Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

#265: What if my baby goes to daycare but I want to do baby-led weaning? Maybe daycare has never HEARD of BLW…or they’ve never seen it done properly. Does that mean your baby doesn’t get the chance to self-feed from their first bites? No! In this episode we’re hearing from other parents who have done baby-led weaning successfully at daycare - and lived to talk about it! They’re sharing their best tips for BLW success in this daycare episode. DOWNLOAD my free feeding guide “How to Be a Baby-Led Weaning Advocate at Daycare” with sample scripts and daycare scenario solutions by clicking here: https://babyledweaning.co/daycare-advocate LISTEN to these other daycare podcast episodes to learn more about how BLW can work for your childcare provider: Episode 18 - Daycare: How Can I Get Caregivers on Board with Baby-Led Weaning, listen at https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/18  Episode 42 - Daycare: How To Be An Advocate for Baby-Led Weaning with Poppy Duhnke, listen at https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/42  Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/265If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#264: If your baby does not eat, that does not make you a bad parent! Dr. Becky Kennedy from @drbeckygoodinside is on the BLW podcast helping us cool our jets when it comes to mealtime meltdowns with babies. Dr. Becky is a clinical psychologist and mom of 3 and she’s bringing the PEACE in this episode, chatting about: Positive language (with scripts!) to use when you feel stress rising about your baby not eating How to let your baby explore their food - a precursor to feelings of safety - and not losing your mind when things get messy Dr. Becky’s new book GOOD INSIDE: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be is now available on Amazon.  Check out her parenting community at goodinside.com. You can follow Dr. Becky @drbeckygoodinside on Instagram and her Good Inside podcast is here. 🌱💯🌱💯🌱 Want more training about how to do baby-led weaning SAFELY? Check out my free 1-hour online workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. Everyone on this free workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link 🌱💯🌱💯🌱 Follow Katie Ferraro on Instagram @babyledweanteam. Full shownotes for this podcast episode are located here: https://blwpodcast.com/264If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#263: When should I give my baby iron drops…or are they a good idea at all? In this episode I’m walking you through the pros and cons of iron supplements, what the side effects are, why they can be dangerous for babies and children and how food can more often than not fix the iron intake problem so you don’t need supplements for your baby. Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20LinkFollow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/263 🌱💯🌱💯🌱 Lots more iron baby food info are in these other episodes of this podcast: Episode 142 - Iron: Does My Baby Really Need to Eat 11mg Iron Per Day? Episode 137 - Iron: Can My Baby Get Enough Iron from Baby-Led Weaning Foods? Episode 21 - 3 Easy Ways to Boost Your Baby's Iron Absorption  Need more ideas on the types of iron foods babies can safely eat? Check out my free 1-hour online workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. Everyone on this free workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list - and the protein section has 20 different high iron plant and animal foods for babies …you can register for this week’s workshop times here. 🌱💯🌱💯🌱 Follow Katie Ferraro on Instagram @babyledweanteam.  If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#262: If you’ve ever felt like a feeding failure, Miranda James doesn’t want you to quit baby-led weaning. Miranda is a first time mom who really struggled when her baby started solid foods. Her family and husband didn’t support her baby self-feeding and she wondered if she was doing baby-led weaning right. Miranda shares her story about what kept her motivated to stay with BLW and why she’s glad she didn’t quit even when the going got tough! Shownotes for this episode can be found here: ⁠⁠https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/262   Links from this Episode • The online CPR course mentioned in this episode is located here and my affiliate discount code KATIE10 works for another $10 off. •   Episode mentioned about when to seek feeding therapy for your baby is called How Do I Know if My Baby Needs Feeding Therapy with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP and you can listen to that here. 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 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. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 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. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 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. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. ⁠⁠Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠rate this show on Spotify podcasts⁠⁠ and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#261: Does your high chair have an adjustable footrest? If not you can make your own. In this episode I’m sharing a few of my favorite DIY high chair hacks that will make it safer for your baby to eat…and that don’t cost you hardly any money to do so! Other podcast episodes covering the topic of high chairs and high chair safety you might want to check out include:  Episode 205 - High Chair Help: What if My Baby Won't Sit in the High Chair? Episode 172 - High Chair Positioning: Reduce Choking Risk Using This One Simple Move with Jeff Durkee of Nomi High Chair Episode 7 - Why Your Baby’s High Chair Needs a Footrest Episode 92 - How to Choose a Safe Seat for Your Baby to Eat with Kirsti Vandraas Need more starchy food ideasto offer your baby beyond rice? Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/261Thank you for being a part of this amazing baby-led weaning community. If you like this BLW podcast, please would you kindly leave me a review on Apple Podcasts? This really helps the podcast get found by other parents, caregivers and healthcare professionals and I get my best future episode ideas from your reviews. Click here to leave a review on Apple Podcasts and Happy Feeding! -Katie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#260: Did you read any books about baby-led weaning before you started? Gill Rapley is the pioneer of BLW and co-author of the original baby-led weaning book…and Jill Rabin is a speech language pathologist and feeding therapist who adapted BLW for her work with babies with Down Syndrome and feeding challenges.  Gill and Jill just published a new book about Adapted Baby-Led Weaning called “Your baby Can Self-Feed, Too: Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays or Other Feeding Challenges” and in this interview they’re sharing their experience writing the book together from 2 different parts of the world.  Buy Jill and Gill’s new book on adapted baby-led weaning on Amazon here. Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/260 Learn something you liked in this episode? Would you kindly subscribe, rate and review where you’re seeing this? (...it really helps other parents find this BLW info too!)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover how to make rice safer for your family using the pasta water cooking method, which effectively lowers arsenic levels. This technique is especially vital for baby food safety, ensuring your little ones are protected from harmful substances. Plus, debunk myths around nutrient loss while learning about the health benefits of reducing arsenic exposure. Tune in for practical tips that can transform your family's meals and enhance your peace of mind!

