Feeding Schedules: How Often Should I Feed My Baby?

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<v SPEAKER_1>So, which foods are not safe for your baby to eat?

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<v SPEAKER_1>You guys know I'm usually all about sharing all of the foods that your baby can safely eat, but there are definitely some foods that we steer clear of when starting solid foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I have a free feeding guide called 15 Foods Never to Feed that will help you recognize which foods aren't safe.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Now, most of the foods inside the 15 Foods Never to Feed Guide we avoid because they're choking hazards, but I'm providing you with tips on how to modify those foods so they are safe for your baby to eat.

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<v SPEAKER_1>You can download the 15 Foods Never to Feed Free Feeding Guide by going to babyledweening.co.

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<v SPEAKER_1>slash resources.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Again, that's babyledweening.co.

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<v SPEAKER_1>slash resources to download your free feeding guide, 15 Foods Never to Feed with the modification tips on how to make those foods safer.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Happy feeding.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Are you about to start solid foods, but you don't know where to start?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Or maybe you started with some purees and now you want to make a switch.

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<v SPEAKER_1>The best place to get started learning about starting solid foods safely is my one hour online video workshop called Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I just re-recorded this free training and it's packed with videos and visuals on how to safely prep baby-led weaning foods, what it looks like for the first few days, how to reduce choking risk, and what to do if your baby has an allergic reaction to food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Everybody on this free training gets a copy of my original 100 First Foods List, so you'll never run out of ideas about what to feed your baby next.

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<v SPEAKER_1>You can get signed up for this video workshop at babyledweaning.co.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you have one hour to dedicate to learning about baby-led weaning, come take this free online video training and grab your copy of that original 100 First Foods List while you're there.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Again, head to babyledweaning.co to get signed up, and I hope to see you there.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Very early on, when you start solid foods in phase one, those first eight weeks of Baby-Led Weaning, you're doing the breastfeeding or the bottle feeding, that infant milk your baby is getting prior to the solid foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, and that's in order to help your baby feel comforted and calm and full enough to be able to start participating at meal times, because they weren't starving.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But as you transition into phase two, the second eight weeks, your baby's more proficient at self-feeding.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, or they're going to be really soon, if it hasn't happened yet.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We're going to switch things up here, and this is where we move the milk feeds behind the solid food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And this, ideally, is what your schedule will start to look like.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Hey there, I'm Katie Ferraro, Registered Dietitian, College Nutrition Professor, and mom of seven, specializing in Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Here on the Baby-Led Weaning With Katie Ferraro podcast, I help you strip out all of the noise and nonsense about feeding, giving you the confidence and knowledge you need to give your baby a safe start to solid foods using Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>How often should babies eat solid foods?

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<v SPEAKER_1>And when do you fit the solid food in?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Do you do it before their milk feed?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Do you do it after breastfeeding?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Do you do it in the middle of a bottle?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Are they full?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Are they hungry?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Finding a schedule for starting solid foods can be tricky.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But in this episode, I want to share my exact feeding schedule for babies in three different ages and phases of Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So today we'll cover how to schedule solid foods so that most of your baby's nutrition can be coming from food by age one.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I'll talk about how often you can be offering solid foods in phase one, which is the first eight weeks of Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>That's generally for six and seven month olds.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We'll contrast that with how the schedule changes in phase two, which is the second eight weeks when your baby is eight or nine months of age.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And then as we start phase three, which generally begins around the ten month mark, we'll look at how the schedule changes once again.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And lastly, I'll cover when to move your baby's milk feeds behind solid foods, because, spoiler alert, it's a little bit sooner than you'd think.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I like to start each of these solo Baby-Led Weaning training episodes with a Baby-Led Weaning tip of the day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And today's tip is a general rule of thumb for how often to offer solid foods, is that in phase one, so again, the first eight weeks when your baby is six and seven months of age, try to do solid foods one to two times per day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>As you move into phase two, which is the second eight weeks of Baby-Led Weaning when your baby is usually eight or nine months of age, bump that up to two to three times per day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And then in phase three, from the period starting a little bit after your baby turns ten months of age, we like to see babies eating three times per day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And we're moving your baby towards a goal here that when they turn one year of age, a hundred percent of their nutrition can be coming from food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And hang tight, because in this episode, I'll share the exact solid food feeding schedule that I teach in phase one, phase two, and phase three of Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I've excerpted these parts from my full online program, which is called Baby-Led Weaning With Katie Ferraro.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you like to learn what food your babies can eat, when you offer them, and how to prepare them safely, that's all inside of the program, which you can check it out at babyledweaning.co.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I also have 100 First Foods Daily Meal Plan in there.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So if you want 20 full weeks of Baby-Led Weaning Meal Plans that are already done for you, it's all inside that program at babyledweaning.co.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So I want to tell you a quick story about a mom who recently joined our program.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So when parents join the program, there's a quick survey that I ask them to fill out to give me some more detail and information about their baby so I can get a better picture of what we're dealing with.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Is there any medical history or is there intolerances?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Did you struggle with breastfeeding?

