Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

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Breastmilk Popsicles? Try this Pre-Feeding Activity with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP Jun 01, 2023

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#338: What’s the deal with breastmilk popsicles? …or formula popsicles? Or popsicles in general for a pre-feeding skill. In this episode Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP introduces the Tiny Pops she designed for ezpz. We talk about the developmental benefits of popsicles, which foods freeze well for babies and how to incorporate popsicles into your pre-feeding routine.

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Other BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcasts on added sugar you might enjoy:

Episode 290 - Pre-Feeding Skills: What Can My Baby Do Before Beginning Solid Foods? with Marsha Dunn Klein OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/290

Episode 300 - How to Use Oral Development Tools for Your Baby with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/300

Episode 114 - Revolutionizing Infant Feeding Gear with ezpz Founder & CEO Lindsey Laurain https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/114

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

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Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/338

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I know you like LISTENING to infant feeding advice, but if you want to SEE what some of these best baby-feeding practices LOOK like, check out my baby-led weaning YouTube channel with new baby feeding videos dropping every week.

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Top 5 BLW Questions Answered May 29, 2023

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#337: If you’re feeling STUCK about starting solid foods, I’m answering some of the most common questions about baby-led weaning in this episode. From what to do if your baby breaks off a piece of food in their mouth to when they’re not eating and you feel like you’ve tried everything, this episode covers five frequently asked baby-led weaning questions I’m hearing right now from parents of babies who are just starting solid foods.

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/337

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Other podcast episodes mentioned in this episode with further info:

Episode 236 - Positive Tilt: Get Permission from Your Baby with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/236

Episode 309 - Added Sugars: Which Ones to Avoid for BLW https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/309

My friend and fellow dietitian Dani Lebovitz, MS, RDN makes amazing food-centered activity books that are great if you have toddlers or older kids, check her out on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kid.food.explorers/

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Baby Feeding Milestones, Floor Seats and Hip Dysplasia with KC Rickerd, PT, DPT from @milestones.and.motherhood May 25, 2023

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#336: Hip dysplasia requires 23 hours per day bracing and can interfere with safe seating in a high chair. In this episode KC Rickerd, PT, DPT from @milestones.and.motherhood is sharing tons of advice about baby milestones, safe high chair positioning as well as the signs of readiness to eat your baby should be exhibiting before you start solid foods.

KC is online at https://www.milestonesandmotherhood.com and you can follow her on Instagram @milestones.and.motherhood https://www.instagram.com/milestones.and.motherhood/

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/336

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Asparagus: How to Offer This Food Safely to Your Baby May 22, 2023

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#335: Has your baby tried asparagus yet? In this episode I’m teaching about a few ways to make asparagus safe for your baby to eat…including why the smaller, dantier stalks of asparagus actually aren’t the most tender, plus a tip for increasing tenderness before cooking asparagus.

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/335

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Another BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcasts you might enjoy that I mentioned in this episode is Episode 256 - What Type of Oil Should I Use for BLW? At https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/256

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The open cup I use for practicing drinking purees like cream of asparagus soup mentioned in the episode is the Tiny Cup from ezpz. It’s a 2 oz cup designed for babies 6-12 months of age and you can find that online here (affiliate link): https://shrsl.com/27bms

and the affiliate discount code KATIE10 works for 10% off all of the ezpz feeding gear on that site.

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Your Food Allergy Questions Answered with Ron Sunog, MD May 18, 2023

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#334: Introducing allergenic food to your baby early and often can help lower the risk of food allergy. In this episode pediatrician Dr. Ron Sunog is answering some common questions about allergenic foods. What causes an allergic reaction? What do allergic reactions look like? How much of an allergenic food “counts” and how often do we have to feed these foods?

