Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro Are Purees Making Our Babies Jaws Weak? with Nicole Goldfarb, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
#446: What if pouches and purees are the problem? Limited texture opportunities can compromise infants’ oral facial development and negatively impact bone development in the mouth. Nicole Goldfarb is an orofacial myofunctional therapist here to talk about maximizing your baby’s potential by pushing their palate past purees.
Listen to this episode to learn:
- What your baby’s mouth should look like at rest…and what to do if it doesn’t
- Why your baby should be learning to chew - and not suck - food
- How reliance on processed baby foods can change your baby’s face…and not in a good way
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/446
Links from this episode:
- Nicole’s podcast Airway Answers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airway-answers-by-airway-circle/id1604322136
- Baby-Led Weaning and Katie Ferraro on Airway Answers podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duLLPzGhDRE
- Breathe, Sleep, Thrive: Discover how airway health can unlock your child’s greater health, learning and potential book: https://amzn.to/3vOe6O6
- Breathe: The New Science of Lost Art book https://amzn.to/3xPvYIL
Other Episodes Related to this Topic
- Episode 152 - How Do I Know if My Baby Needs Feeding Therapy with @msdawnslp Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
- Episode 254 - How Babies Learn to Chew and Swallow with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP @msdawnslp
- Episode 149 - Pouches: Why Your Baby Doesn't Need to Suck Pureed Food Out of Pouches with @msdawnslp Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
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