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<v SPEAKER_1>So this mom came to the program saying that she'd actually tried two different programs previously.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So one had complicated food prep that was just like way over the top, and she's like, this is not realistic, and I totally feel her.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Another program was so overwhelming that the mom said she had no clear place to start.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So she was getting a little bit of a late start in her opinion.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Her baby was eight months of age and had never tried anything other than purees.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And she did the program for a few days.

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<v SPEAKER_1>She started following my feeding schedule, and already a few days in, her baby finally started showing interest in food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And she said she'd failed with these other two programs.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And so she quoted, she said, our son had not had any interest in baby-led weaning or starting solid foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>He just loves his bottle.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We tried and failed with other programs.

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<v SPEAKER_1>One of them, the food preparation was way too complicated.

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<v SPEAKER_1>The other one was an app.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We were so overwhelming, I didn't know where to start.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But since starting your program, we've made immense strides, and now he is finally showing interest, and we're weaning off of the formula.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And I love to hear this because that's baby-led weaning in action, right?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby gradually getting more nutrition from food, gradually getting less nutrition from infant milk.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But babies don't wake up on their first birthday and magically know how to eat a hundred different foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And that's why I put the whole hundred first foods approach together to help parents have a plan.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And so, as you move through the hundred different foods, your baby is going to get more proficient at eating.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But how often you eat and how much to feed, those are the little nuances that change.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So I want to share just real high level what the feeding schedule is from my program for Phase I, from Phase II, and Phase III.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So when we're starting out in Phase I of baby-led weaning, here's a typical solid food feeding schedule that will work for a six-month-old.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So your baby wakes up and has their infant milk.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Do your regular nursing session or bottle feed, and pretend like everything is normal.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Play the baby, digest that food, give it at least an hour rest if you bottle feed, and then attempt some solid foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Most babies can sit in their high chair for about 20 minutes for a feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby might not be there yet, but work towards it.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It's a good goal to work towards.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And then after the meal, and heads up, your baby is not going to eat very much early on.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Do your thing until nap time.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If that usually includes nursing or having another bottle, go for it.

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<v SPEAKER_1>After nap one, if that's in the morning, you can attempt meal two, or if you're not up for that yet, do your regular infant milk feed, your playtime, and then go down for nap two.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, we wake up, have a regular infant milk, and if you didn't do solid food meal number two yet, and some of you might not be up for a second one, but if you are, do that about an hour or so after you do the bottle feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I keep mentioning this hour after a bottle feed for babies who are particularly, have a very sensitive gag reflex, or if your baby's vomiting when they're gagging, you do want to build in about an hour pad between the end of the milk feed and the start of the solid food feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>A little bit of vomiting is typical when you start solid foods, but if your baby's vomiting like every single meal, that's not ideal.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We'll start to have food aversions and negative associations with food and feeding, and we don't want that.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So I want you to play, and I want you to go back down for nap three if there is such a thing.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Do your infant milk, and then if you haven't done the second meal, you can try that after the third nap.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But here's a key.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We just don't do any potentially allergenic foods less than two hours before bedtime at nighttime.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And that's because if your baby is going to have an allergic reaction to food, the vast majority of reactions will occur within minutes and up to no more than two hours following ingestion.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So you don't want to do a new food and put your baby right to bed because you do need to observe them for about two hours.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So to summarize that, a typical six-month schedule might look like this.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, after waking up in the morning or after your baby naps, find one to two times each day where you can fit solid foods in about an hour after a bottle feed, or if your baby is nursing, your baby is snacking if they're nursing, so they don't really need that pad, right?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Because breastfed babies are going to consume, volume-wise, less at each feed than a bottle-fed baby is.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So the schedule can look like this, and this is kind of like a bulleted outline.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Wake up in the morning, do your infant milk feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>That's a bottle, wait an hour, do solid food meal number one.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Play, go down for the first nap, wake up, infant milk feed, wait an hour, do solid food meal number two.

