Preventing Severe Picky Eating from Your Baby's First Bites with Dr. Katja Rowell

May 8, 2025

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#36: How does typical picky eating differ from severe picky eating and are both or either preventable?In this episode family doctor turned child feeding specialist Katja Rowell, MD walks us through steps to helping babies develop a foundational love of food from their first bites, along with tips on differentiating between typical and extreme picky eating, and what to do and where to go if you do think your baby’s feeding behavior is not typical.

Listen to this episode to learn:

1. How does typical picky eating differ from severe picky eating?

2. Which pressure tactics parents engage in at mealtimes without even realizing…

3. Where to go if you suspect your baby’s behavior is more than typical picky eating...but also why many parents' fears about picky eating are unfounded Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

⁠⁠⁠https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/36

Links from this episode:

• Visit Dr. Rowell’s website The Feeding Doctor at https://www.thefeedingdoctor.com

• Read Dr. Rowell’s books Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating and Helping Your Child When Mealtimes are Hard on Amazon (these are affiliate links)

• 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