Podcast

Healthy Bottle Feeding: How to Be Responsive with Alison Ventura, PhD

In this episode we're talking about:

HOW to read baby's cues and follow their lead…even when you're tempted to pressure feed
WHY we need to step back and support our baby's autonomy as they learn to self-feed
WHAT emotional support at mealtimes looks like…it's easier to do than you think!

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE

What is responsive bottle feeding? How can you be a more responsive bottle feeder with your baby and how does that impact infant health and development? My guest is Alison Ventura, PhD a researcher who studies responsive bottle feeding and who will be sharing some easy tips for implementing responsive feeding throughout infancy, whether that’s breastfeeding, bottle feeding or when you start solid foods.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

HOW to read baby’s cues and follow their lead…even when you’re tempted to pressure feed
WHY we need to step back and support our baby’s autonomy as they learn to self-feed
WHAT emotional support at mealtimes looks like…it’s easier to do than you think!

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr. Alison Ventura is a PhD researcher at CalPoly San Luis Obispo who runs the Healthy Kids Lab

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Dr. Ventura’s lab’s responsive bottle feeding page is here: https://healthykids.calpoly.edu/ResponsiveBottleFeeding
Healthy Kids lab YouTube video showing responsive bottle feeding is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnPGJKdPUw
Dr. Ventura’s personal website linking to her responsive feeding book is here: https://www.alisonkventura.com/
Promoting Responsive Bottle Feeding within WIC article (JAND) is here: https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(21)00304-X/fulltext

TRANSCRIPT OF EPISODE

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