#258: What if my baby eats too much food? Can babies overeat with baby-led weaning? In this episode we’re exploring concerns from parents and caregivers about babies who (their words) “eat too much.” We’ll look at portion sizes…and why there are no set portion sizes for babies as well as safety concerns, hunger and fullness cues and then why your baby’s growth chart is actually the best indicator of whether or not they’re getting enough nutrition from food. Need more ideas of foods your baby safely CAN eat? Grab your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on this free one-hour online video training called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. Sign up here: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link The small portion size suction mats that I mentioned in this episode are the ezpz Mini Mats. I like that they remind us to keep baby’s portion sizes small - and to offer a variety of foods during the weaning process. If you’re shopping the ezpz Mini Mats you cna get 10% off everything at ezpzfun.com with my affiliate ezpz discount code KATIE10. Right now I’m really digging the growth chart app I mentioned in the episode called…wait for it…Growth! You can enter your baby’s height and weight from their doctor appointments and well checks and keep an eye on their path to health in this app which you can find here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/growth-baby-child-charts/id446639811  Safety matters when starting solid foods and we talk about how overstuffing can lead to choking in some instances. Make sure you’ve taken a refresher infant CPR course before starting solid foods. The CPR class I take each quarter is linked here and you can get an extra $10 off that class with my affiliate discount code KATIE10. The Choking Prevention and Response course I co-teach is also linked and code KATIE10 works for 10% off there too. …and there were LOTS Of other growth related BLW podcast episodes I’ve recorded and expert interviews that were mentioned in this episode. You can find them all on the shownotes page located here: https://blwpodcast.com/258 Follow baby-led weaning with Katie Ferraro @babyledweanteam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Subscribe to the baby-led weaning YouTube channel with new videos every Tuesday and Friday: https://www.youtube.com/c/babyledweaning Thank you for being a part of this amazing baby-led weaning community. If you like this BLW podcast, please would you kindly leave me a review on Apple Podcasts? This really helps the podcast get found by other parents, caregivers and healthcare professionals and I get my best future episode ideas from your reviews. Click here to leave a review on Apple Podcasts and Happy Feeding! -Katie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#257: It is not your job to make your baby eat…but you are responsible for what the baby eats, when they eat and where they eat. This is Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding Theory in practice - but what if you’re not sure exactly WHAT the baby should be eating? In this episode we’re looking at 4 super simple BLW food prep tips that will make your JOB of making safe foods for your baby a little easier to swallow. From how to soften fruits that aren’t yet ripe enough to making meat safe for babies to eat, listen to learn 4 easy ideas for making foods safe for your baby to eat with baby-led weaning. Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free 1-hour video training called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/257 Other episodes mentioned: Episode 209 - Fruit Vacation: How to Help Babies Who Overly Favor Fruit Episode 155 - Bitter Vegetables: How to Safely Offer Bitter Vegetables for Baby-Led Weaning Episode 177 - Red Meat Your Baby Can Safely Eat Episode 178 - White Meat Your Baby Can Safely Eat  Learn something you liked in this episode? Would you kindly leave a review of this podcast with your idea for a future episode (...I get my best topics for the podcast episodes from your reviews!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover the role of fats in baby-led weaning and why they are essential for brain health and energy. Learn which oils are best to use when introducing solid foods to your baby. The episode also provides helpful tips on managing allergies and safely introducing new foods. Plus, find out about new resources designed for parents seeking quick advice on common pediatric questions!