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Finding yourself hesitant to start baby-led weaning with your baby because of the constant feeding push-backs you encounter as a parent? Feeling a bit overwhelmed because of the fear of watching your baby gag when eating?  Preparing for what is to come and understanding the natural process of transitioning to solid foods will help a parent become confident in their baby’s ability to self-feed. In this episode I am sharing tips and tricks on how parents can work around feeding roadblocks they encounter while baby-led weaning.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode I’m talking about:

• Fears that parents experience when introducing their babies to solid foods.

• A parent’s power to help decrease the risk of food allergies by introducing allergenic foods early and often to their babies.

• Tips on getting daycare and family members on-board with baby-led weaning in order to create a supportive community

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Other episodes mentioned:

• Episode 22 “Grandparents, Spouses & Partners: Getting Others on Board with BLW” 

• Episode 237 “Getting Grandparents on Board: BLW Across Generations” 

• Bonus Episode “Interviewing my Mom: How She Didn’t Like BLW at First & Why She Changed”

• Episode 42 “Daycare: How To Be An Advocate for Baby-Led Weaning with Poppy Duhnke” - download FREE FEEDING GUIDE

• Episode 64 “How to Pre-Load A BLW Spoon Self-Feeding Technique with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP”

BABY LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO

I recently started Youtube channel so that I could really walk parents through baby-led weaning and their fears with more visual examples…SUBSCRIBE to my channel at BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO to learn more!

BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS COURSE

One of the most fun things about BLW is trying new foods, and what makes it even more fun is trying a new food with the whole family! Try to choose a food that nobody in your family has tried before and share this new experience together. Babies can eat all different foods if prepared safely.

If you’re looking for some ideas, I teach a FREE one hour video training called Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners and everyone on the training gets a free copy of the original 100 First Foods list! The list has ideas for fruits, vegetables, starches, proteins, and potential allergens for you to try with your baby.

If you try new foods with your baby let me know! You can tag me on Instagram @babyledweanteam

CPR COURSE

CPR skills save babies’ lives. BLW does not increase choking risk but knowing CPR can save your baby’s life in the event of choking. SIGN UP for the CPR Course at THRIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE you can get $10 off with my affiliate discount code KATIE10.

FOOD ALLERGY COURSE

Learn how to safely introduce the BIG 9 allergenic foods to your baby by taking the food allergy introduction mini-course that I co-teach with pediatrician Dr. Ron Sunog. My course includes recipes that contain each allergenic food that you can prepare for baby-led weaning AND a bonus feeding guide.

This is a step-by-step digital program to safely introduce your baby to the Big 8 allergenic foods (+ sesame). Wtih this program you will be able to:

• …safely introduce your baby to each of the allergenic food

• …recognize the signs of a true allergic reaction

• …bypass expensive suplements and powders

• …make all of the recipes

• …raise an independent eater

GAGGING VIDEOS

Gagging is a necessary and natural part of learning how to eat and is different from choking. It may not be comfortable to watch, but it is part of the learning process and once baby is 6 months of age and presented with age appropriate texture foods, your baby will be able to handle it, even if he or she does not have teeth!

To view more gagging videos on Instagram search #gusandhannahgag

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• Grab my free download called 10 EASY STARTER FOODS FOR BABY-LED WEANING - sometimes just getting the confidence to get going will help you realize your baby CAN and WANTS to do this self-feeding thing! < < CLICK HERE FOR THE 10 STARTER FOODS DOWNLOAD > >

• REGISTER for my free online workshop BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: How to get your baby to try 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches. Everyone on the workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list so you’ll know exactly what foods babies CAN eat when they’re ready for BLW! Register for this week’s workshop times here.