I’m a Registered Dietitian, college nutrition professor and mom of seven who specializes in infant feeding and baby-led weaning. Like many parents, I struggled with spoon-feeding my oldest until I discovered baby-led weaning - a natural, hands-on approach that lets your baby build a foundational love of food. Starting solid foods can be stressful, but I’ll help cut through the noise with a proven strategy for helping babies master baby-led weaning.
Picky eating is typical…until it’s not
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Hi Reader, You’re not a bad parent if your formerly adventurous eater turns into a picky toddler. Picky eating is typical in toddlers - and picky eating is not a problem to be fixed. …but what about severe picky eating - and how do you know if what you’re seeing is run-of-the-mill picky eating vs. severe picky eating? In today’s new episode of the baby-led weaning podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Katja Rowell a family physician turned feeding specialist and author of the book “Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating.” This is episode 36 of the Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro podcast and the title is Preventing Severe Picky Eating from Your Baby's First Bites with Dr. Katja Rowell…you can listen and read more on the shownotes page for this episode located here. Picky vs. ProblematicDr. Rowell’s teaching centers around practical, compassionate advice on how to help your baby build a positive relationship with food from their very first bites (...and how we can actually make that happen as busy parents) Listen to this episode to learn:
…if you’ve been feeling any remorse about foods your baby has started to reject, I hope Dr. Rowell’s advice will help you get back on track and feel better about trying new foods.
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Katie Ferraro, RDN, MPH | Baby-Led Weaning
I’m a Registered Dietitian, college nutrition professor and mom of seven who specializes in infant feeding and baby-led weaning. Like many parents, I struggled with spoon-feeding my oldest until I discovered baby-led weaning - a natural, hands-on approach that lets your baby build a foundational love of food. Starting solid foods can be stressful, but I’ll help cut through the noise with a proven strategy for helping babies master baby-led weaning.
Hi Reader, Did you know that SESAME was the most recent potentially allergenic food added to the Top 9 allergenic foods list? Sesame may be the newest food on the Top 9 list - but many parents are still scared to offer this food to their baby 😱 In today’s new episode of the baby-led weaning podcast I’m covering “Sesame: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food.” This is episode 43 of the Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro podcast. You can listen and learn more on the...
Hi Reader, Question: What do babies drink after they turn one? Answer: ….water, breastmilk or cow’s milk, right? Yes…but…what if we are wrong about the cow’s milk stuff? Sophie Egan is the author of How to Be a Conscious Eater and she joined me on today’s new episode of the baby-led weaning podcast to talk about the role of cow’s milk for toddlers: why do we do it and what if we didn’t? This is episode 42 of the podcast “Is Cow’s Milk a Must for Toddlers? With Sophie Eagan” and you can listen...
Hi Reader, I remember the first time one of my quadruplets had a shellfish reaction… We were at a Super Bowl party and he helped himself to some ceviche - which resulted in hives on his face and neck about an hour later. Offering your baby potentially allergenic foods like shellfish can be scary… …but avoiding shellfish entirely may actually increase the risk of allergy later on. In today’s new episode of the baby-led weaning podcast I’m covering Shellfish: How to Introduce Your Baby to this...