I'm a blog-virgin so please forgive me if I've 'posted' this in the wrong location! I feel like I've failed before I've even started!! I'm having a bad day made only worse by the fact that I decided to start BLW today! I steamed some carrots, settled down with Chicken Licken on my lap and before I knew it she'd reached out and shoved one in her mouth. It fell out a few times but on the third try she gummed down on it and I realised there was a big bit (well, about the size of a finger nail!) in her mouth. She must have been swirling it around her mouth for about a minute and I thought she was mushing it so she could swallow but then I saw it in her mouth still and panicked. I scooped it and promptly located the blender. Next minute I'm spooning carrot purree into her little beak! She liked it but I felt like I'd fallen at the first hurdle and don't know whether I can do it! I really want to give BLW a go (if not just to prove my mother wrong!) but how will I ever have the confidence?! PS I have read the stuff about gagging but still seems daunting. Maybe I need to get some more sleep (haha) and then I'll be able to deal with it!