Best BLW Advice from the Leading Feeding Experts

#192: When is my baby ready to start baby-led weaning? What does an allergic reaction to food look like? Why are pouches bad for babies? …in this episode I’m including some of the best baby-led weaning advice from the leading feeding experts who were featured on the podcast in the last year. Listen in to learn about the best first foods for babies to eat, why you don’t need to wait 3-5 days between trying new foods and what you can do if your baby has eczema to help reduce food allergy risk. 

Listen to this episode to learn:

1. How do you know when a baby is ready to start solid foods? Explained by Gill Rapley, founding philosopher of the baby-led weaning movement and co-author of the original baby-led weaning book
2. What is baby-led weaning and why is it better than spoon feeding? …also explained by Gill Rapley
3. Should I use food to help my small baby with catch up weight? Covered by Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD specialist in weight and growth charts, growth faltering and food allergies

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/192

Links from this episode:

The following links are titles to the full episodes with each baby-led weaning expert covered in this episode:

• 100 - The History of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 1)

• 102 - The Future of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 2)

• 110 - Catch-Up Weight: Why Starting Solids Early Will Not Help Your Baby Gain Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD

• 124 - Using an Egg Ladder for Babies with Egg Allergy with Carina Venter, PhD, RD

• 125 - Why are False Positive Results in Food Allergy Testing so Common? with David Stukus, MD

• 129 - Exploring the Eczema & Food Allergy Risk Link with Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH

• 140 - National Baby-Led Weaning Day: It's a Thing with Gill Rapley, PhD

• 149 - Pouches: Why Your Baby Doesn't Need to Suck Pureed Food Out of Pouches with @msdawnslp Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

• 160 - Why White Rice Cereal Should Not Be Your Baby's First Food with Alan Greene, MD

• 170 - Sensory 101: What Motivates Babies to Eat? with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd

• 180 - Food Allergy FAQ with Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH

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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.

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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.

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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.

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