I'm wondering what it was that first attracted you to the idea of BLW and when you first heard of it, bearing in mind that it is still quite a weirdy thing to do.

I remember that I overheard my friends talking about an article in a baby magazine and caught the magic words 'no puree'. I have no idea why I was dreading weaning my baby so much, other than a morbid fear of being bossed about by women with big hair and 'systems', but when I got home and found Gill Rapley's Unicef page and Stefan's crazy Dutch website I was so relieved. I just knew that BLW was for us. Luckily my DH is an obliging fellow and agreed that we should give it a try.

The more I think about it, the more I wonder if it was all related to my struggle to breastfeed, and all those months of mix feeding and later formula feeding on demand? I was never able to answer the Health Visitor when she asked how much milk Babybear had taken, or how often she was feeding, as it wasn't something I paid much attention to. Because I felt that was at least mimicking demand breastfeeding, she just got what she wanted. (We are creating a monster, I know...)

Now bear in mind that I really am thinking about this for the first time, so don't hold me to any of this, but I think that what really clicked with me was the easy-oasyness of BLW. I loved the idea that I wouldn't have to stress about the amounts, and I loved that Babybear wouldn't have to start at 6 months on the dot if she didn't want to. It all just seemed to make so much sense...

Anyone else?