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What is your baby’s behavior at mealtime telling you? Is it possible to spoil a baby by feeding him too much? Can babies even exhibit “bad” behavior? In this episode author, child development and parenting specialist Tina Payne Bryson, PhD is joining me to break it ALL down when it comes to your baby’s behavior at mealtimes - diving DEEP into what the science says!

Tina is the co-author of well-known parenting books such as The Whole-Brain Child and No Drama Discipline (...aka the BIBLE when my quadruplets were toddlers and I had NO idea how to compassionately discipline!) I love Tina’s science-based approach to tackling topics and she’s covering a TON of baby behavior in her new book The Bottom Line For Baby.

Tina is walking us through a TON of positive parenting techniques, like how to react when your baby starts throwing food, responding to family members or friends who question your decision to do baby-led weaning and how to establish boundaries when baby starts pushing your buttons!

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode, I’m joined by Tina Payne Bryson, PhD a licensed clinical social worker and child-development and parenting expert. Her most recent book THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BABY looks at the evidence and science behind some of our most pressing parenting questions.

Tina talks about:

• Why it’s basically impossible to spoil your baby...so don’t worry that your doting or your preferred method for starting solid foods is going to spoil your baby. It won’t!

• How to connect and redirect when our babies are playing with or dropping food. Plus Tina also covers how these behaviors change during different stages of infancy.

• How baby-led weaning helps babies develop “interoception” - or the idea of what’s going on internally...so they’re learning how to recognize & respond to their hunger cues.

LINKS from episode

• Tina Bryson’s webpage with all of the resources she mentioned in this episode is located at www.tinabryson.com.

• THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BABY - Tina’s newest book where she delves into the science and data behind common parenting questions is on Amazon.

• THE CENTER FOR CONNECTION - Dr. Bryson’s multi-disciplinary counseling practice.

• Tina’s new podcast BABY IN THE HOUSE with Phil Boucher, MD where she covers the existing research about parenting topics to help you make the best decisions for your family and your baby.

• Facebook: @TinaPayneBrysonPhD

• Instagram: @TinaPayneBryson

• Twitter: @TinaBryson

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