Interviewing my Mom: How She Didn’t Like BLW at First & Why She Changed

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Ever been told by your mom, “Well, you were spoon-fed and you turned out just fine?!” SAME. It took my mom a LONG time to come around to baby-led weaning. 

In this special Mother’s Day episode I’m interviewing my own mom, Mary Clark, RD - aka Granny. We’re chatting about how she introduced solids with me, how that changed for her next 5 kids and what she REALLY thinks about baby-led weaning 20 grandkids later.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you...you are doing a FABULOUS job feeding those babies & keep up the good work. I hope you enjoy this little chat with my mom. 

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode I’m joined by my mom Mary Clark - mom of 7 and a dietitian too...albeit it a very different type of dietitian. 

In this episode my mom - aka Granny - is sharing about:

• How she introduced solids to me when I was a baby 42 years ago...and reminisces about how expensive babies can be and the time she cried at the grocery store 

• Why she initially thought baby-led weaning was “silly”...but how she eventually came around on it and might even now be considered a BLW advocate too

• What she thought about me feeding our babies broccoli (spoiler alert: she freaked) and ideas on how you can talk to your mom or mother-in-law if they’re not into BLW right away either

LINKS FROM EPISODE

• SIGN UP for Katie’s 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 free workshop gets a copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS LIST so you can focus on trying new foods that your baby CAN and WANTS to self-feed (...and what they can drink too!) Sign up for this week’s workshop times here.

TRANSCRIPT OF EPISODE

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• 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.