BLW mess is generally solid and on the floor/on bibs whereas puree mess is liquid and on baby. Any amount of mess on the floor is easier to clean than even a tiny amount of mess on the baby. I think at the stage before babies want to spoonfeed themselves (which was as soon as we started for us but later for most babies it seems) puree feeding is much easier to do if you go out without making lots of mess on cafe/restaurant floors though.
I have got much better at dealing with the mess I think and have a pretty efficient system in operation so hardly notice it now, although Owen is a lot tidier generally than he was at the start but he now flings food regularly which misses the mat and wants to load his yoghurt spoon rather than letting me do it and then hand it to him.
I also found that the fact that I could eat breakfast and lunch at the same as Owen was one of the major pluses of baby led weaning. I've been meaning to write up our experience of blw and post it on my website, must do that.
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Date: 2011-10-24 06:47 pm (UTC)I have got much better at dealing with the mess I think and have a pretty efficient system in operation so hardly notice it now, although Owen is a lot tidier generally than he was at the start but he now flings food regularly which misses the mat and wants to load his yoghurt spoon rather than letting me do it and then hand it to him.
I also found that the fact that I could eat breakfast and lunch at the same as Owen was one of the major pluses of baby led weaning. I've been meaning to write up our experience of blw and post it on my website, must do that.