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<v SPEAKER_1>That's optional.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Play, nap two, infant milk feed, wait an hour.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you didn't do the second meal and you're up for it, do that after that, play, take a nap, wake up, do the infant milk feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, you can just put this second meal, if you want to do the second one, after the second or the third nap, depending upon what works for your schedule.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Some days you might be up for doing two meals at six and seven months of age, and some days you may not.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But you play, you do your regular bedtime milk feed and your regular bedtime.

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<v SPEAKER_1>The kicker for phase one of Baby-Led Weaning, those first eight weeks, is you do not have to alter your milk schedule, so your infant milk schedule, or your nap schedule.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby is eating so little, hardly anything, that you don't need to change that nap or that milk schedule.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Hey, we're going to take a quick break, but I'll be right back.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Now in the second phase of Baby-Led Weaning, how do things change?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Well, the second phase is the second eight weeks of Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby is now eight, nine months of age.

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<v SPEAKER_1>You're starting to get more comfortable.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We're going to move into the trickier textures and the combination foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>In phase one, which I just mentioned, you were breastfeeding or bottle feeding your baby before the meals because we wanted the baby to feel comforted and calm and full enough to be able to participate at meal times because we don't want them to be starving.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Now, as you move into phase two, your baby's got a little more proficient at self-feeding.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And they're going to get proficient really soon if that hasn't happened yet.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We're going to start switching things up by moving that milk feed behind the meals.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So ideally, the schedule is going to look like this.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Wake up in the morning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>The baby will eat breakfast.

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<v SPEAKER_1>You notice that?

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<v SPEAKER_1>There's no milk feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, you can take that baby in phase two right to the table for solid food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We then practice drinking out of the open cup for five minutes after breakfast, play or take a break, do a breast or bottle feeding session if needed, and then go down for the first nap.

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<v SPEAKER_1>The baby wakes up, eats lunch, again, starting with solid foods after the nap or after waking up.

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<v SPEAKER_1>After lunch, drink out of the open cup for five minutes, play, take a break, then breastfeed or bottle feed if needed, and then go down for the second nap.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, wake up, eat dinner.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Okay, if you are already on three meals a day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Some families are like, hey, in phase two, I'm cool with two meals a day, but somewhere in phase two, we generally bump it towards three meals a day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So you can do that dinner if the family wants to eat together or your baby's finally, by that point, they're going to be able to eat some modified foods that you guys are eating, and you're going to be having a lot more fun with this, so you're going to want them to eat some of the same foods you're doing.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We drink out of the open cup for five minutes, practice after dinner, play, do your bedtime routine, do your bedtime bottle or your breastfeeding session, and then bedtime.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So do you see how in phase two, the milk kind of starts becoming an afterthought?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Infant milk is still important, but we're giving your baby the opportunity to start learning how to fill up on food at meal time, and then we're satisfying thirst with the open cup practice after meals.

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<v SPEAKER_1>This leads to a natural tapering of infant milk intake.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Usually we're going to get you down to about three milk feeds per day, somewhere in phase two of Baby-Led Weaning.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby might be doing more frequent feeds, and that's fine.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It's just helpful to jumpstart interest in food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I have a separate episode all about how to drop a milk feed that I'll link.

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<v SPEAKER_1>There's also a lot of videos inside of our program about how to schedule that, because transitioning that milk feed out, and those milk feeds out as you taper the milk, can be a little bit challenging for parents.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So I'll link to that in the episode description as well.

