#110: Will starting solid foods early help your baby with catch-up weight? What if your baby is small or low on the growth chart, will solid foods help regaining weight? In today’s episode I’m joined by pediatric dietitian, Rosan Meyer, PhD, MSc to talk about why we don’t use food early on to support weight gain.
Rosan is a researcher and practitioner specializing in childhood nutrition, growth faltering, failure to thrive and pediatric allergies. In our interview she’s breaking down topics like how to interpret your baby’s growth chart and why starting solid foods early is not only unwise but also dangerous and will NOT help your baby with catch-up weight.
For parents who are getting pressure to start solid foods early for weight purposes, you’re really going to enjoy Rosan’s practical, down-to-earth suggestions about what to do INSTEAD.
Listen to this episode to learn:
- How to interpret what your child’s normal growth rate is...and what to be wary about when reviewing your baby’s growth chart
- What is catch-up weight and how to be proactive about setting your baby’s weight goals with your practitioner
- Tips for shared decision making in setting forth a feeding plan for your baby
- Why starting solid foods early is not an appropriate suggestion for babies of low weight and how to augment breastmilk or formula to meet growth needs (...not food!
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/110
Links from This Episode:
- Rosan Meyer’s website for her pediatric nutrition practice Step by Step Kidz Nutrition is here
- You can follow Rosan on Twitter here and Instagram here
- The video about obtaining infant length and height measurements Rosan mentioned in the interview is located 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
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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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