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Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro
Is your baby ready to start solid foods but you’re feeling overwhelmed or confused about baby-led weaning? Babies can eat so many more foods than we give them credit for and you don’t have to force-feed or spoon-feed to get them to eat real food! I’m Katie Ferraro, Registered Dietitian specializing in infant feeding and baby-led weaning. I’m a college nutrition professor and mom of 7, and my goal is to help you start solid foods safely using baby-led weaning. On this podcast I share practical…
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Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroIs My Baby Dairy Intolerant? Food Protein Induced Allergic Proctocolitis (FPIAP) with Marion Groetch, MS, RDN
#286: Can babies be intolerant to dairy foods and cow’s milk protein? If your baby had blood and/or mucous in the stool early on in infancy you may have…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroAre Plant-Based Milks Safe for Babies?
#285: Can babies drink plant based milks? And what are the best plant based milks for toddlers? In this episode we’re looking at the pros and cons of soy milk…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroPostural Support when Starting Solid Foods with Emma Hubbard, Pediatric OT
#284: In order to safely start solid foods, babies should be able to sit on their own - relatively unassisted. But what does that mean? How long should they be…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroMeat: 5 Cuts of Meat I Never Offer Babies
#283: Babies can definitely eat meat…but there are a few CUTS of meat I steer clear of for early eaters. In this episode I’m walking you through the cuts of…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroTeaching Your Baby Sign Language: Do's & Don'ts with @signngrow Mary Smith
#282: Did you know you shouldn’t cover your baby’s hands when they are practicing signs? Mary Smith from Sign ‘n Grow is on the podcast with great information…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroWater: Why Offering Water to Early Eaters Can be Dangerous
#281: When should I offer my baby water out of the open cup? How much water do babies need? Does my baby even NEED any additional water? In this episode we’re…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroSalvage Food: How to Save Money and Safely Feed Your Baby with Hope from Under the Median
#280: If your grocery bill is breaking the bank, Hope Ware from Under the Median can help. Hope and her husband create content that help families “live…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBatch Cooking: 4 BLW Foods You Can Make Ahead of Time
#279: Batch cooking. Meal prepping. Mom life pipe dream or reality?! In this episode I’m sharing 4 easy baby-led weaning foods you can make ahead of time. Yes…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroCostco Foods Babies can Safely Eat with @costcodeals Henry
#278: If you shop at Costco and you have a baby, these 2 things go very well together! Henry from the @costcodeals Instagram account is here to share some…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro10 Reasons to Go All-In on Baby-Led Weaning
#277: Is baby-led weaning even worth it? Isn’t it cheaper to buy purees? I’m answering those questions plus giving you the top 10 reasons why BLW can make your…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroOptimal Cord Clamping and its Effect on Infant Iron Levels with Alan Greene, MD
#276: How long did your doctor wait to clamp the umbilical cord with your baby? If you’re like most parents, you probably have no idea. But the timing of cord…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroSoy: 3 Ways to Introduce Soy to Babies (…and why soy milk is not one of them)
#275: How can babies safely learn to eat soy? These are 3 of my favorite ways to offer your baby the potentially allergenic food soy…with 3 reasons why I don’t…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBaby Has Skin Reactions to Milk, Egg and Peanut: What Should I Do Next? with Carina Venter, PhD, RDN
#274: What if your baby tries a new food and then gets a rash on their face? Or what if you’re doing one of the allergenic foods early on in infant feeding…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroChia or Flax Seed: Which is Better for Babies?
#273: Can babies safely eat flaxseed? What about babies and chia seed? In this episode I’m weighing the pros and cons of flaxseed meal and chia seed when…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroOrganic Dairy for Babies: Why to Switch with Britt Lundgren from @stonyfieldorganics
#272: Should I buy organic dairy foods for my baby? In this episode Britt Lundgren, the Senior Director of Sustainability for Stonyfield Farm chats about the…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBLW Bootcamp: 3 Days to Get Ready for Solid Foods
#271: What do I absolutely need to know to give my baby a safe start to solid foods? How do I know if my baby is ready to eat? And what things might go wrong…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBLW Bootcamp: Lessons Learned from 10 Babies Starting Solid Foods
#270: Every baby is different…especially when it comes to starting solid foods. In this episode I’m sharing 10 tips I learned recently from helping 10…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroAgave: Is it Safe to Offer Babies Agave in Place of Added Sugar?
