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Everything You Need to Know About Baby-Led Weaning: A Safe Approach to Starting Solid Foods
- Differentiating baby-led weaning from conventional parent-led spoon-feeding and the benefits of BLW backed by research
- A little bit of the history on starting solid foods & how Gill Rapley, PhD pioneered the baby-led weaning movement
- Strategies for successful baby feeding & my #1 secret for overcoming feeding challenges
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Episode Description
Discover the ins and outs of baby-led weaning versus traditional spoon feeding, how it differs from parent-led feeding, and expert tips (pioneered by Gill Rapley, PhD) on safely introducing solid foods to your baby in this episode. Join me as I demystify baby-led weaning as a more developmentally appropriate introduction to solid foods and empower parents to make informed choices for your baby's nutrition journey.
Links from this Episode
- REGISTER for my free online video workshop BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS and grab your copy of the original 100 FIRST FOODS™ list here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
- Gill Rapley’s Baby-Led Weaning book: Baby-Led Weaning The Essential Guide (get the 2019 revised 10th anniversary edition - linking on amazon here, this is an affiliate link).
If you want to learn more about Gill Rapley, take a listen to these interview episodes I have done with her:
- Episode 100 - The History of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 1)
- Episode 102 - The Future of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 2)
- Episode 140 - National Baby-Led Weaning Day: It's a Thing with Gill Rapley, PhD
- Episode 142 - Debunking the Biggest BLW Myths with Gill Rapley, PhD
- Episode 200 - Combo Feeding: Can I Do BLW + Traditional Spoon-Feeding Together? with Gill Rapley, PhD
- Episode 241 - How did Baby-Led Weaning Get its Name? with Gill Rapley, PhD
- Episode 260 - Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays with Gill Rapley, PhD and Jill Rabin, MS, CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC
Other Episodes Related to this Episode
- Episode 201 - Order of BLW Foods to Feed: Does it Matter? at https://babyledweaning.co/podcast/201
- Episode 211 - How to Schedule Milk Feeds with Solid Food for Baby-Led Weaning at https://babyledweaning.co/podcast/211
- Episode 241 - How did Baby-Led Weaning Get its Name? with Gill Rapley, PhD https://babyledweaning.co/podcast/241
- Episode 249 - BLW Feeding Schedule: First 10 Days of Baby-Led Weaning https://babyledweaning.co/podcast/249
- Episode 255 - 5 Things I Would Do Differently if I Started BLW All Over Again https://babyledweaning.co/podcast/255
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