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What do you do if other people don’t agree with the way you have decided to feed your baby? It can be especially hurtful when you’re feeling judged by other moms about doing baby-led weaning or bypassing traditional spoon-feeding.

In this episode Chriselle Lim is joining me to talk about how to deal when others don’t get why you are choosing to feed your kids a certain way. Chriselle is a stylist and digital content creator in the fashion, family and lifestyle space. Whether you have 1 follower or millions like Chriselle, it still hurts when people criticize your parenting decisions...but there are steps we can take to move past hurtful comments and criticisms that get in our way of raising independent eaters.

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode I’m joined by Chriselle Lim. She’s a stylist and digital influencer with an INSANE number of followers across multiple platforms. She actually describes herself as one of the “OG content creators” - which she definitely was back when she started her now massive YouTube fashion & blogging platforms.

I know Chriselle from Instagram where she has over 1.3 million followers on her personal page. But she has this insane collection of businesses with recent expansion into parenting & the digital learning space, which is how we crossed paths. 

In this episode Chriselle is chatting about:

• How to deal when other moms criticize your feeding choices

• What techniques she employs to move past negative comments

• Why the people you surround yourself with - online and in real-life - affect your outlook and abilities as a parent

LINKS from episode

• Chrisells is the co-founder of a number of Bumo businesses: BÜMO means “parents” in Korean. 

  • Bumoparent: founded in 2019 it is a digital/physical community for parents

  • Bumobrain: Live online classes designed for ages 6 months to 7 years old that offers live instruction that encourages creativity, critical thinking, hands-on learning, and exploration.

  • Bumowork: Offers a well-designed work space and licensed, on-site childcare under one roof. 

• YouTube Channel Catching Up with Chris Link

• Chriselle Lim IG page

• Being Bümo IG page

• Podcast Being Bümo with Chrisele Lim

• TikTok Channel: @chrisellelim 

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• 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.

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