BLW Meals: How to Start Solids

The resources in this app have helped alleviate the stress of, "How do I do this!?" that comes with starting solids with your first baby. I've been able to confidently serve my child age appropriate sizes of foods, navigate the start of allergen introduction, and include my baby in family meal time. Starting solids is a lot of work and a little daunting, but this app has helped so much!

Nice app, easy to use, but the recipes are unreliable. I paid for this app based on the meal plan option. The recipes sometimes come out great, sometimes don't work at all. I have had to double cooking times several times, there seem to be vital steps missing (like covering a pan), and although they offer alternatives for food allergies, the recipes do not always work with the suggested substitutions. Good for a starting point, but I wouldn't pay for it again.

I downloaded the BLWMeals app and signed up for it because I felt like I had forgotten everything about feeding babies. Also because I can get into a food rut sometimes so I needed ideas to keep the menu going and so I wouldn't easily run out of ideas. I love this app. I have become such a fan of the recipes and ideas. I still make meals that we love but it's good to have the extra ideas and help for how to introduce certain foods.

Great app. I purchased the premium version and the meal planning is great. I like to have a guide and structure and this does exactly that. I like the breakdowns on how to serve things and the videos are helpful. My one complaint is the first foods checklist. If you are following the meal plan and say you completed the day, I wish I would check those foods off. Also, most people doing BLW are attempting 100+ foods before age 1, so I wish there was a summative list of all foods tried.

Really really like this app. However, I wish it was more family-friendly on Android. It would be awesome if there was a way to use the app in-browser so my husband could access, or to get a "partner discount" for a second subscription. It's very frustrating that he can't do any of the meal-planning or cooking unless we pay like $40 more.

This used to be a really great app, but for months now it has been unusable. I have emailed them and tried their work arounds, but nothing works. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app, I've selected yes to getting notifications... Even though I'm not sure what that has to do with anything, and still the app freezes constantly. I don't understand why months later this still hasn't been fixed. Edit: I have literally already done both of your suggestions, as stated in my original review.

I’m not great at cooking, I can handle basic meals, but I’ve got no clue when it comes to baby food. This app really helps me get ideas for baby meals! It also has super helpful articles about things like choking prevention, allergies, starting solids, and more. I’ll definitely keep my subscription, the price is really affordable. Great job, team!

It was a good app. I bought membership because I really liked it but then it starting glitching a ton and reinstalling it wasn't even helping. I can't open the app without it freezing and glitching out. It even makes my home button flash. I'd like my money back really. Edit: thank you for the response. I just tried clearing the storage and cache and it didn't fix the problem. Then I cleared them both again and reinstalled the app and still no luck.

I enjoyed this app at the beginning but as soon as I subscribed the app started glitching and crashing. Tried many things to get it working myself. Cleared up the storage, the app cache, I removed the App and reinstalled it but was still having major issues. I wasn't even able to scroll the pages. So after paying for a couple of months I gave up and unsubscribed. Its dissapointing to pay for something that was broken. Great app, but it just needs fixing!

I love this app! It's so great for starting solids. I particularly like the meal plans. With so much on your plate as a new parent, it's great to have one less thing to think about. It would be great if the app became more personalised. It would be good if the homepage remembered which meal plan (and which day) you were on and you didn't have to go to it each time. Also, added bonus would be as you ticked off the day as completed that it would automatically add the foods to your checklist.

I loved this app! Such a great layout and all the information is great... well, the stuff I was able to read... within the first 5 minutes of using the app froze.. so I closed it, reopened it, and it was slow and lagged and then closed itself. It's so frustrating when desperately trying to find a good app that works.. thought I found one, but apparently not.

Great until checklist got locked behind pay wall. Really helps me feel more comfortable introducing new foods, and was enjoying the app; felt it was a fair balance of what you could expect for free vs the bonuses for paid. Opened my app this morning to log some new foods baby tried, and now only get a prompt to subscribe to their plan if I want to access it. Have been proudly tracking for months, and now it's gone :(

I love this app! So much useful info about starting solids, blw, choking hazards and how to avoid them, allergens and introducing them, nutritional infl, how to avoid overall picky eating, baby behaviour, how to prevent food throwing and the list goes on and on. Not to mention the absolute best recipes and info about variations to those and just ideas for a tired mind!

amazing app. the paid version is absolutely worth it. really well designed, there are meal plans and I loved the introductory one as it helps with allergen introduction. checklist to keep track of what baby has had and the best part is the recipes and guidance on how to prepare each food based on age.

After sending an email describing the problem that I was having, I received a quick reply with a possible solution. The solution was tried and my problem was resolved and I am now able to the use the app with ease. The app is slow and you can't even do a search as the search screen flashes and because of this you can't type anything.

When I first got this app in 2023 it featured many free recipes with some that required a subscription to access. Now they have paywalled more than 3/4 of the app. It's not enough that I bought their book. As usual, it comes down to how much money can they squeeze out of the young mother who is just trying to make healthy choices for her babies.

Easy, convenient, helpful, just perfect! This helped me alleviate any concerns or fears I had about serving finger foods to my 6 month old. I love the free options. I really use it for nutrition information and how to serve based on age and they include some type of simple recipe with every food. love their meal plans. It's just amazing this is accessible to so many caregivers it makes blw/finger foods so easy and so much less intimidating.

Lots of information, helpful pictures for preparing and serving foods, very convenient meal plans based on age and easy to use. Overall, highly recommend, its worth the price and even the free app has some great information and a handful of healthy recipes. Very happy with this app, it has made my little ones transition to solid foods much less stressful and more enjoyable for both of us!

Love this app. Helps make early feeding easier with bub. I especially love their age by age guide on how to introduce and present each food. Once you're over single foods, their recipes for any and every ingredient you can imagine is there! Eg. "What can I cook with black beans" viola, they have a baby-friendly recipe with a guide on how to present according to your baby's age! So good!

UPD. I gave it the second chance, and that was definitely a good decision. This app has been a life saver since! I'm using Premium and have all my wheaning-related questions covered: what to cook, how to serve, useful articles related to the topic. I really love it. It just constantly hangs. I couldn't even register after I'd installed the app.