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7 Real Life Stories of Babies Choking on Food

Your baby choking on food is a real - but rare risk. Educating yourself about reducing choking risk can help prevent your baby from choking on food.

10 Trader Joe's Foods to Buy for Baby-Led Weaning

This is not a “first 10 foods” or the only 10 foods you could purchase at Trader Joe’s, by any means! It is simply a list of 10 foods from TJ’s that you might NOT have thought your baby can eat.

5 Easy Ways to Celebrate Baby-Led Weaning

July 1 is officially National Baby-Led Weaning Day and here is how you can celebrate with your self-feeding baby.

What is the 100 First Foods Approach to Baby-Led Weaning?

Babies can eat so many more foods than we give them credit for! Learn how to help your baby safely eat 100 foods before turning one using baby-led weaning.

How Do I Know If My Baby is Ready to Start Solid Foods?

Babies are ready to start learning how to eat solid foods somewhere around the 6 month mark.

What is Baby-Led Weaning?

What is baby-led weaning and does it work? In this article I’ll answer common questions about starting solid foods using baby-led weaning so you can decide whether or not this approach is for you.

Don't Feed Off the Tray: 5 Benefits of Using a Suction Mat or Bowl

It might be tempting to plop your baby’s food right on the table or the high chair tray…but offering food out of a suction mat or bowl helps promote independent eating from your baby’s first bites.

Baby Feeding Gift Guide

Whether you buy your baby holiday gifts or not, this is definitely the time of year to stock up on feeding gear!

