Sesame: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

#043: Sesame allergy is on the rise. And although sesame is not one of the Big 8 allergenic foods (...the 8 foods that account for about 90% of food allergy) - it is number 9. And because sesame allergy is on the rise, it’s a food that we want to introduce to babies early and often, but we need to do so safely. In this episode I’m sharing 2 really easy ways you can introduce your baby to sesame, a potentially allergenic food. We can’t feed baby seeds or hard crunchy sesame snacks, but tahini and black sesame seed powder are 2 products that can be slightly modified and made into a safe form for your baby to self-feed. Listen to this episode to learn: How even though sesame is not one of the Big 8 allergenic foods...if there was a 9th one to add to the list, sesame would be it as sesame allergy is on the rise How to prepare sesame safely for babies...because seeds on their own or hard, crunchy sesame snacks are not safe for early eaters and commercially prepared hummus is too high in salt to serve too! Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/43 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 Other episodes related to this topic: Tahini is easy to make at home if you don’t have access to a store-bought version of this sesame seed paste. Here is an easy tahini recipe from the Kitchn. Instagram @pegsfordays account has a BLW Chinese food highlight with info about using black sesame seed powder 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 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