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What foods do you need to start baby-led weaning? Is there a grocery store list for babies out there? And what about all the baby foods at the store: can I skip them? In this episode, we’re talking about getting ready for the grocery store: how do you stock up smart when you’re starting baby-led weaning and what can you skip? 

I’m taking you aisle-by-aisle through the grocery store, sharing ideas on how to tackle the first week of starting solids and what foods to buy. You do NOT need to spend a lot of money to give your baby a safe start to solid foods. This episode is jam-packed with tips and tricks for mastering grocery shopping when you’re switching to solid foods.

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In this episode, we’re talking about the grocery store, and in particular, how to select the 5 new foods you are feeding your baby each week:

1. 1 new fruit

2. 1 new vegetable

3. 1 new starch

4. 1 new protein food

5. 1 new challenge category food

I’m also walking you around the parts of the store you DON’T need to worry about when it comes to safely feeding your baby!

LINKS from episode

• The peanut butter puffs I mentioned in this episode that I like for BLW and introduction of peanut protein to babies are called Puffworks Baby - you can get 10% off with the code BABYLED and shop.

• You can download my full PANTRY PLANNER FOR BABY-LED WEANING guide that has all of the staple, canned food and other dry ingredient lists to stock your home kitchen with. The free PANTRY PLANNER FOR BABY-LED WEANING is here.

• If you’re looking for store-specific recommendations, I have a full blog post on 10 BABY-LED WEANING FOODS TO BUY FROM Costco, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Sprouts and Wal-Mart. These are all on my blog.

• I mentioned quite a few other episodes I’ve done related to grocery shopping in this episode, I’ll link them all here:

  • Episode 11 - How to Introduce Allergenic Foods to Your Baby

  • There are also allergen-specific episodes available on THE BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast, 1 per each allergenic food:

    • Episode 13 - Milk Protein: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 14 - Peanut: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 15 - Egg: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 29 - Wheat: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 31 - Fish: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 37 - Soy: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 39 - Tree Nuts: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 41 - Shellfish: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

    • Episode 43 - Sesame: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

  • Episode 24 - Water: When to Offer Your Baby Water and How Much

  • Episode 47 - Oatmeal: How Your Baby Can Safely Self-Feed Oatmeal

  • Episode 75 - Canned Foods that CAN Work for Baby-Led Weaning

  • Episode 89 - Freezer Aisle Finds for Baby-Led Weaning

  • Episode 91 - Pantry Planning for Baby-Led Weaning

  • Episode 107 - Corn: How to Offer Corn Safely to Your Baby
    
    
    
    

• The blog post with the 5 GROUND BEEF RECIPES FOR BABY-LED WEANING can be found here

• If you’re looking for a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS LIST for tons more foods your baby can eat before turning 1, I give it away to everyone on my free online workshop called “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. Register for this week’s workshop times here.

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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.