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Contrary to common belief, cutting food into tiny pieces can actually heighten choking risk for early eaters. In this episode, learn why longer, spear-like shapes of soft foods (pinky finger size) are safer for self-feeding and other safe food cuts that reduce choking risk during the introduction of starting solid foods using baby-led weaning.

 💡Listen to this episode to learn

1. Why small pieces of food are NOT safer and actually increase choking risk for early eaters

2. How to prepare foods safely for baby-led weaning so that your baby doesn’t choke 

3. Which foods are best when you are starting baby-led weaning

🔗 Links From this episode

• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program and save $50 when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50 (this program is approved for 30 CPEUs for Registered Dietitians) 

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• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners — free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

📢 Other Episodes Related To This Topic

• Episode 469 - Breaking Off a Small Bite: Is This a Choking Risk?

   

• Episode 386 - Pincer Grasp: When Can My Baby Pick Up Smaller Pieces of Food? with Rachel Harrington, COTA/L, AC

🔎 Resources & Research

• Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention (2010). Prevention of choking among children. Pediatrics, 125(3), 601–607. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-2862

   

• Harris, C S et al. “Childhood asphyxiation by food. A national analysis and overview.” JAMA vol. 251,17 (1984): 2231-5.

   

• Rimell, F. L., Thome, A., Jr, Stool, S., Reilly, J. S., Rider, G., Stool, D., & Wilson, C. L. (1995). Characteristics of objects that cause choking in children. JAMA, 274(22), 1763–1766

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