Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

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Mom Has Food Allergies: How Can Her Baby Eat Those Allergenic Foods? Mar 23, 2023

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#318: What if an adult in the house has a food allergy? Can babies learn to eat the same foods their parents or caregivers are allergic to? In this episode I’m interviewing two baby-led weaning moms who figured out how to safely introduce their babies to some of the same foods they are allergic to. Special thanks to Deena Neuman and Talia Emm-Goodall for sharing their stories and experiences with food allergies in this episode.

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Allergenic Food Introduction Course co-taught by Katie Ferraro and Pediatrician Dr. Ron Sunog is available at https://www.foodallergyclass.com

Learn about each of the BIG 9 allergenic foods, the research that supports early introduction with recipes on how to make each allergenic food safe for your baby at the various ages and stages of baby-led weaning.

"I had been really frustrated trying to figure out my daughter’s skin reactions to certain foods. Katie and Dr. Sunog’s personalized advice and answers to my questions about food allergies gave me the confidence to keep on trying new foods with my baby!” -Jess Jiang, mom of 10 month baby with food allergies

Learn how to safely introduce allergenic foods at www.foodallergyclass.com

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Learn more about safely introducing allergenic foods to your baby on these other episodes of this podcast:

Episode 228 - 5 Food Allergy Prevention Tips from Feeding Experts https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/228

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

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

Episode 202 - Gut Check: Microbiome and Food Allergy Development with Liam O'Mahony, PhD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/202

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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/318

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Trader Joe's: 10 BLW Foods to Buy from Trader Joe's Mar 21, 2023

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#317: Don’t go to Trader Joe’s without this baby-led weaning shopping list! I’m sharing 5 new foods you can safely feed your baby from Trader Joe’s this week along with 5 other grab bag ingredients I always like to have on hand when I am grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s.

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Other podcast episodes mentioned in this episode were:

Episode 287 Constipation: How to Safely Use Prunes for Babies https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/287

Episode 165 - Lamb: How to Safely Prepare Lamb for Baby-Led Weaning https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/165

Episode 183 - Bread: When Can Babies Safely Eat Bread? https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/183

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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/317

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Taste Preferences in Babies: When and How do They Develop? with Alison Ventura, PhD Mar 16, 2023

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#316: When do babies start learning about taste? And how can I help my baby learn to like a wide variety of foods? In this episode I interview Alison Ventura, PhD a researcher who worked at the Monnell Center and studied how taste preferences develop in infancy. We cover some of the research that studies fetal learning when babies react to their pregnant mom’s diet as well as the transfer of flavor compounds through breastmilk.

Dr. Ventura’s lab website with their research summaries is located here: https://healthykids.calpoly.edu/

Dr. Ventura’s personal website with more of her publications is here: https://www.alisonkventura.com/

Not sure how to safely offer your baby bitter vegetables or leafy greens? Check out these 2 other episodes I did for you:

Episode 155 - Bitter Vegetables: How to Safely Offer Bitter Vegetables for Baby-Led Weaning at https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/155

Episode 61 - Leafy Greens: 5 Easy Ways For Your Baby Can Safely Eat Greens https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/61

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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/316

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Poaching Foods: Make These 5 Foods Safer for Your Baby by Poaching Mar 13, 2023

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#315: Poaching is a moist-heat cooking method that can be your secret weapon in the kitchen for making foods safer for your baby to self-feed. In this episode I’m sharing 5 of my favorite foods that I regularly poach as part of basic baby-led weaning food preparation.

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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/315

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Montessori Weaning Table Explained by Jeanne-Marie Paynel, MEd Mar 09, 2023

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#314: What’s the deal with the Montessori weaning table? Is it just a glorified kids’ table or are there real benefits from having your child eat at a small table from a small chair? I’ve always been curious about this idea of the weaning table…because there are a lot of overlaps with the baby-led weaning approach and the Montessori methods - so I wanted to speak with a Montessori specialist and my guest today is Jeanne-Marie Paynel…she is a Montesorri parenting mentor with a Masters Degree in Montessori education and she’s going to break down the basic arrangement of the Montessori feeding area of the house with or without use of the weaning table.

Follow Jeanne-Marie online at http://www.yourparentingmentor.com/

Listen to Jeanne-Marie’s podcast The Art of Parenting https://voilamontessori.com/the-art-of-parenting-podcast/

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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/314

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Dietitian vs. Nutritionist: Where Should I Get My Feeding Info From?! Mar 06, 2023

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#313: Do you know the difference between a nutritionist and a dietitian? In this episode I’m sharing about the dietitian career path and why it’s important to get feeding info for your baby from a credentialed feeding expert.

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REGISTERED DIETITIANS: learn about baby-led weaning and get 15 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) when you join the BABY-LED WEANING with Katie Ferraro CEU program. Click here to learn more: http://www.blwrdcourse.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/313

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3 Easy Responsive Feeding Techniques when Starting Solid Foods with Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC Mar 02, 2023

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#312: How good are you at reading your baby’s hunger and fullness cues? Do you observe your baby at mealtimes or are you pressuring baby to eat? In this episode my guest Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC is sharing 3 easy techniques we can all start using at mealtimes to ensure we are being responsive feeders.

Follow Stephanie on Instagram @learntotalkwithme: https://www.instagram.com/learntotalkwithme/

She’s on TikTok @learntotalkwithme: https://www.tiktok.com/@learntotalkwithme

Stephanie’s work with The Chicago Feeding Group: https://chicagofeedinggroup.org/ and the Get Permission Institute: https://getpermissioninstitute.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/312

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What is a Combination Food? Feb 27, 2023

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#311: When can my baby start eating combination foods? And what is a combination food anyway? In this episode we’re talking about multi-textured foods for baby-led weaning - and when it’s safe for your baby to make this transition with solid foods.

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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/311

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Healthy Bottle Feeding: How to Be Responsive with Alison Ventura, PhD Feb 23, 2023

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#310: What is responsive bottle feeding? How can you be a more responsive bottle feeder with your baby and how does that impact infant health and development? My guest is Alison Ventura, PhD a researcher who studies responsive bottle feeding and who will be sharing some easy tips for implementing responsive feeding throughout infancy, whether that’s breastfeeding, bottle feeding or when you start solid foods.

Dr. Ventura’s lab’s responsive bottle feeding page is here: https://healthykids.calpoly.edu/ResponsiveBottleFeeding

Healthy Kids lab YouTube video showing responsive bottle feeding is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnPGJKdPUw

Dr. Ventura’s personal website linking to her responsive feeding book is here: https://www.alisonkventura.com/

Promoting Responsive Bottle Feeding within WIC article (JAND) is here: https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(21)00304-X/fulltext

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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/310

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Added Sugars: Which Ones to Avoid for BLW Feb 20, 2023

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#309: What are added sugars and why are they bad for babies? In this episode we’re looking at all of the many ways sugar may be hidden in your baby’s food - and how you can avoid added sugars when your baby is learning how to eat real food.

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

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Episode 68 - Sugar and Why Your Baby Should Avoid it with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/68

Episode 250 - Misleading Marketing Claims on Baby Foods with Ada Lizbeth Garcia, PhD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/250

Episode 269 - Agave: Is it Safe to Offer Babies Agave in Place of Added Sugar? https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/269

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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/309

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