Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

• Can My Baby Start Solid Foods Before 6 Months?

  #009: Is it ever safe for babies to start solid foods before 6 months of age? In one instance: yes…but for the remainder of babies, there is no upside - and only potential harm - in starting solid foods too early. In this episode we look at reasons why parents are pressured to start solid foods early as well as the data supporting the one instance when it might be appropriate to begin prior to 6 months of age. Listen to this episode to learn: Why starting solid foods prior to 6 months is not only unnecessary but how it can be harmful What the most common conditions and situations are that pressure parents to start solid food early The one instance where it may be beneficial to start a solid food prior to 6 months of age Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/9 Links from this episode: • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  • Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other Episodes Related to this Topic Episode 2 - 5 Baby Milestones to Begin Baby-Led Weaning Safely | What Your Baby Should Be Able to Do Before Starting Solids Episode 110 - Catch-Up Weight: Why Starting Solids Early Will Not Help Your Baby Gain Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD Episode 146 - Setting Your Baby's Sleep Schedule when Starting Solids with Aubrie DeBear, PsyD Episode 182 - GERD: Does Starting Solids Early Help Babies with GERD? with Peter Lu, MD Episode 266 - Infant Weight Loss: What to Do When the Doctor Says Your Baby Isn’t Gaining Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS (https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners) . 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://babyledweaning.co/program) . 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam (https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/) on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/babyledweaning) for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baby-led-weaning-made-easy/id1509703697) and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 15 Foods Never to Feed Your Baby

  #008: Which foods should babies avoid? Babies can eat so many more foods than we give them credit for - but certain foods are choking risk foods or are harmful to developing babies for other reasons. This episode contains 15 foods to not feed your baby in order to preserve their health. Listen to this episode to learn: 1. Which foods are choking foods…and how to modify them so they are safe for your baby to eat. 2. How much sodium per serving you want to stay under when choosing foods for your baby to eat. 3. Why the most common food for starting solid foods is actually dangerous for babies. Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/8 Links from this episode: • Download the 15 Foods Never to Feed free feeding guide here (https://babyledweaning.co/resources) . • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  • Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other Episodes Related to this Topic • Episode 27 - Honey: Why Honey is Dangerous for Babies (https://www.blwpodcast.com/27) • Episode 107 - Corn: How to Offer Corn Safely to Your Baby (https://www.blwpodcast.com/107) • Episode 208 - Heavy Metals in Baby Food with @consumerreports James E. Rogers, PhD (https://blwpodcast.com/208) • Episode 232 - Tuna Talk: Is it Safe for Babies to Eat Canned Tuna with @consumerreports Michael K. Hansen, PhD (https://blwpodcast.com/232) • Episode 246 - Arsenic in Baby Food with Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan (https://blwpodcast.com/246) 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS (https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners) . 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://babyledweaning.co/program) . 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam (https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/) on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/babyledweaning) for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baby-led-weaning-made-easy/id1509703697) and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Why Your Baby’s High Chair Needs a Footrest

  #007: How does an adjustable footrest on your baby’s high chair help reduce the risk of choking? In this episode we’ll look at how your baby’s feet resting flat helps stabilize their core and support a safe swallow…and how to fix your high chair if it doesn’t have a footrest or if your baby’s feet don’t reach the footrest yet. Listen to this episode to learn: Why your baby’s feet resting flat on a solid footplate helps reduce choking risk How to build a DIY footrest if your high chair doesn’t have one What to do if your high chair has a footrest, but your baby’s feet don’t reach yet . Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/7 Links from this episode My favorite high chair recommendations with discounts and deals (these are affiliate links): Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair (new): Receive a free Stokke Tripp Trapp tray ($70 value) when you purchase the Tripp Trapp from Stokke high chair using the code BABYLED: click here to shop Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair (upgrade your older chair): Receive a free Stokke Tripp Trapp cushion ($65 value) when you purchase the Tripp Trapp Babyset2 with the new straps and one-touch harness release from Stokke using the code BABYLED: click here to shop Stokke Nomi High Chair: Receive a free Stokke Nomi tray ($70 value) when you purchase the Stokke Nomi high chair using the code BABYLED: click here to shop Stokke Clikk High Chair: Receive a free Stokke Clikk travel bag ($34 value) when you purchase the Stokke Clikk high chair using the code BABYLED: click here to shop Mockingbird High Chair: Receive a free Early Eaters Dishware Set ($45 value) when you purchase the Mockingbird high chair using the code BABYLED: click here to shop Unilove FeedMe Portable High Chair: Get 15-20% off my favorite portable high chair (discount changes depending on color/stock) with the code BLWFEEDME: click here to shop . Other Episodes Related to this Topic Episode 492 - Mockingbird High Chair Review with @hello_mockingbird Stephanie Kaplan Episode 490 - Tripp Trapp vs. Nomi High Chair: Which One is Better? Episode 488 - Best High Chairs for Baby-Led Weaning Episode 205 - High Chair Help: What if My Baby Won't Sit in the High Chair? Episode 379 - Favorite Portable High Chairs for Feeding on the Go . 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Safe Food Sizes for Baby-Led Weaning

  #6: Contrary to common belief, cutting food into tiny pieces can actually heighten choking risk for early eaters. In this episode, learn why longer, spear-like shapes of soft foods (pinky finger size) are safer for self-feeding and other safe food cuts that reduce choking risk during the introduction of starting solid foods using baby-led weaning. Listen to this episode to learn: Why small pieces of food are NOT safer and actually increase choking risk for early eaters How to prepare foods safely for baby-led weaning so that your baby doesn’t choke  Which foods are best when you are starting baby-led weaning . Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/6 Links from this episode: Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: . Other Episodes Related to this Topic: Episode 469 - Breaking Off a Small Bite: Is This a Choking Risk? Episode 386 - Pincer Grasp: When Can My Baby Pick Up Smaller Pieces of Food? with Rachel Harrington, COTA/L, AC  . 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Purees for a Few Days™ Approach to Starting Solid Foods with Baby-Led Weaning: a Feeding Guide

  #005: Baby-led weaning does not mean skipping purees. In this episode I’ll help you bridge your baby’s transition from an infant milk liquid diet to soft solid strips of food using my unique Purees for a Few Days™ approach to starting solid foods with baby-led weaning. Listen to this episode to learn: Why combo feeding finger foods + adult-led spoon feeding is not baby-led weaning How you can honor the self-feeding principles of baby-led weaning and still do purees How to safely sequence 3 textures of the same food in one meal for early eaters Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/5 Links from this episode: The ezpz Tiny Spoon is my favorite utensil for baby-led weaning. Use the affiliate discount code KATIE10 to get 10% off all ezpz feeding gear and shop the ezpz Tiny Spoon here. Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other Episodes Related to this Topic Episode 64 How to Pre-Load A BLW Spoon Self-Feeding Technique with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP Episode 109 - I Started Purees Too Early: Should I Stop Before Switching to BLW? Episode 200 - Combo Feeding: Can I Do BLW + Traditional Spoon-Feeding Together? with Gill Rapley, PhD Episode 236 - Positive Tilt: Get Permission from Your Baby with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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