Podcasts

How to Make the Ikea Antilop High Chair Safer with @yeahbabygoods Katie Kruithof
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Are 360 Cups Ok? with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
6 Words I Never Say When Babies are Starting Solid Foods
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Is My Baby Eating Too Much Solid Food Too Early?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
How Heavy Metal Levels in Baby Food Have & Haven't Changed in 5 Years with @consumerreports James E. Rogers, PhD
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Tree nuts: do I have to offer all of them or is one enough?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Bananas are Bad for Babies...and Other Historical Infant Feeding Practices with Jennifer Traig
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
3 Reasons to Ditch the High Chair Tray...and 1 Reason Not to
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Feeding Schedules: How Often Should I Feed My Baby?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
LifeVac: Do Choking Rescue Devices Work? with Brandon Doerksen
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Everything You Need to Know About Baby-Led Weaning: A Safe Approach to Starting Solid Foods
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Food Before One is Just for Fun: True or False?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Is My Baby Developmentally Ready to Start Solid Foods? with Amy Manojlovski, RDN
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
10 Easy Starter Foods for Baby-Led Weaning
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
4 Surprising Things About this Podcast...Looking Back at 400 Episodes
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
How This Tube Fed Baby Also Safely Started Solid Foods with @walkietalkieeats Brooke Tibbett
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
10 Easy Starter Foods for Baby-Led Weaning
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Does the Order of Allergenic Food Introduction Matter?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
What To Do if Your Baby Plays with Food with @kid.food.explorers Dani Lebovitz, MS, RDN
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Vomit: What if My Baby Vomits when Eating?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
What if My Baby Vomits when Eating?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Storing Breastmilk Safely with Lara Vu, MPH, CLES @milaskeeper
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Feeding Schedules: How Often Should I Feed My Baby?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Hard Facts on Soft Yolks: Are Runny Egg Yolks OK for Babies?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Meat: How to Prepare Meat Safely for Baby-Led Weaning
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Are Produce Washes Helpful or Hogwash for Food Safety?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Condiments And Baby-Led Weaning: Do They Mix?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Are Deli Meats Safe for My Baby to Eat?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Is My Baby Neurodivergent? with @on.the.hard.days Megan Champion
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Waking Up at Night Again: Is My Baby Too Hungry After Starting Solid Foods?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Podcast Episode: #455- Meat: How to Prepare Meat Safely for Baby-Led Weaning
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Daycare: How Can I Get Caregivers on Board with Baby-Led Weaning
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Is this Picky Eating or ARFID? with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Airplane Snacks: Portable travel food ideas that won't stink up the plane
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Infant Food Refusal: Is it Reflux or EoE (Eosinophilic Esophagitis)? with Antonella Cianferoni, MD, PhD
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Empowering Black and African American Breastfeeding Families with @cinnamoms_ Toncé Jackson, EdD, MPH, RDN, CLE
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Why am I So Stressed Out About Starting Solid Foods? with Andrea Niles, PhD
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Daycare: How Can I Get Caregivers on Board with Baby-Led Weaning
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Everything You Need to Know About FOOD ALLERGIES *Update* (Nutrition Labels, Research & Sesame) with Bob Earl, MPH, RDN
What is Baby-Led Weaning?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Egg: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Baby Tooth Brushing and Oral Care with @firstgrin Ashley Lerman, DDS
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Does My Baby Need a Multivitamin?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Why You Shouldn't Brush Your Baby's Teeth with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
The Making of a Documentary About Starting Solid Foods with @asolid6months Paulina Lagudi
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Help Your Baby Learn to Sit Independently with Emma Hubbard, Pediatric OT
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Egg: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
You Can't Make Your Baby Eat with Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLC
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
7 Reasons Why You Should Look in Your Baby's Mouth with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Montessori Weaning Table Explained by Jeanne-Marie Paynel, MEd
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
How to Brush Your Baby's Teeth with @firstgrin Ashley Lerman, DDS
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Planning for Your Next Pregnancy with Emily Oster, PhD
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Can My Baby Start Solid Foods Before 6 Months?
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Cow's Milk Protein: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Are Purees Making Our Babies Jaws Weak? with Nicole Goldfarb, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
The Future of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 2)
Peanut: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
15 Foods Never to Feed Your Baby
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Baby’s Food with Consumer Reports' James E. Rogers, PhD
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Donor Milk: How Donating and Receiving Breastmilk Helped These Moms
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
How to Introduce Allergenic Foods to Your Baby
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
5 Starting Solid Food Mistakes Most Parents Make...and How You Can Avoid Them
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Why You Don’t Need to Wait 3-5 Days Between Offering New Foods to Your Baby
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Straw Cup vs. Open Cup: Which Comes First? with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN
Salt: 3 Easy Ways to Minimize Sodium for Your Baby
Pumpkin: 5 Easy Ways Your Baby Can Safely Eat Pumpkin
HELP! My Baby Has NO Interest in Food at First
Constipation from New Foods: What to do for Your Baby
How to Create a Pressure-Free Feeding Environment with Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD-S
Goat Milk, Gut Health and Skin Symptoms with Annie Salsberg, MSc (cand) ND
6 Reasons to Skip the Sippy Cup with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Temperature: Should I Serve My Baby's Food Hot, Cold, Room Temp...Does it Matter?
How to Flavor, Season & Spice Your Baby's Food with Kanchan Koya, PhD
Just Starting Baby-Led Weaning? Ask Me Anything...
Honey: Why Honey is Dangerous for Babies
Chopped: BLW Edition Part 1
Healthy Baby Food in Nigeria with Latifat Okara
Overstuffing: What If My Baby Takes Big Bites? with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Schedule for First 5 Days of Baby-Led Weaning
Is it Too Late to Start Baby-Led Weaning?
Post-Partum Depression: How a BLW Plan Helped This Mom
Daycare: How To Be An Advocate for Baby-Led Weaning with Poppy Duhnke
How to Drop a Milk Feed
A History of the 100 First Foods Approach to Baby-Led Weaning
Eggs: 7 Easy Ways to Safely Feed Your Baby Eggs
100 First Foods Graduates
Snacks: Why Early Eaters Don't Need Snacks
Wheat: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Fish: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Baby Behavior at Mealtimes: What the Science Says with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
How to Pre-Load a BLW Spoon: Self-Feeding Technique with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Oatmeal: How to Feed This Food Safely to Your Baby
Soy: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
Parents in Eating Disorder Recovery: What to Know Before You Feed Your Baby with Grace Wong, MS, RD
Dog Meets Baby: BLW Do's + Don'ts for the Whole (Furry) Family with Alexandra Parry, DVM
Sesame: How to Introduce your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
How to Balance Your Baby's BLW Plate
Car Seat Safety and Feeding Considerations with The Car Seat Lady Alisa Baer, MD
Breastfeeding + BLW: How to Succeed at Both Simultaneously
Sugar and Why Your Baby Should Avoid it with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL

Products

Feeding Gear
ezpz Oral Development Tools

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ezpz Tiny Pops

The best popsicle mold for infants. A ½ ounce portion for making breastmilk or formula pops in the pre-feeding phase at 4-5 months of age.

