Explaining Baby-Led Weaning to a Skeptic: 10 Benefits of Baby-Led Weaning

#53: Got any baby-led weaning skeptics in your life? Like the doubters...or the haters. If you *have* to have the conversation where you’re TRYING to convince someone that baby-led weaning is a safe and viable alternative to traditional spoon-feeding...well then this is the episode for you!! Today I’m running you down a QUICK list of 10 benefits of baby-led weaning. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means (because the benefits of BLW are boundless!!) but I think it will help you organize your talking points if you find yourself needing to convince another about the benefits of baby-led weaning. These are 10 reasons why baby-led weaning is SUCH A POWERFUL APPROACH to safely starting solid foods! Listen to this episode to learn: Builds strong family relationships Helps honor your baby’s inborn hunger & satiety cues May help prevent overweight and obesity Reduces risk & severity of picky eating Prevents short order cooking Saves time Saves money Helps avoid nutrient gaps Helps your baby meet feeding milestones Helps your baby meet speech milestones Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/53 Links from this episode: Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices