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.
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Hi Reader, Soy is one of the most misunderstood allergenic foods - and some parents avoid it entirely out of fear. But the truth is, soy allergy is incredibly rare…and making soy foods safe for early eaters is easier than you may think. In today’s new episode of the Baby-Led Weaning podcast I’m sharing my favorite ways to make soy finger foods for baby-led weaning (...along with 2 popular approaches that are not safe and should be avoided). This is episode 37 of the podcast and the title is Soy: How to Introduce your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food…and you can listen and read more on the shownotes page located here. Tofu TalkEven if you personally despite tofu (...or just don’t know how or care to cook with it) this episode will give you a proven soy strategy for your baby. Listen to this episode of the podcast to learn:
…if you’ve been holding out on introducing soy to your baby - I hope you’ll find the info in this short podcast episode helpful.
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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...