What To Do if Your Baby Plays with Food with @kid.food.explorers Dani Lebovitz, MS, RDN

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How do you stop your baby from playing with food or throwing food on the floor? Dietitian Dani Lebovitz from @kid.food.explorers joins me to discuss raising adventurous eaters…and why letting your baby drop food on the floor is actually a good thing!

Check out Dani’s books on Amazon (affiliate links):

• Becoming a Food Explorer https://amzn.to/3TahFFM 

• Fun with Food https://amzn.to/3cQKOCa

• Where does broccoli come from?https://amzn.to/3FfjJo1

• Where do bananas from from? https://amzn.to/3E6150s

• 101 Descriptive Words for Food https://amzn.to/3dUw5FN

• Let’s Play with Our Food Activity Book https://amzn.to/3ykPefM

Follow Dani on Amazon @kid.food.explorers 

Shownotes for this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/412 

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Other podcast episodes related to this topic:

• Episode 73 - HELP! My Baby Has NO Interest in Food at First

• Episode 358 - My Baby is Dropping Food: What Do I Do?

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SUMMARY OF EPISODE

Listen to this episode to learn:

• Why babies play with and drop and throw food…and how to react when they do

• How to use food based education to help your baby become an adventurous eater

ABOUT THE GUEST

• Arielle “Dani” Lebovitz is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and founder of Kid Food Explorers

• She is a children’s book author and empowers families to be confident, adventurous eaters

• Dani has created a unique food-based nutrition education curriculum to foster food competence

OTHER EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Episode 73 - HELP! My Baby Has NO Interest in Food at First

• Episode 358 - My Baby is Dropping Food: What Do I Do?

LINKS FROM EPISODE

• Check out Dani from @kid.food.explorers books (these are affiliate links):

• Becoming a Food Explorer https://amzn.to/3TahFFM 

• Fun with Food https://amzn.to/3cQKOCa

• Where does broccoli come from?https://amzn.to/3FfjJo1

• Where do bananas from from? https://amzn.to/3E6150s

• 101 Descriptive Words for Food https://amzn.to/3dUw5FN

• Let’s Play with Our Food Activity Book https://amzn.to/3ykPefM

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