#269: Is it safe to offer babies agave? Is it really a “natural” sugar and is it less harmful for babies than other added sugars? In this episodes we’re…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroSecond Baby BLW: How I'm Doing 100 First Foods Differently for Baby #2 with Lauren McClure
#268: Do you do baby-led weaning differently the second time around? I’m chatting with two-time mom Lauren McClure who did 100 FIRST FOODS with her…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroFermented Foods: Can Babies Safely Eat Fermented Foods?
#267: Can babies safely eat fermented foods? Fermenting foods is one of the world’s oldest methods of preserving foods, with some pretty legit potential health…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroInfant Weight Loss: What to Do When the Doctor Says Your Baby Isn’t Gaining Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD
#266: What do I do if my baby is losing weight after we start solid foods? Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD is a pediatric dietitian specializing in infant growth and…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBLW at Daycare: How These Parents Made it Work
#265: What if my baby goes to daycare but I want to do baby-led weaning? Maybe daycare has never HEARD of BLW…or they’ve never seen it done properly. Does that…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroMealtime Meltdowns: How to Reset Your Mindset with @drbeckygoodinside Becky Kennedy, PhD
#264: If your baby does not eat, that does not make you a bad parent! Dr. Becky Kennedy from @drbeckygoodinside is on the BLW podcast helping us cool our jets…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroIron Drops: Does My Baby Need Iron Supplements?
#263: When should I give my baby iron drops…or are they a good idea at all? In this episode I’m walking you through the pros and cons of iron supplements, what…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroWhy I Almost Quit BLW with Miranda James
#262: If you’ve ever felt like a feeding failure, Miranda James doesn’t want you to quit baby-led weaning. Miranda is a first time mom who really struggled…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroDIY High Chair Hacks for Safer Baby-Led Weaning
#261: Does your high chair have an adjustable footrest? If not you can make your own. In this episode I’m sharing a few of my favorite DIY high chair hacks…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroAdapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays with Gill Rapley, PhD and Jill Rabin, MS, CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC
#260: Did you read any books about baby-led weaning before you started? Gill Rapley is the pioneer of BLW and co-author of the original baby-led weaning…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroPasta Water Cooking Method for Making Rice Lower in Arsenic
#259: If your family eats rice, you can modify the cooking method to help lower arsenic. In this episode we look at the pasta water cooking method for making…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroCan I Overfeed My Baby Solid Food?
#258: What if my baby eats too much food? Can babies overeat with baby-led weaning? In this episode we’re exploring concerns from parents and caregivers about…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro4 Helpful BLW Food Prep Tips You Might Not Know About
#257: It is not your job to make your baby eat…but you are responsible for what the baby eats, when they eat and where they eat. This is Ellyn Satter’s…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroWhat Type of Oil Should I Use for Baby-Led Weaning?
#256: Is it ok to use oil when cooking for your baby? And what type of oil is best? In this episode we are exploring added fats for babies who are just…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro5 Things I Would Do Differently if I Started BLW All Over Again
#255: I love a good failure reflection and this episode is FULL of it for you. If I were starting baby-led weaning all over again, here are 5 things I would do…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroHow Babies Learn to Chew and Swallow with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
#254: How does my baby learn to chew and swallow food? In this episode Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP is explaining everything you ever wanted to know about how…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroSodium Limits for Babies Around the World
#253: How much salt or sodium is safe for babies to eat? In the United States we do not have clear-cut, evidence-based guidance for upper limits of sodium for…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroThe Risk of Homemade Infant Formulas with Farryl Bertmann, PhD, RDN
#252: Commercially prepared infant formula is a safe and effective substitute for human milk. Homemade infant formula has been linked to documented, serious…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroTools For Safe BLW Food Prep: In the Kitchen with Katie
#251: Cutting foods the right shape and size is important for safe swallowing in baby-led weaning. In this episode I’m sharing some convenient kitchen tools…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroMisleading Marketing Claims on Baby Foods with Ada Lizbeth Garcia, PhD
#250: DYK 72% of packaged baby food snacks in the UK make claims about baby-led weaning? But are packaged baby foods healthier than real foods? Can you believe…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBaby-Led Weaning Feeding Schedule: First 10 Days of Baby-Led Weaning
#249: Which foods should I start with for baby-led weaning? What are the best FIRST FOODS for my baby? Babies can eat so many more foods than we give them…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroTaste and Flavor Development in Infancy with Erin Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP
