Daycare: How Can I Get Caregivers on Board with Baby-Led Weaning
- How to talk to caregivers and family members who help feed your baby about baby-led weaning...even if they haven't been entirely on board with this approach to begin with
- How to demonstrate the safe way you want your baby to be fed...without hurting anyone's feelings or coming across as preachy!
- How to address objections to baby-led weaning and how you can succeed with this approach to feeding your baby even if you work or have someone else helping you
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In this episode, I’m covering:
How to talk to caregivers and family members who help feed your baby about baby-led weaning...even if they haven’t been entirely on board with this approach to begin with
How to demonstrate the safe way you want your baby to be fed...without hurting anyone’s feelings or coming across as preachy!
How to address objections to baby-led weaning and how you can succeed with this approach to feeding your baby even if you work or have someone else helping you
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Having basic CPR skills is essential for you and anyone who helps feed your baby. This is the online CPR course I take and recommend from Thrive Training Institute. You can have your babysitter, nanny, family member, partner also watch to know basic CPR in the event your baby does have a choking hazard.
If you are sending your baby to daycare, you not only need to send BLW foods but also a few pieces of gear to help promote independent feeding. I use and recommend the silicone suction feeding gear from ezpz; get 10% off with code KATIE10.
Yes, BLW is messy - and our goal is not to prevent the mess, but we can take steps to minimize it. Caregivers appreciate when you send your baby with full coverage bibs and splash mats; I use and recommend the Bapron Baby bapron bibs and splash mats for minimizing mess at mealtime; get 10% off with code KATIE10.
In this episode I mention some great positive language my friend and colleague Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP uses to help inform caregivers, friends and families about your decision to do baby-led weaning. Check out more of Ms. Dawn’s content (she is also the feeding expert for ezpz and the desiger of their cups & utensils) on her website here.
BLW + Daycare: Download Free Feeding Guide
Your childcare provider can and should be an integral part of your baby’s safe transition to solid foods. In this feeding guide you will find 10 actionable tips on how to become a baby-led weaning advocate at your baby’s daycare or with your childcare provider.
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WANT MORE BLW INFO?!
I mentioned 2 additional podcast episodes in this episode about daycare that may help you explain BLW concepts to caregivers, or that you might want your caregiver to listen to also:
SUBSCRIBE to the Baby-Led Weaning Made Easy Podcast here - new episodes are released on Monday and Thursday and subscribing means you’ll never miss what’s new (+ you’ll get notified about special bonus episodes too!)
FOLLOW Katie’s baby-led weaning Instagram page @babyledweanteam for daily video trainings - lots of great ideas about talking to other people in your tribe about BLW & bringing them (nicely) on board with you!
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 now that you know the other 91 low risk foods your baby can safely eat - plus some tips for introducing those important allergenic foods
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