't get any pieces off, but the pear was really juicy and she definitely got a taste!


In the end she was very sticky and messy, haha! I ended up giving her a bath right after, but it was definitely a successful day!