Joe Wicks #4 His ego is bigger than his midget tree

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Hellomynameis said:
Been a lurker for a long time but feel I need to post.
Q&A session about weaning, saying they did a mix of BLW and puree but started with just very soft or puree veg...surely that's traditional weaning? Nothing wrong with that at all, but baby led weaning is about more than just finger foods, my impression was family foods, whatever we ate but being mindful of choking hazards, salt and no honey?
I feel like his and his collaborator's advice really contradicts the NHS and health visitors advice, seems a bit dangerous, and saying that you can give family foods as long as cooked really really soft, again I'm sure this is not the official UK NHs advice? Happy to be proven wrong though!
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Absolutely this. His advice is inaccurate. We gave our baby family foods from 6 months prepared appropriately. I wouldn’t say avo on toast was really soft 🤣🤣🤣 his advice is confusing. You really can’t do ‘a bit of both’. And BLW is so much more than just giving finger foods.

Fmf17 said:
Nothing winds me up more than people who say “we did a bit of BLW and traditional” no. No you did not. You did TRADITIONAL and that’s OK!
I on the other hand did BLW. I have never fed my daughter with a spoon or mashed up puréed etc her food I literally went in with the whole stuff in a proper BLW way she used her hands and it was messy AF but she loved it. I introduced cutlery very young and she is 3 now and uses a spoon and fork and is a very neat eater. He needs to knows the difference. Even at 20 months old he is still mushing most of her food to a pulp!
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Our toddler is a similar age to Indie and we never offer the level of mush she still eats. Every time I read a ‘a bit of both’ my eyes roll out of my head 🤣🤣🤣

I also find it funny that he isn't fully honest but forgets he’s documented everything on Insta Stories. Now he goes on about being confident with weaning (which is easy to say when your baby is weaned) but doesn’t admit that him and Rosie were both nervous about textures when they were first weaning (which is probably why they didn’t go with BLW). I remember watching their stories when they were saying they were nervous but this never gets referenced any more so parents think Joe has always been confident with giving his daughter solids. Just be honest!
 
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Fmf17 said:
Nothing winds me up more than people who say “we did a bit of BLW and traditional” no. No you did not. You did TRADITIONAL and that’s OK!
I on the other hand did BLW. I have never fed my daughter with a spoon or mashed up puréed etc her food I literally went in with the whole stuff in a proper BLW way she used her hands and it was messy AF but she loved it. I introduced cutlery very young and she is 3 now and uses a spoon and fork and is a very neat eater. He needs to knows the difference. Even at 20 months old he is still mushing most of her food to a pulp!
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Same, my daughter had bits of my dinner from 6 months including meat from a roast she just sort of sucked it ! Never struggled with it before she got her teeth and now she eats so well

Hes just made it so confusing for parents
 
So typical of people trying to make money of something they’re not an expert in. He knows if he recommended one way then it’d put a lot of people off so he’s hedging his bets so he makes the maximum amount of money, but it’s not helpful for people looking for advice. He’d have been better publishing a book of baby/children’s recipes and leaving the weaning advice to the experts.
 
Boutros-Boutros Ghali said:
So typical of people trying to make money of something they’re not an expert in. He knows if he recommended one way then it’d put a lot of people off so he’s hedging his bets so he makes the maximum amount of money, but it’s not helpful for people looking for advice. He’d have been better publishing a book of baby/children’s recipes and leaving the weaning advice to the experts.
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Because he hit upon “Wean in 15” as a catchy tie in brand title he then shoehorned himself into being an “expert” on it so he could create a book and make money. Square peg, round hole. It’s shameful really, preying on parents at a nervous and vulnerable time (weaning). Like you say, hex have been much better placed doing slightly older children's meal ideas and leave the actual weaning stage to the real experts. But he couldn’t leave that “wean in 15” alone 🙄
 
Boutros-Boutros Ghali said:
So typical of people trying to make money of something they’re not an expert in. He knows if he recommended one way then it’d put a lot of people off so he’s hedging his bets so he makes the maximum amount of money, but it’s not helpful for people looking for advice. He’d have been better publishing a book of baby/children’s recipes and leaving the weaning advice to the experts.
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Agreed. I have to say despite my dislike for him, some of the recipes posted are good and my baby likes them. But I wouldn't have sought him out as an expert when I was starting the whole weaning process. I find it interesting that whenever people ask questions its always the nutritionist woman who replies than the weanin15 account. I get that she's been brought in to collaborate but to me it just shows that he doesn't really know what he's talking about 🤷🏼‍♀️
 
I had actually pre ordered wean in 15 as I'm due to start weaning my baby next month. as a first timer I'm so confused & the health visitors etc have been called back to the wards where I am so feel limited on support.

