Weaning

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[instrumental music] So if you made a pesto using some pumpkin seeds, a little bit of olive oil, and then spread it onto some roasted vegetables, it's a really nice way of getting some added extra nutrition in on top of the food that you're giving your baby.

Hey there.

I'm Katie Ferraro, registered dietitian, college nutrition professor, and mom of seven, specializing in baby-led weaning.

Here on the Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro podcast, I help you strip out all of the noise and nonsense about feeding, giving you the confidence and knowledge you need to give your baby a safe start to solid foods using baby-led weaning.

[instrumental music] All right, what if the thing that makes your baby's food safer and easier to eat and more nutritious is also the thing that makes it taste better for the rest of your family, too? Today, we're gonna be talking about sauces, and dippers, and toppers for baby-led weaning because dry food is the enemy of baby-led weaning, right? Dry foods increase the risk of choking foods.

Thank you for tuning into The Pregnancy Podcast.

This episode is your guide to weaning and how to stop breastfeeding without stress.

Most breastfeeding resources are full of information on why you should keep going, and they lack practical help for when you are ready to stop.

If you've gone looking for guidance on weaning, you've probably found long lists of reasons not to quit and a pile of anxiety-inducing articles about everything that could possibly go wrong.

Breastfeeding is amazing, and I'm a huge advocate for it, but every mom will reach a point when she's ready to stop, and when you're there, you should have access to evidence-based judgment-free support.

So this episode is here to take the anxiety out of stopping breastfeeding.

We'll cover when to wean, how to do it gradually and comfortably, how to lower your risk of complications, and how to handle the emotions that can come with closing this chapter.

Plus, I'm going to share a very silly hack that I used with both of my babies that really made weaning much easier.

Portion guides are not grounded in reality.

But here's how we can avoid the alternative, which is dripping, and we really don't drip food because it is not conducive with the baby-led weaning philosophy.

[upbeat music] Hey there.

I'm Katie Ferraro, registered dietitian, college nutrition professor, and mom of seven, specializing in baby-led weaning.

Here on the Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro podcast, I help you strip out all of the noise and nonsense about feeding, giving you the confidence and knowledge you need to give your baby a safe start to solid foods using baby-led weaning.

Have you ever caught yourself sitting in front of your baby and you've got a plate of food on your lap, and then you put out one piece of food at a time, like one strip of avocado, and they eat it, so you put another strip, and then they eat that, and you put out another piece? It feels helpful, right? Like, "Oh, look at me.

I'm keeping things calm.

When we feed babies that way, we're drifting out of our lane.