15 Foods Never to Feed Your Baby

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Jan 30, 2025

Discover the critical foods to avoid during your baby's transition to solids. Learn about choking hazards and why certain common foods can be harmful. Explore how to safely introduce risky items like honey and cow's milk. Understand the risks associated with salt, sugar, and fruit juice in baby nutrition. Plus, get practical tips on modifying foods to make them safer. This knowledge is essential for ensuring your baby's healthy eating journey!

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ADVICE

Learn Infant CPR for Safety

Everyone who helps feed your baby should learn infant CPR because it can save lives.
Baby-led weaning does not increase choking risk compared to spoon feeding, but CPR knowledge is critical.

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Focus on Foods Babies Can Eat

Many sites list foods babies shouldn't eat, but Katie Ferraro emphasizes foods babies can safely eat.
Her 100 First Foods list highlights the wide variety of foods appropriate for baby-led weaning.

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Make Apples Safe for Babies

Modify raw apples by peeling, coring, slicing, and cooking them to make safe foods for babies.
Proper preparation reduces choking risk and allows babies to safely enjoy many fruits and vegetables.

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#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.

• 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