Thank GOODNESS I came across this thread! I'm still non the wiser really but what I have learned is not to take his advice & have therefore just cancelled my pre-order! Thank you!! 👍
 
Theworldhasgonemad said:
I had actually pre ordered wean in 15 as I'm due to start weaning my baby next month. as a first timer I'm so confused & the health visitors etc have been called back to the wards where I am so feel limited on support.

Thank GOODNESS I came across this thread! I'm still non the wiser really but what I have learned is not to take his advice & have therefore just cancelled my pre-order! Thank you!! 👍
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If your parents are still alive chat to them. Parents back in the day fed their kids pretty well without the need for "experts"
Often wonder what we did before all these experts
 
Theworldhasgonemad said:
I had actually pre ordered wean in 15 as I'm due to start weaning my baby next month. as a first timer I'm so confused & the health visitors etc have been called back to the wards where I am so feel limited on support.

Thank GOODNESS I came across this thread! I'm still non the wiser really but what I have learned is not to take his advice & have therefore just cancelled my pre-order! Thank you!! 👍
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I was really confused too and the first few weeks I was really nervous but you gain confidence as you go. I'm only a few months in but I'm finding it a lot more fun now I'm a bit more relaxed. On reflection I wish I had done more finger foods earlier or even just embraced full on baby led weaning from the start but you find your own path. I found the Anabel Karmel books a great starting point if you want to do go down the puree route initially and the Young Gums book is fantastic as well and I cook plenty out of that for both me and baby to share.
 
havinalol said:
If your parents are still alive chat to them. Parents back in the day fed their kids pretty well without the need for "experts"
Often wonder what we did before all these experts
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Thank you, I will do that, I think reading too much over complicates things! Definitely don't think Joe's way sounds right anyway, I'm not really into rice cakes with pesto 🤨

Jxtina said:
I was really confused too and the first few weeks I was really nervous but you gain confidence as you go. I'm only a few months in but I'm finding it a lot more fun now I'm a bit more relaxed. On reflection I wish I had done more finger foods earlier or even just embraced full on baby led weaning from the start but you find your own path. I found the Anabel Karmel books a great starting point if you want to do go down the puree route initially and the Young Gums book is fantastic as well and I cook plenty out of that for both me and baby to share.
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Great!!! Thank you 🥰
 
havinalol said:
If your parents are still alive chat to them. Parents back in the day fed their kids pretty well without the need for "experts"
Often wonder what we did before all these experts
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This is fantastic advice!..i really feel for mums now people are so judgemental and if your not doing it the 'way' of the moment you're in for a barrage of criticism!
what your basic goal is to cut out some milk feeds like mid day and tea time and replace them with a meal. whether you do purees to start and finger finger foods later or all baby led neither way is wrong !
i can remember being really nervous about this too with my eldest now 17, it was finding info in how to start that helped - I loved making little meals for her.
Good luck xx
 
Theworldhasgonemad said:
I had actually pre ordered wean in 15 as I'm due to start weaning my baby next month. as a first timer I'm so confused & the health visitors etc have been called back to the wards where I am so feel limited on support.

Thank GOODNESS I came across this thread! I'm still non the wiser really but what I have learned is not to take his advice & have therefore just cancelled my pre-order! Thank you!! 👍
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I really recommend Gill Rapley’s book “Baby-Led Weaning”. I did traditional weaning with my first and BLW with my second. This book gave me all the reassurance and info I needed about BLW. My second has always eaten exactly what we have from 6 months onwards. No purees or having to sit there spoon feeding while your own dinner gets cold! I can’t recommend it enough if BLW is the route you want to go down.
 
NoseyParkour said:
I really recommend Gill Rapley’s book “Baby-Led Weaning”. I did traditional weaning with my first and BLW with my second. This book gave me all the reassurance and info I needed about BLW. My second has always eaten exactly what we have from 6 months onwards. No purees or having to sit there spoon feeding while your own dinner gets cold! I can’t recommend it enough if BLW is the route you want to go down.
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Yes! BLW is brilliant as you don’t have to prep anything different. I loved the laziness of it 🤣
 
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