Author Archives: Suzie

I'm an expat Mum, determined to teach Baby M about food from the produce up. Baby-Led Weaning, or as I like to think, Eat Real Food, Baby is the first step in instilling an ethos of eating (mostly) seasonal, local, fresh produce.

What is BLW? Our Story So Far

Baby eating tomatoes

Aside from cows milk, because of allergies and intolerance’s on my side of the family, we are all for M trying and eating anything that we’re eating. Not only is this a great way for him to experience a whole range of foods with no pressure, it might also clean up our diet, too! The…

And we’re off! Baby-Led Weaning: Week One

BLW is fun!

I put my baby on solid food last week! My baby – that teeny tiny thing that..oh! wait a sec.. he’s not that teeny tiny any more, huh? At 5 1/2 months to the day, M started his food exploration with a cucumber… And he’s since progressed to melons and figs, too they were fun!…

Introduction – Suzie & Baby M

Suzie & baby M

I’m Suzie, and my baby, M, was born March 2011. We live in Istanbul and are just starting our baby-led weaning adventure. M’s been exclusively breastfed from birth and at 5 1/2months he started experimenting with food. I believe in feeding M foods that we’d like to eat ourselves. Eating is as much about deriving…