How to Create a Pressure-Free Feeding Environment with Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD-S

#72: Pressuring babies to eat more and pressuring babies to eat less can both lead to problematic outcomes when babies are learning to eat. But starting solids is a STRESSFUL time for many parents and caregivers, and sometimes without even realizing it we can be creating a feeding environment that is so high pressure both you AND your baby begin to dread mealtime. In this podcast episode Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD-S is talking us through all sorts of tips for creating a pressure-free feeding environment. Jessica is a world renowned eating disorder dietitian who has also worked extensively in pediatrics with children who have feeding disorders. She’s sharing some best practices for helping us avoid feeding problems as we set out with our babies who are learning to eat solid foods.  Listen to this episode to learn:  How we can’t always make a baby’s relationship with food better, but we can certainly make it worse...and ideas on languages and behaviors to avoid so as not to make things worse! Why we sometimes mix food with feelings - but we shouldn’t! We may inadvertently be using food to reward or shame, but if we can reframe thinking of food as fuel and particularly intake in two-week cycles it will help us back off and do our jobs as parents and caregivers better. Your child’s relationship with food is more important than any 1 food they do or don’t eat. Development should guide feeding: don’t hold yourself to a calendar and just because your baby is X months old they should be doing Y. Learn to listen and respond to your baby’s cues about readiness to eat and try new foods as well as hunger and fullness. Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/72 Links from This Episode: Jessica Setnick’s website: https://www.jessicasetnick.com/ Jessica’s Understanding Nutrition website: https://www.understandingnutrition.com/ 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