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.
Why your baby does not need snacks (...really!)
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Hi Reader, Ever heard that babies should have 3 meals and 3 snacks per day? …if so, it’s not true. Your baby does not need snacks - especially early on when they are just learning how to eat. In today’s new episode of the baby-led weaning podcast we’re diving deep into snacks - looking at how these seemingly harmless foods can actually do some serious damage when your baby is learning how to eat. This is episode 35 of the Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro podcast and the title is Babies Don't Need Snacks: Why Your Early Eater is Better Off Skipping Snacks. You can listen to this episode and read and learn more on the shownotes page located here. Slashin’ SnacksYeah, sure, the baby food aisle is packed with snacks for babies: puffs and melts and bars all marketed as “essential” for early eaters. Except they’re not. Listen to this episode to learn:
…if you’re feeling the need to offer snacks instead of real food to your baby - give this episode a listen to help you stand your no-snacks ground!
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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...