Dr. Sunog’s book EAT THE EIGHT is available at https://eattheeight.com/

Katie & Dr. Sunog co-teach an online program about safely introducing allergenic foods for babies called EAT THE EIGHT…AND MORE and that is here: https://www.foodallergyclass.com/et8-1

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/334

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Other Episodes with Dr. Sunog & those mentioned in this episode are:

Episode 227 - When Does the Food Allergy Prevention Window Close? with @allergykidsdoc David Stukus, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/227

Episode 286 - Is My Baby Dairy Intolerant? Food Protein Induced Allergic Proctocolitis (FPIAP) with Marion Groetch, MS, RDN https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/286

Episode 58 - What do I do if My Baby Has an Allergic Reaction? with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/58

Episode 123 - HELP! My Baby has a Contact Rash from a New Food with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/123

Episode 128 - Introducing Allergenic Foods: Ask Us Anything with Ron Sunog, MD and Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN, CDE https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/128

Episode 216 - Food Allergy & Kids: What’s New and Notable with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/216

Episode 226 - Allergenic Foods: Why Your Pediatrician Isn’t Talking About This with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/226

Bonus Episode - Is it Safe to Introduce Allergenic Foods During COVID-19 with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/bonus/covid

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Vitamin D Drops: Does My Baby Still Need Vitamin D Drops After Starting Solid Foods? May 15, 2023

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#333: Vitamin D Drops: Does My Baby Still Need Vitamin D Drops After Starting Solid Foods?

If you’re exclusively breastfeeding your baby then you’re likely giving 400 IUs of vitamin D supplement drops each day. In this episode we explore when it’s ok to stop the vitamin D drops, whether you’re switching to formula or if your baby has started eating foods that are either natural sources of vitamin D or those foods that are vitamin D fortified.

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/333

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Other episodes about how to prepare foods with vitamin D safely include:

Episode 31: Fish: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/31

Episode 103: Liver: How to Offer Liver Safely to Babies https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/103

Episode 49: Eggs: 7 Easy Ways to Safely Feed Your Baby Eggs https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/49

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

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Baby Foods Your Dog Should Never Eat with @dogmeets_baby Dominika Knossalla-Pado May 11, 2023

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#332: Dog people: do you let your dog clean up after your baby eats solid food? Dominika from @dogmeets_baby helps family dogs get integrated into growing families. She’s sharing four different categories of foods babies eat that dogs should not.

Dominika’s Dog Meets Baby website: https://www.dogmeetsbaby.expert/

Follow Dominika on Instagram @dogmeets_baby

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/332

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Other BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcasts on added dogs + baby-led weaning you might enjoy:

Dog Meets Baby: BLW Do's + Don'ts For The Whole (Furry) Family with Alexandra Parry, DVM https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/56

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Interviewing my Mom: How She Didn’t Like BLW at First & Why She Changed May 10, 2023

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#331: Ever been told by your mom, “Well, you were spoon-fed and you turned out just fine?!” SAME. It took my mom a LONG time to come around to baby-led weaning.

In this special Mother’s Day episode I’m interviewing my own mom, Mary Clark, RD - aka Granny. We’re chatting about how she introduced solids with me, how that changed for her next 5 kids and what she REALLY thinks about baby-led weaning 20 grandkids later.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you...you are doing a FABULOUS job feeding those babies & keep up the good work. I hope you enjoy this little chat with my mom.

If you’re ready to raise an independent eater and prevent picky eating then let’s get started learning about baby-led weaning together! Subscribe, rate and review the podcast here.

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

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Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/331

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Brain-Heart-Body Connections When Feeding Babies with Chelsea Conaboy May 04, 2023

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#330: Do you feel like your brain has changed since you had your baby or started having kids? It has! Chelsea Conaboy is a journalist and author of the book Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood. In this interview Chelsea explains what scientists know about how our brain changes when we have children, and how to handle feelings of anxiety and fear when you are starting solid foods with your baby.

Get Chelea Conaboy’s book MOTHER BRAIN here: https://motherbrainbook.com/

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/330

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Nitrates in My Baby's Food: Do I Need to Worry? May 01, 2023

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#329: Nitrates and nitrites are all around us in our environment, food and water supply. But are they something worth worrying about when it comes to your baby ingesting nitrates? In this episode we’re exploring what nitrates are, where they come from, what they can do to babies in high quantities and what precautions can be taken to minimize risk of nitrates in your baby’s food.

Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/329

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Other episodes about contaminants in baby foods you might be interested in are:

Episode 208 - Heavy Metals in Baby Food with @consumerreports James E. Rogers, PhD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/208

Episode 232 - Tuna Talk: Is it Safe for Babies to Eat Canned Tuna with @consumerreports Michael K. Hansen, PhD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/232

Episode 246 - Arsenic in Baby Food with Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/246

Episode 259 - Pasta Water Cooking Method for Making Rice Lower in Arsenic https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/259

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Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop

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