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What are some feeding challenges for babies with Down syndrome? Can baby-led weaning work if my baby has Down syndrome? In this episode speech-language pathologist Sabrina Smiley Evans, MS, CCC-SLP is joining me to discuss some of the feeding challenges that babies with Down syndrome may encounter but also the ways in which parents and caregivers can moderate and create a safe environment for these babies to successfully accomplish baby-led weaning and become independent eaters.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode I’m interviewing Sabrina Smiley Evans, MS, CCC-SLP who discusses:

• Their personal and successful experience with baby-led weaning and their son Graham who has Down syndrome

• Typical feeding challenges that children with Down syndrome encounter

• Recommendations for parents who face push-back within their medical team in regards to baby-led weaning

ABOUT THE GUEST

• Sabrina Smiley Evans, MS, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist specializing in early intervention, Autism, and sensory-based feeding disorders.

• She is a mom of three-year-old Graham who has Down syndrome and successfully did baby-led weaning when starting solids 

• Sabrina, along with Sara Quirk, runs the Instagram account @ableappetites which features children with Down syndrome who are learning to become independent eaters

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To follow and learn more about the work that @ableappetites does:

• FOLLOW them on Instagram @ableappetites

Other Baby-Led Weaning Made Easy podcast episodes mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 198 “Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Feeding Challenges with Jill Rabin, MS, CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC”

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