Beginnings of a Bad Bite: How Purees Impact Jaw Growth with Ben Miraglia, DDS

#466 - Reliance on liquified and pureed foods in place of harder foods negatively impacts jaw growth in babies and young children. Ben Miraglia, DDS is here to talk about how earlier introduction of harder foods for babies helps improve jaw growth, airway health, sleep patterns, tooth spacing and behavior outcomes later in life.

Listen to this episode to learn:

1. WHY purees were not historically fed to babies and why they’re not necessary
2. HOW the jaw develops when it’s exercised appropriately with breastfeeding and harder finger foods
3. WHAT to do if your babies teeth are spaced too close together so you don’t have to pay for braces down the road

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/466

Links from this episode:

• The original Baby-Led Weaning book co-authored by Gill Rapley, PhD
• Tooth Pillow website: https://www.toothpillow.com/ - code BABYLED will give you a free evaluation from a highly trained Airway dentist and $250 off treatment if submitted by September 12 - 19, 2024. After that date code BABYLED works for 50% off the consultation and $100 off treatment (note this is not an affiliate offer and I do not receive any affiliate revenue from Toothpillow)

Other Episodes Related to this Topic

• Episode 446 - Are Purees Making Our Babies Jaws Weak? with Nicole Goldfarb, MA, CCC-SLP, COM

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