#248: Does your baby have a preference for sweet foods? What flavors of foods are best to offer baby? In this episode we are exploring how babies develop taste…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro3 Signs that BLW is Going Well for Your Baby
#247: Looking for ways to know if baby-led weaning is going well for your baby? Feeling like you’re about to throw in the towel because you don’t know if it is…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroArsenic in Baby Food with Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan
#246: You can’t “buy your way out” of the heavy metal in baby food conversation. Heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are present in whole…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBLW Grocery Haul: Go Grocery Shopping with Katie Ferraro
#245: Interested in going on a BLW grocery haul with ME? This is your opportunity to plan ahead and shop for groceries that are the most appropriate to offer…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroWIC Grocery Haul with TikTok Mom Sunni Rudd @justsunni
#244: A WIC mom who found ways to turn her WIC-approved foods into easy, budget-friendly recipes is turning heads! In case you are not familiar, WIC is the US…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro5 Surprising Feeding Setbacks...and How to Avoid Them
#243: Finding yourself hesitant to start baby-led weaning with your baby because of the constant feeding push-backs you encounter as a parent? Feeling a bit…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroHow to Celebrate Baby-Led Weaning Day
#242: Here it is again…the second annual BABY-LED WEANING DAY! The mid-year mark, July 1, was chosen to recognize and celebrate a baby’s ability to feed…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroHow did Baby-Led Weaning Get its Name? with Gill Rapley, PhD
#241: Ever wondered why baby-led weaning was called “baby-led weaning”? To answer this question, I went ahead and asked the creator herself! In this episode I…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBest BLW Gear Recommendations with @babylist Jennifer LaBracio
#240: Wondering what the best baby-led weaning gear is for your baby? When it comes to baby gadgets or feeding essentials there are endless possibilities to…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroBreakfast Ideas for Baby-Led Weaning
#239: Looking for ways to offer your baby an easy, yet balanced breakfast meal? This is the episode for you! It’s not unusual for parents to stress over the…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro5 Choking Prevention Tips with Brandon Doerksen
#238: Is choking serious business? Of course it is! Although rare, choking is a real risk and a primary concern for all parents when starting their baby on…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroGetting Grandparents on Board: BLW Across Generations
#237: Worried that your baby’s grandparents may never be on-board with baby-led weaning? You’re a grandparent feeling anxious that your grandchild is skipping…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroPositive Tilt: Get Permission from Your Baby with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M.Ed., FAOTA
#236: Having our babies reject food at mealtimes almost always turns into a stressful situation. The question is, should you offer your baby food and patiently…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroWhen to Move Milk Behind Food with Nicole Boehm
#235: How can I switch my baby’s feeding schedule so they eat solids before offering milk? Will my baby need to drink less bottles when eating more food? As a…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroCalming an Upset Baby at Mealtimes with Aliza Pressman, PhD
#234: Why is my baby so upset during mealtimes? How can I make feeding less stressful? An upset baby often results in a stressed-out parent, especially during…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroCan I Travel with a BLW Baby?
#233: Can I travel with a baby-led weaning baby? The answer is yes! Hitting the road with your baby does not need to turn into a road battle; in fact, there…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroTuna Talk: Is it Safe for Babies to Eat Canned Tuna with @consumerreports Michael K. Hansen, PhD
#232: Can I offer my baby canned tuna? Does all tuna contain mercury? Well Consumer Reports has issued an important wake-up call for the topic of mercury in…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroMy 9 Favorite Allergenic Food Recipes for Baby-Led Weaning
#231: How can I offer my baby the BIG 9 allergenic foods? What are some of the safer ways to prepare allergenic foods while baby-led weaning? In this episode I…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroFPIES: How Do I Know if My Baby Has Food-Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome? with Marion Groetch, MS, RDN
#230: What is FPIES? How do I know if my baby has FPIES? Although food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome is a very rare food allergy reaction in babies…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroUnpacking the Infant Formula Recall and Formula Shortage with Helena Bottemiller Evich
#229: In recent months, there has been a downpour of information that has been released in regards to the current formula recall which has resulted in a…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro5 Food Allergy Prevention Tips from Feeding Experts
#228: How can I help lower the risk of food allergies for my baby? Why should babies be introduced to foods early and often? Can allergenic foods be prepared…
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie FerraroWhen Does the Food Allergy Prevention Window Close? with @allergykidsdoc David Stukus, MD
#227: Did you know that babies may have a window of opportunity to prevent allergies in the future? The new and emerging data on infant allergy states that…