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

How to tell the difference between normal growth variation and true growth faltering when you look at your baby’s growth chart
What catch-up growth really means, and why starting solid foods early is not the right strategy for helping your baby gain weight
Why shared decision making with your practitioner matters when setting safe, realistic feeding goals for your baby

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Episode Description

If your baby is on the smaller side and you’ve been told to start solid foods early to help your baby gain weight, this episode is for you. That advice can feel scary and confusing, especially if your baby is not showing the signs of readiness to start solid foods yet. In this episode, pediatric dietitian Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD explains why starting solid foods early will not help with catch-up weight, what growth charts are actually telling you, and why milk feeds, not solid foods, are the priority when weight gain is a concern.

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About the Guest

Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD is a pediatric dietitian specializing in pediatric nutrition, food allergy, feeding difficulties, GI issues, and faltering growth.
She holds an MSc in Pediatric Nutrition and a PhD from Imperial College London and has built an international reputation through her clinical work, teaching, and research in pediatric nutrition.
Rosan has published extensively, co-authored pediatric nutrition resources for clinicians, and served in leadership roles in international diet and allergy organizations, helping shape best practices in child feeding and growth.

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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
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