5 Things Social Media Gets Wrong About Baby-Led Weaning
#65: Social media can be an amazing tool for learning about baby-led weaning…but it can also spread a lot of misinformation. In this episode, I’m joined by five of my expert friends to break down the top five things social media gets wrong about baby-led weaning. From fear-based feeding advice to myths about choking and readiness to start solid foods, we’re setting the record straight with evidence-based insights from professionals who actually know what they’re talking about.
Listen to this episode to learn:
1. What bugs Gill Rapley - the lady who pioneered this approach - the most about baby-led weaning on social media
2. Why short-form content often misrepresents what baby-led weaning is really about…but how to harness its powers for good when you’re starting solid food
3. How to spot credible baby-led weaning advice online (...it’s out there!) but tune out the fear-based noise in the meantime
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/65
Links from this episode:
• Follow Aileen Cox Blundell on Instagram @babyledfeeding and her website Baby-Led Feeding
• Follow Jessica Coll on Instagram @healthlyinstitute and her website International Baby-Led Weaning Network
• Follow Dawn Winkelmann on Instagram @mwdawnslp and her website MsDawnSLP.com
• Follow Marsha Dunn Klein on Instagram @getpermissioninstitute and her website the Get Permission Institute
• Read Gill Rapley’s original Baby-Led Weaning book, available on Amazon here
• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other episodes related to this topic:
• Episode 40 - 6 Reasons to Skip the Sippy Cup with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
• Episode 134 - Sauces, Dippers & Toppers for Making BLW Foods Safe with @babyledfeeding Aileen Cox Blundell
• Episode 241 - How did Baby-Led Weaning Get its Name? with Gill Rapley, PhD
• Episode 320 - Supporting Your Baby: Empathy, Readiness and Connection with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Right Way to Use a Pre-Loaded Spoon with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
#64: Can your baby learn to use a spoon and still do baby-led weaning? You bet…and it starts with the pre-loaded spoon technique. In this episode, speech-language pathologist and feeding expert Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP, breaks down how to safely introduce spoons and purees while ensuring your baby is the one leading the way. Dawn shares her 3-step method for pre-loading spoons, explains the developmental milestones behind spoon use, plus a rundown of what’s wrong with most baby spoons and how to get your baby on board with self-feeding by spoon.
Listen to this episode to learn:
1. The exact steps you can take during the first few days of baby-led weaning to help promote your baby’s ability to independently feed from his or her first bites
2. Why most of the baby spoons on the market are designed for PARENTS to feed babies and why she developed the ezpz Tiny Spoon that lets BABIES be in charge of self-feeding
3. How your baby learns to dip and then scoop and then eat independently - Dawn’s walking us through the various spoon-related feeding milestones in infant feeding
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/64
Links from this episode:
• Check out Dawn’s website at msdawnslp.com and follow her on Instagram @msdawnslp
• Check out the ezpz Tiny Spoons and get 15% off with the code BABYLED here (this is an affiliate link)
• This is the ezpz Developmental Utensil Set that parents love and get 15% off with the code BABYLED here (this is an affiliate link)
• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other episodes related to this topic:
• Episode 5 - The Purees for a Few Days™ Approach to Starting Solid Foods with Baby-Led Weaning: a Feeding Guide
• Episode 200 - Combo Feeding: Can I Do BLW + Traditional Spoon-Feeding Together? with Gill Rapley, PhD
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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A History of the 100 First Foods Approach to Starting Solid Foods with Baby-Led Weaning
#63: Imagine sitting down at the table with your baby who can now confidently eat and loves all the same foods you do. In this episode I’m sharing the history of my original 100 First Foods approach to baby-led weaning - one that I started back in 2016 - explaining how your baby can easily reach this important milestone that has helped tens of thousands of other families achieve diet diversity and 100 safe foods before turning one too!
Listen to this episode to learn:
1. How the 100 First Foods approach began and why it’s the original method designed to help your baby safely discover more foods
2. The easiest way to select 5 new foods each week…without driving you crazy in the kitchen
3. Why getting your baby to 100 safe foods before one is actually easier (and cheaper) than you originally thought…and how you can get started today
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/63
Links from this episode:
• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other episodes related to this topic:
• Episode 100 - The History of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 1)
• Episode 268 - Second Baby BLW: How I'm Doing 100 First Foods Differently for Baby #2 with Lauren McClure
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Why Sensory Play Matters when Starting Solid Foods with Dawn Winklemann, MS, CCC-SLP
#62: Sensory play doesn’t just mean bins of dried beans or rice (...which are a choking hazard for early eaters). Instead, it’s a powerful tool at the table for your baby. Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP joins me to explore how sensory play supports your baby’s feeding development…and we talk about why letting your baby touch, smell and even play with food helps build feeding skills, reduces severe picky eating and supports overall sensory regulation. Bonus points for using the food you’re already making for baby-led weaning to make this happen!
Listen to this episode to learn:
1. How sensory play supports your baby’s feeding development and why it’s easier than you think
2. What words to say besides “good job” when you’re at the table with your baby
3. Which foods to include in sensory play…even if you’re not one of those “play with your kids” moms
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/62
Links from this episode:
• Learn more about Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP on her website www.msdawnslp.com and her Instagram @msdawnslp
• ezpz Play Mat - use the code BABYLED for a 15% discount, shop here (this is an affiliate link): https://ezpzfun.com/BABYLED
• ezpz Oral Development Tools - great for pre-feeding sensory exploration and code BABYLED works for 15% off here.
• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other episodes related to this topic:
• Episode 170 - Sensory 101: What Motivates Babies to Eat? with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd
• Episode 378 - Building Sensory Enjoyment at Mealtimes with Karen Dilfer, MS, OTR/L
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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.
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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!
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Forget the Salad: 5 Safe Ways to Offer Spinach for Baby-Led Weaning
#61: Learn how to make leafy greens safe for your baby: raw greens like spinach are a choking hazard and crunchy kale chips are too. In this episode I’m walking you through some easy ways to make spinach safe for early eaters, plus combination food recipe ideas for older babies too.
Listen to this episode to learn:
1. Why pouches that proclaim to include kale or spinach are really just fruit purees masquerading as vegetables
2. Why pouches that proclaim to include kale or spinach are really just fruit purees masquerading as vegetables
3. How to help your baby learn to love bitter vegetables like leafy greens…even if they have a tendency for fruit right now
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/61
Links from this episode:
• Try the ezpz TinyPops for a spinach popsicle - these are great for early eaters and the affiliate code BABYLED gets you 15% off all ezpz products, click here to shop.
• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other episodes related to this topic:
• Episode 137 - Iron: Can My Baby Get Enough Iron from Baby-Led Weaning Foods?
• Episode 169 - Iron: Does My Baby Really Need to Eat 11mg Iron Per Day?
• Episode 478 - Nightshade Vegetables: Can My Baby Be Allergic to Eggplant? with @allergykidsdoc David Stukus, MD
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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.
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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!
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Is your baby ready to start solid foods but you’re feeling overwhelmed or confused about baby-led weaning? Babies can eat so many more foods than we give them credit for and you don’t have to force-feed or spoon-feed to get them to eat real food!
I’m Katie Ferraro, Registered Dietitian specializing in infant feeding and baby-led weaning. I’m a college nutrition professor and mom of 7, and my goal is to help you start solid foods safely using baby-led weaning.
On this podcast I share practical tips on safe food preparation and starting solid foods, as well as in-depth interviews with other feeding experts. Listen to learn how you can get your baby to safely enjoy real food so that you can start enjoying mealtimes again too!
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