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Worried that your baby’s grandparents may never be on-board with baby-led weaning? You’re a grandparent feeling anxious that your grandchild is skipping purees? In this episode, I am joined by two grandmas who will share their personal experiences with baby-led weaning their grandchildren and what convinced them to jump on the BLW wagon.

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SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode, well be talking about:

• Stories of two grandmothers who are currently on board with baby-led weaning and willing to share what they have learned along the way

• Ways to minimize the mess and ideas on how you can prepare meals during the transition to solid food.

• Tips for parents who are talking to the grandparents or in-laws who are resistant to the idea of baby-led weaning.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Grandma Terry Jahnke

• She has an 11 month old granddaughter, Hannah, who is doing baby led weaning.

• Grandma Terry took my Self Feeding Baby course.

• She helps watch Hannah during the week so she has been very involved in offering the foods that are included in my 100 FIRST FOODS LIST.

• According to Grandma Terry, Hannah eats practically everything that she is offered and she has never been offered commercial food.

Grandma Peggy McGrath

• She lives in Canada and has a 7 month old granddaughter, Lexi, who is loving baby-led weaning.

• Grandma Peggy found baby-led weaning a bit odd at first but decided to join the Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners course and is now fully on-board the baby-led weaning process.

• She is very surprised at how much her grandaughter Lexi eats.

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Other podcast episodes mentioned:

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

• For more info about getting other family stakeholders on board check out this previous Episode 22 - “Grandparents, Spouses & Partners: Getting Others on Board with BLW”

Check out blog post: 

• 10 Trader Joes Foods to Buy for Baby-Led Weaning

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• the ezpz tiny spoon at ezpzfun.com and use code KATIE10 for 10% off

BLW FOR BEGINNERS WORKSHOP

SIGN UP 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

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