Latest Weaning Podcast Episodes
YouTube Behind the Scenes: Baby-Led Weaning Channel Turns One!
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 26, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#345: Seeing really is believing when it comes to baby-led weaning. Our baby-led weaning YouTube channel is one year old! In this episode I’m tearing back the curtain to show you how one year of YouTube has been, chat about what we’ve learned and why YouTube is now by FAR my favorite video sharin...
When Feeding Hurts: How to Alleviate Infant Feeding Pain with Deb Flashenberg
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 22, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#344: When you think of all of the responsibilities of keeping your baby alive, it can hurt your brain…but feeding your baby can also hurt your body. Deb Flashenberg wants to help you feel pain free and in this episode she’s talking about the importance of breath, posture and positioning to help ...
Is 8 Months Too Late to Switch to Finger Foods?
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 19, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#343: What if your 8 month old hasn’t started on finger foods yet? Is it too late to switch? In this episode we’re exploring some practical reasons why you should prioritize finger foods with actionable steps for doing so…even if you feel like your baby is late to the finger food game. 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧...
BBQ Meats Your Baby Can Eat with Barbecue Pitmaster Taylor Carroll
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 15, 2023 14:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#342: Does the thought of making meat for your baby to eat freak you out? Taylor Carroll is a barbecue pitmaster and baby-led weaning mom, who knows a LOT about meat. In this episode Taylor is teaching about what cuts of meat are safe for babies to eat (plus meats that babies should not eat), tip...
Morning Routine for Baby-Led Weaning
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 12, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#341: What does the morning look like when you start introducing solid foods? In this episode we’re exploring two different morning routine scenarios with how to layer solid food into your baby’s milk and nap schedule. ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ Branch Basics non-toxic cleaning supplies that actually clean the ...
A Pediatrician's Perspective on Baby-Led Weaning with Jessica Simkins, MD
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 08, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#340: What is your doctor’s take on starting solid foods? Do they like baby-led weaning, or prefer spoon-feeding of purees? In this episode I’m chatting with pediatrician and baby-led weaning mom Jessica Simkins, MD about her own perspective on starting solid foods. If you’re not sure how to talk...
Life After Baby-Led Weaning: Exploring Toddler Eating Habits
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 05, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#339: What changes when your baby turns 1 year old? Toddlers are tricky when it comes to eating, but knowing what to look out for can help. In this episode we explore transitioning to cow’s milk, how to deemphasize snacks and prioritize iron foods even as you’re dealing with the inevitable picky ...
Breastmilk Popsicles? Try this Pre-Feeding Activity with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - June 01, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#338: What’s the deal with breastmilk popsicles? …or formula popsicles? Or popsicles in general for a pre-feeding skill. In this episode Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP introduces the Tiny Pops she designed for ezpz. We talk about the developmental benefits of popsicles, which foods freeze well for ...
Top 5 BLW Questions Answered
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 29, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#337: If you’re feeling STUCK about starting solid foods, I’m answering some of the most common questions about baby-led weaning in this episode. From what to do if your baby breaks off a piece of food in their mouth to when they’re not eating and you feel like you’ve tried everything, this episo...
Baby Feeding Milestones, Floor Seats and Hip Dysplasia with KC Rickerd, PT, DPT from @milestones.and.motherhood
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 25, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#336: Hip dysplasia requires 23 hours per day bracing and can interfere with safe seating in a high chair. In this episode KC Rickerd, PT, DPT from @milestones.and.motherhood is sharing tons of advice about baby milestones, safe high chair positioning as well as the signs of readiness to eat your...
Asparagus: How to Offer This Food Safely to Your Baby
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 22, 2023 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#335: Has your baby tried asparagus yet? In this episode I’m teaching about a few ways to make asparagus safe for your baby to eat…including why the smaller, dantier stalks of asparagus actually aren’t the most tender, plus a tip for increasing tenderness before cooking asparagus. Shownotes with...
Your Food Allergy Questions Answered with Ron Sunog, MD
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 18, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#334: Introducing allergenic food to your baby early and often can help lower the risk of food allergy. In this episode pediatrician Dr. Ron Sunog is answering some common questions about allergenic foods. What causes an allergic reaction? What do allergic reactions look like? How much of an alle...
Vitamin D Drops: Does My Baby Still Need Vitamin D Drops After Starting Solid Foods?
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 15, 2023 10:01 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#333: Vitamin D Drops: Does My Baby Still Need Vitamin D Drops After Starting Solid Foods? If you’re exclusively breastfeeding your baby then you’re likely giving 400 IUs of vitamin D supplement drops each day. In this episode we explore when it’s ok to stop the vitamin D drops, whether you’re s...
Baby Foods Your Dog Should Never Eat with @dogmeets_baby Dominika Knossalla-Pado
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 11, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#332: Dog people: do you let your dog clean up after your baby eats solid food? Dominika from @dogmeets_baby helps family dogs get integrated into growing families. She’s sharing four different categories of foods babies eat that dogs should not. Dominika’s Dog Meets Baby website: https://www.do...
Interviewing my Mom: How She Didn’t Like BLW at First & Why She Changed
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 10, 2023 14:15 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#331: Ever been told by your mom, “Well, you were spoon-fed and you turned out just fine?!” SAME. It took my mom a LONG time to come around to baby-led weaning. In this special Mother’s Day episode I’m interviewing my own mom, Mary Clark, RD - aka Granny. We’re chatting about how she introduced...
