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#260: Did you read any books about baby-led weaning before you started? Gill Rapley is the pioneer of BLW and co-author of the original baby-led weaning book…and Jill Rabin is a speech language pathologist and feeding therapist who adapted BLW for her work with babies with Down Syndrome and feeding challenges. 

Gill and Jill just published a new book about Adapted Baby-Led Weaning called “Your baby Can Self-Feed, Too: Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays or Other Feeding Challenges” and in this interview they’re sharing their experience writing the book together from 2 different parts of the world.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

• What adapted baby-led weaning is and which babies can benefit from this approach

• How Jill Rabin and Gill Rapley wrote their book from 2 different parts of the planet

• Why all babies - including those with Down Syndrome, developmental delays and other feeding challenges deserve the right to learn how to self-feed

ABOUT THE GUEST

• Jill Rabin, MS, CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC is a speech language pathologist and feeding therapist who created the Adapted Baby-Led Weaning approach.

• Gill Rapley, PhD is the pioneer of baby-led weaning and co-author of the original baby-led weaning book.PRODUCT LINKS FROM EPISODE

LINKS FROM EPISODE

• Episode 198 “Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Feeding Challenges with Jill Rabin, MS, CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC”

• Episode 218 “Down Syndrome BLW Success Stories with @ableappetites Sabrina Smiley Evans, MS, CCC-SLP”

• IG @gillrabinablw

• www.jillrabin.com (coming in the fall)

• Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Babies with Feeding Challenges with Chicago Feeding Group link here

• Rapleyweaning.com

To get book:

• Click the link here

• Amazon link here

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