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<v SPEAKER_1>When you move to phase three, which is after you've been doing solid foods for about two months, you are going to feel so confident.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby's around 10 months of age, you're eating three times a day, there's going to be less milk, there's more meals, and your baby's eating pattern starts to almost mimic your own.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If your family eats three times a day, you're working your baby towards that.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So in phase three of Baby-Led Weaning, at this point babies are generally having two naps and three solid food meals a day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So your schedule might look like this.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Wake up in the morning, the baby eats breakfast.

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<v SPEAKER_1>You do the open cup practice after breakfast for five minutes.

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<v SPEAKER_1>That's with breast milk or formula.

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<v SPEAKER_1>For older babies, it's safer to move on to thinner liquids like water.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So maybe you're doing that as well.

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<v SPEAKER_1>You play, take a break, breast or bottle feed if needed, and the baby will go down for that first nap.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Then the baby wakes up and eats lunch.

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<v SPEAKER_1>After lunch, do the open cup for five minutes.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Play or take a break, breastfeed or bottle feed if needed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Then the baby goes down for the second nap.

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<v SPEAKER_1>By this point, families are totally loving eating dinner with their baby.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So have dinner together, drink out of the open cup for five minutes after that meal.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We're practicing that open cup, if you've noticed, five minutes after every meal.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Play, do your bedtime routine, and that usually includes a bedtime bottle or a breastfeeding session.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And then do your regular bedtime.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Please note that through all of these schedules, there's no snacks.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Babies don't need snacks.

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<v SPEAKER_1>The infant milk that you're offering in between the solid food feeds serves as your baby's snack that ties them over to the next meal.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you're going to be off your schedule, like if you're going to someone's house and you're not sure when the baby will eat, or you're traveling and you don't have meals prepared, snacks certainly can play a role.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But my strongest recommendation for older babies is that you as the parent strongly try to resist the urge or the temptation to offer snacks to your baby throughout the day.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Your baby's stomach is still very small, and frequent snacks or too much milk will sabotage intake at meal times.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So it's perfectly fine for your older baby to be allowed to feel what I call casual hunger at the start of a meal time.

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<v SPEAKER_1>We're not saying to starve your baby out, but it is perfectly fine.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It's acceptable.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It's even desirable for your baby to feel some hunger when they come to the meal so that they're using that food to make that feeling go away.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So don't starve your baby out, but babies and children thrive on schedules, and I hope the feeding schedules in this episode work for you, whether you're in phase one, phase two, or phase three of starting solid foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So a quick win for you is to write down your current schedule right now.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Where you're at, what time does your baby wake up?

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<v SPEAKER_1>What time are you doing your milk feeds?

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<v SPEAKER_1>What time is your baby napping?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Now, if you're breastfeeding exclusively, you might not be on a very strict schedule.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Some of you are.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Some of you are on like insane schedules.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you're bottle feeding or the baby goes to daycare, the schedule drives your life.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And it's driving your life right now today.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But it's crazy that in a few weeks and months from now, you will like completely forget exactly what your schedule is.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So write it down right now so you can take a look at where the milk feeds are coming.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And as you move into the next phase, whether that's phase one or two or three of starting solid foods, think about where you will incorporate the solid foods.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Remembering that generally in phase two is when we start moving the milk behind the meals and we drop a milk feed.

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<v SPEAKER_1>In phase three, we're moving your baby towards the point where close to 100% of their nutrition will be coming from food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Writing the schedule down and then identifying where your next changes are going to be made can help you transition seamlessly through these different phases so that when your baby turns one, they are getting most of their nutrition from food.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you are looking for an exact schedule to follow for when to start incorporating these foods and how to work them into your schedule and how to wean your baby off of milk, along with instructions and videos and recipes that show you how to make all the foods safely, that's all inside of my program, Baby-Led Weaning With Katie Ferraro.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I've got a hundred first foods daily meal plan there.

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<v SPEAKER_1>If you feel like you're getting a late start and you're like, I just want someone to show me exactly what foods to feed and how to make them safely.

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<v SPEAKER_1>So I don't have to do it.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I did it for you.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It's inside of the program.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Check it out at babyledweaning.co.

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