Baby Led Weaning?

My baby boy is ten months old today! I cannot believe how fast time is flying. Those of you with children already obviously know what I am talking about. It is bitter sweet for me. In one way I miss my snuggle bug of an infant, but in another way I am glad to be seeing all the new things my little one is learning, and how is he is growing and developing. I just spoke with my pediatrician about feedings specifically. We are at the point where my son gets SO mad if my husband and I are eating and he is not. Even if I feed him at the same time we are eating, he wants what we have..not the baby food. For the last month I have been letting him try things like scrambled eggs, mixed vegetables (chopped not pureed) whole grain pasta and cheese. He seems to enjoy feeding himself. He LOVES the eggs, the other foods he isn't sure about but I continue to offer him. I also still breast feed but that is dwindling down as well. He only nurses a few times a day now, and not for long when he does it. While talking to the doctor about it, they told he it was perfectly fine to begin the transition to whole milk. I am very excited about this. When we are outside of the home I do not even put him on the breast. He just sips water through out the day. I will breast feed before we leave or once we get home. It will be so nice to just give him a bottle of milk instead, and we can do that while we are out and about. Don't get me wrong, I am certainly grateful for being able to breast feed for as long as I have, but I will also admit that I am ready to be done. So I am printing out some organic milk coupons and adding it to my list!

As far as this "baby led weaning". It is basically giving baby anything we eat, just in smaller portions. He has tried most fruits and veggies with no problems already. We were at a pig roast this weekend and my husband was giving him little bits of pork to try and of course he loved it. This baby is definitely his fathers son! Anyways, I guess this is more of an update as to whats new in my world. If anyone reads this and has any good recipe ideas for little ones please feel free to share! Pictured here is my boy chomping down on whole wheat toast and mashed avacado:)