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Baby-led weaning does not mean skipping purees. In this episode I’ll help you bridge your baby’s transition from an infant milk liquid diet to soft solid strips of food using my unique Purees for a Few Days™ approach to starting solid foods with baby-led weaning.

 💡Listen to this episode to learn

1. Why combo feeding finger foods + adult-led spoon feeding is not baby-led weaning

2. How you can honor the self-feeding principles of baby-led weaning and still do purees

3. How to safely sequence 3 textures of the same food in one meal for early eaters

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• The ezpz Tiny Spoon is my favorite utensil for baby-led weaning. Use the affiliate discount code BABYLED to get 15% off all ezpz feeding gear and shop the ezpz Tiny Spoon here.

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• 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 64 - How to Pre-Load A BLW Spoon Self-Feeding Technique with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

• Episode 109 - I Started Purees Too Early: Should I Stop Before Switching to BLW?

• Episode 200 - Combo Feeding: Can I Do BLW + Traditional Spoon-Feeding Together? with Gill Rapley, PhD

• Episode 236 - Positive Tilt: Get Permission from Your Baby with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA

🔎 Resources & Research

• Brown A. (2018). No difference in self-reported frequency of choking between infants introduced to solid foods using a baby-led weaning or traditional spoon-feeding approach. Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association, 31(4), 496–504. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12528

• Cameron, S. L., Taylor, R. W., & Heath, A. L. (2015). Development and pilot testing of Baby-Led Introduction to SolidS--a version of Baby-Led Weaning modified to address concerns about iron deficiency, growth faltering and choking. BMC pediatrics, 15, 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0422-8 

• Cameron, S. L., Taylor, R. W., & Heath, A. L. (2013). Parent-led or baby-led? Associations between complementary feeding practices and health-related behaviours in a survey of New Zealand families. BMJ open, 3(12), e003946. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003946 

• Fangupo, L. J., Heath, A. M., Williams, S. M., Erickson Williams, L. W., Morison, B. J., Fleming, E. A., Taylor, B. J., Wheeler, B. J., & Taylor, R. W. (2016). A Baby-Led Approach to Eating Solids and Risk of Choking. Pediatrics, 138(4), e20160772. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-0772

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