Brain-Heart-Body Connections When Feeding Babies with Chelsea Conaboy
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 04, 2023 14:05 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#330: Do you feel like your brain has changed since you had your baby or started having kids? It has! Chelsea Conaboy is a journalist and author of the book Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood. In this interview Chelsea explains what scientists know about how our b...
Nitrates in My Baby's Food: Do I Need to Worry?
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - May 01, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#329: Nitrates and nitrites are all around us in our environment, food and water supply. But are they something worth worrying about when it comes to your baby ingesting nitrates? In this episode we’re exploring what nitrates are, where they come from, what they can do to babies in high quantitie...
Managing Blood Sugar + Gestational Diabetes with Casey Seiden, RDN, CDCES
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 27, 2023 09:07 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#328: Do you remember that gross sugary drink you had to swallow when you were pregnant to screen for gestational diabetes? My guest is Casey Seiden, a dietitian and diabetes educator who works with women who have and previously had gestational diabetes. She is going to be teaching about how to m...
BLW on the Go: How to Pack a Feeding Bag for Traveling
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 24, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#327: Taking baby-led weaning babies on the road! In this episode I walk you through my essentials for feeding babies outside of the house. These are my favorite pieces of feeding gear and foods to take to-go, plus I’m giving you my best tips to reduce the travel stress. Whether you’re going on a...
Pediatric Feeding Disorder: A History with Shannon Goldwater of Feeding Matters: Part 2
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 20, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#326: This is Part 2 of an interview with Shannon Goldwater, founder of Feeding Matters. In this interview Shannon explains the origins of her organization, how Pediatric Feeding Disorder came to be a universally recognized diagnosis and the work that Feeding Matters is doing to improve the syste...
Whole Foods: 10 BLW Foods to Buy from Whole Foods
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 17, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#325: Bring this grocery list if you’re headed to Whole Foods Market. In this episode we’re going through ten foods from Whole Foods that you can buy for your baby to try this week. There are some surprising food finds at Whole Foods - some that are even pretty affordable - and they come from all...
When Your Babies Won't Eat with Shannon Goldwater of Feeding Matters
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 13, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#324: Shannon Goldwater was a first time mom with micro preemie triplets who would not - and could not eat. She spent years with her babies getting bumped around various inpatient feeding programs while getting increasingly frustrated with their fractured care. All of this led her to found Feedin...
Walmart: 10 BLW Foods to Buy from Walmart
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 10, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#323: Say what you will about Walmart…there ARE a lot of affordable foods there your baby can safely learn how to eat. In this episode I’m walking you through a grocery list of 10 foods you can buy from Walmart that your baby can safely learn how to eat now. 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 Episode 103 - Liver: How t...
3 Easy Ways to Connect with Your Baby at Mealtimes with Anna Lutz, MPH, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 06, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#322: By the time you get food on the table, is connecting with your baby top of mind? Mealtimes can be mayhem, and it’s easy to get distracted or disconnected from what our babies are experiencing when they are learning to eat. In this episode I’m interviewing Anna Lutz, MPH, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S ab...
Sprouts Farmer's Market: 10 BLW Foods to Buy from Sprouts
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - April 03, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#321: Do you have a Sprouts Farmer’s Market in your town? If so, you probably know that Sprouts is a pretty affordable place to pick up some produce. And there are lots of other ideal infant foods at Sprouts too. In this episode I’m sharing a grocery list of 10 foods to buy from Sprouts that your...
Supporting Your Baby: Empathy, Readiness and Connection with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - March 31, 2023 15:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#320: How do we support our baby’s internal motivation to feed themself? In this interview Marsha Dunn Klein shares some very practical tips for connecting with your baby at mealtimes, especially when your baby is hesitant or appears worried when trying new foods. Learn more about Marsha Dunn Kl...
Costco: 10 BLW Foods to Buy from Costco
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - March 27, 2023 17:21 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#319: If you’re a Costco fan, there are some great food finds in there that your baby can start eating today. In this episode I’m sharing 10 Costco foods that babies can safely learn how to eat. 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 This is part of my Baby-Led Weaning GROCERY STORE series. Be sure to check out the previou...
Mom Has Food Allergies: How Can Her Baby Eat Those Allergenic Foods?
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - March 23, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#318: What if an adult in the house has a food allergy? Can babies learn to eat the same foods their parents or caregivers are allergic to? In this episode I’m interviewing two baby-led weaning moms who figured out how to safely introduce their babies to some of the same foods they are allergic t...
Trader Joe's: 10 BLW Foods to Buy from Trader Joe's
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - March 21, 2023 16:08 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#317: Don’t go to Trader Joe’s without this baby-led weaning shopping list! I’m sharing 5 new foods you can safely feed your baby from Trader Joe’s this week along with 5 other grab bag ingredients I always like to have on hand when I am grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 Other podcast...
Taste Preferences in Babies: When and How do They Develop? with Alison Ventura, PhD
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro - March 16, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings#316: When do babies start learning about taste? And how can I help my baby learn to like a wide variety of foods? In this episode I interview Alison Ventura, PhD a researcher who worked at the Monnell Center and studied how taste preferences develop in infancy. We cover some of the research that...
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