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If you started purees and you want to switch to baby-led weaning should you stop purees? Or how do you make the transition to baby-led weaning if you began solids before 6 months of age? In this episode we’re breaking down what to do if you started solids too early and are now wondering whether you should stop before beginning baby-led weaning.

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In this episode, we’re talking about switching fro spoon-feeding to baby-led weaning, including:

• How the guidance about when to start solids has shifted wildly over the decades...but why every major health body now advises waiting until baby is 6 months to start

• Why it’s ok to use spoons in baby-led weaning but why the pre-loaded spoon method is preferred and advice on how to let baby self-feed vs. you spoon-feeding

• ...and if you’re wondering whether it’s harmful to stop purees and wait until baby is ready before beginning baby-led weaning, we’re going to chat through that too!

  
  
  

LINKS from episode

• Amy Bentley’s book Inventing Baby Food discusses the changing age of introduction of solid foods is available on Amazon here

• Listen to the previous episode “Purees + BLW with SLP Feeding Expert Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP” mentioned in this episode here

• Listen to the previous episode “How to Pre-Load A BLW Spoon Self-Feeding Technique with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP” mentioned in this episode here

• Listen to the previous episode “The History of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 1)” mentioned in this episode here

• Listen to the previous episode “The Future of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 2)” mentioned in this episode here

• REGISTER for my free online workshop BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: How to get your baby to try 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches. Everyone on the workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list so you’ll know exactly what foods babies CAN eat when they’re ready for BLW! Register for this week’s workshop times here.

  
  
  

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• REGISTER for my free online workshop BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: How to get your baby to try 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches. Everyone on the workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list so you’ll know exactly what foods babies CAN eat when they’re ready for BLW! Register for this week’s workshop times here.