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ezpz First Foods Set

Best gift set for starting solid foods at 6 months of age. Contains one ezpz Tiny Bowl (5 oz), 2-pack of Tiny Spoons and a Tiny Cup (2 oz).

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ezpz Tiny Spoons

This is the first and best baby-led weaning spoon. Small spoon bowl size and short, fat, round handle promotes self-feeding from 6 months of age on.

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ezpz Tiny Cup

Your baby can start learning to drink from an open cup at 6 months of age. This award-winning open cup is perfectly sized for small hands at 2 oz.

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ezpz Tiny Bowl

This 5 oz suction bowl is perfect for offering 1 new food each day. Start using at 6 months of age + when your baby is showing the other signs of readiness to eat.

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ezpz Mini Mat

This 3-compartment silicone suction mat is perfectly portioned for early eaters starting at 6 months. Reminds you to reintroduce familiar foods along with each day’s new food.

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ezpz Baby-Led Toothbrush

The Baby-Led™ Toothbrush is a toothbrush designed for baby-led oral care, which encourages healthy oral habits.

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ezpz Sensory Tongue Depressor (2-Pack)

The Sensory Tongue Depressor helps parents to examine children's mouths. With the tongue depressor parents can check for emerging teeth, leftover food in the mouth or sore throat.

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ezpz Mini Mat + Bapron Bib

The original ezpz silicone suction mat bundled with the perfect bib for baby-led weaning called a Bapron bib. Use this set for babies aged 6 months+.

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ezpz Mini Cup + Straw System

Skip the sippy cup. Use the ezpz Mini Cup (4 oz) + Straw System starting around 9 months or after your baby has open cup mastery.

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ezpz Mini Bowl

This 8 oz suction bowl is great for finger foods shaped about the size of your adult pinky finger. Start using this bowl at 6 months of age.

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ezpz Tiny Placemat

Game changer for taking your baby to a restaurant. This silicone suction placemat has a lip that promotes self-feeding. Rolls up for easy transfer for feeding on the go.

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Bibs and Splash Mats
Bapron Baby Bibs

These are the best bibs for baby-led weaning. Made from a durable, lightweight, waterproof fabric, Baprons don’t restrict your baby’s range of motion and you’ll never buy another bib again.

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Bapron Baby Splashmats

Put the Bapron splashmat under your baby’s high chair to minimize the mess. Large coverage area, lightweight, waterproof material you can use for years.

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Baby Nut Puffs
Puffworks Baby Peanut Puffs

A no-stress, low-mess way to safely introduce your baby to the potentially allergenic food peanut. Softest baby peanut puff on the market; start these at 6 months of age.

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Puffworks Baby Almond Puffs

Use these puffs to safely introduce your baby to the potentially allergenic food tree nut (after previous introduction of peanut). Start using these at 6 months of age.

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Puffworks Baby Puffs Variety Pack

This 12-pack has 6 bags of each flavor (Baby Peanut, Baby Almond) for safe self-feeding & allergen introduction! Please note than peanut butter is an ingredient in the Almond puffs.

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Nontoxic Skincare
Evereden Baby Favorites

What you put on your baby is as important as what you put in your baby. These are my favorite nontoxic skincare items for babies from Evereden.

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Everden Healing Eczema Treatment

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Evereden Soothing Diaper Rash Cream

No more toxins on your baby’s butt! This soothing diaper rash cream from Evereden works wonders for even the most persistent diaper rash.

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Evereden Multi-Purpose Healing Balm

Finally, a non-toxic alternative to petroleum jelly. Use this to create a barrier on your baby’s face when trying new foods.

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Evereden Nourishing Baby Face Cream

Designed for babies, but I use this on my adult face every day. Hands down the best face cream on the planet.

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Evereden Premium Mineral Sunscreen

A non-toxic alternative to chemical sunscreens created by Evereden’s Moms in Medicine dermatologist team. For use on babies 6 months+.

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Nontoxic Household Cleaners
Branch Basics Starter Kits

Finally, a non-toxic household cleaner that actually gets the baby-led weaning mess out. Discount code is for Branch Basics starter kits only.

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CPR and Choking Courses
Online CPR Course

Be sure to take an infant refresher CPR course before you start solid foods. This is a great online option for CPR I take every quarter and recommend.

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CPR and Choking Courses
Choking Prevention and Response Course

I co-teach this class with a certified CPR instructor and a Speech Language Pathologist who specialize in pediatric swallowing. Ideal for parents who are particularly anxious about choking.

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