Muffins can be a fantastic baby-led weaning food for your little one! Here is everything you need to know about baby-led weaning with muffins, from a mom of 3 and pediatric registered dietitian. Whether you’re exclusively practicing baby-led weaning (finger foods), or doing a combination of spoon-feeding and finger foods, this post will walk you…
Starting Solids: Baby-Led Weaning Versus Purees
Here is everything you need to know from a pediatric registered dietitian on whether to introduce baby to solids using purees, by doing baby-led weaning, or a combination, and why. Introducing your baby to solids is one of the biggest milestones in your baby’s first year of life. The transition to solids foods is really…
Best Dietitian-Approved Baby-Led Weaning Books for Parents
Looking for the best baby-led weaning books? Find the best dietitian-approved books here to help you start solids with your baby confidently. If you are here, you likely are seeking more information about introducing solids to your baby, with specific interest in the baby-led weaning approach! There is a huge range of baby-led weaning books…
A Dietitian’s Top Picks for Baby-Led Weaning Highchairs
Looking for baby-led weaning highchairs? A highchair will become a very important piece of furniture in your home from about 6 months to 2-3 years old, and will definitely help with feeding success as you introduce solids (especially if you’re doing baby-led weaning!). Below are my dietitian-approved tips for choosing the best highchair for your…
Baby-Led Weaning with Quinoa
Here is everything you need to know about baby-led weaning with quinoa, from a pediatric registered dietitian. Whether you’re doing baby-led weaning, spoon-feeding, or a combination, this post will walk you through, step-by-step how to introduce quinoa to your baby. Quinoa is an ancient grain first grown as a food crop 7000 years ago in…
10 Nutritious Breakfast Ideas for Baby-Led Weaning
Not sure what to feed your baby for breakfast? Here are 10 nutritious breakfast ideas for baby-led weaning for infants 6-12 months of age. When babies start eating solids, breakfast is typically the first meal added into their routine as it can be an easy and relatively fast meal to prepare. For instance, you may…
Baby-Led Weaning with Cauliflower
Wondering how and when to introduce cauliflower to your baby? Here is everything you need to know about baby-led weaning with cauliflower. If you’re wondering how and when to introduce cauliflower to your baby, you’re in the right spot! Here is everything you need to know about baby-led weaning with cauliflower, from a pediatric registered dietitian and mom of 3….
How to Start Baby-Led Weaning with Sweet Potato
Here is everything you need to know about baby-led weaning with sweet potato, from a pediatric registered dietitian. Whether you’re doing baby-led weaning, spoon-feeding, or a combination, this post will walk you through, step-by-step, how to introduce sweet potato to your baby. Sweet potato is delicious starchy root vegetable packed with essential nutrients. It is…
How to Start Baby-Led Weaning with Banana
Here is everything you need to know about baby-led weaning with banana, from a pediatric registered dietitian. Whether you’re doing baby-led weaning, spoon-feeding, or a combination, this post will walk you through, step-by-step how to introduce bananas to your baby. Bananas are a delicious and easy food to offer your baby when they are ready…
The Beginner’s Guide to Baby-Led Weaning (BLW)
This beginners guide to baby-led weaning is a comprehensive guide that will help feeding newbies learn everything there is to know about this starting solids strategy, why it is registered dietitian-approved, how to implement it, and some nutritious recipes to test out with their babies. Baby-led weaning (BLW), which is one approach to starting solids,…
5 Baby Cereal Recipes for Baby-Led Weaning
Iron-fortified baby cereal can be used in lots of nutritious ways. Here are 5 easy recipes for baby-led weaning, perfect for feeding babies 6-12 months old. Teething biscuits, banana muffins and more! If you’d like to learn more about this topic in a visual way, check out my Google web stories on 5 ways to use…
Starting Solids Basics: What Parents Need to Know
Starting solids is an exciting milestone in your baby’s life. In this post I answer a lot of commonly asked questions about how, when and what to feed your baby when starting solids. Starting solids is an exciting milestone in your baby’s life, but it can also be confusing, especially when you’re overloaded with conflicting…
Choking & Baby-Led Weaning: 8 Tips to Prevent Choking
Terrified that baby-led weaning or feeding will cause your child to choke on solid foods? Here’s 8 tips to prevent choking when baby-led weaning, plus a list of foods to avoid. Want to read this post in a visual way? Check out my Google web story on Top Tips to Prevent Choking when Baby Led…
Top 5 Baby-Led Weaning – Friendly Ways to Use Fruit and Veggie Pouches (+ recipe)
Baby pouches are a convenient and fun way to get some extra fruit and veggie servings into your baby or toddler. But what about for baby-led weaning? Here are 5 ways to transform fruit and veggie pouches into nourishing finger foods for baby. The importance of fruits and veggies for baby Fruits and veggies are…
Finger Foods for Babies: A Dietitian’s Helpful Guide
Everything you need to know about introducing finger foods to your baby broken down by age (6-12 months). Plus a list of finger food ideas for you too! As parents of little ones, we all know that feeding babies can be fun, messy and maybe a little nerve wracking in the beginning. There’s a lot of…