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#248: Does your baby have a preference for sweet foods? What flavors of foods are best to offer baby? In this episode we are exploring how babies develop taste and flavor preferences during infancy with Erin Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP. Dr. Ross is a neonatal feeding and pediatric feeding development expert who developed the SOFFI method: Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants.

Shownotes for this episode with podcast transcript are at: https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/248

In this episode you will learn:

• How babies develop flavor preferences beginning in utero

• Feeding concerns that premature babies may experience

• Recommendations for transitioning older infants off of the bottle

Other BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast episodes mentioned:

• Ep 119 Premature Babies: How to Estimate & Adjust Age for Starting Solids 

• Ep 110 Catch-Up Weight: Why Starting Solids Early Will Not Help Your Baby Gain Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD 

• Ep 158 How Premature Babies Can Succeed with BLW with @doctorterrimd Terri Major-Kincade, MD

Guest Resources - Erin Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP

• www.feedingfundamentals.com

• Instagram @soffimethod

Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

Follow Katie Ferraro @babyledweanteam on Instagram

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/248

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SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

• Why babies do not need to eat bland food…and how infants’ taste experiences actually begin in utero

• Opportunities for exposing babies safely to less familiar tastes like bitter and sour foods

• How many times infants need to be offered a food before they like or accept it plus recommendations for transitioning older infants off of the bottle 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Erin Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP is a neonatal feeding and pediatric feeding development expert who developed the SOFFI method: Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants.

Her website is located here: www.feedingfundamentals.com and you can follow Dr. Ross on Instagram @soffimethod

LINKS from episode

• Ep 119 Premature Babies: How to Estimate & Adjust Age for Starting Solids 

• Ep 110 Catch-Up Weight: Why Starting Solids Early Will Not Help Your Baby Gain Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD 

• Ep 158 How Premature Babies Can Succeed with BLW with @doctorterrimd Terri Major-Kincade, MD

TRANSCRIPT OF EPISODE

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