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Naturally Nourished

Episode 239: Baby Led Weaning

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8655 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Have you heard of baby led weaning? Thinking about skipping purees with your little one and going straight to solids? Want to know what Noah is eating at 8 months old? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss baby led weaning and how they decided this was the right way to introduce real food to their babes from the start.    In this episode, Ali and Becki discuss the benefits of baby led weaning, from fine motor skill development to regulation of satiety to expansion of baby’s palate and beyond. Learn about signs of readiness, how to ensure a safe eating environment and first foods to consider. Plus Becki shares Noah’s supplement regimen, tips for dealing with cradle cap and what foods he’s digging these days! Also in this episode:  Food As Medicine Ketosis Program Episode 88: Nourishing Your Toddler and Stella’s 2nd Birthday Episode 229: Real Food and Pregnancy Benefits of Baby Led Weaning Nutrient Needs for 6 Months and Beyond Baby Led Weaning Beverage Stella’s First Birthday Cake Safety and Readiness for Baby Led Weaning Baby’s First SupplementsVitamin D Balanced Blend MetaKids Probiotic Nordic Naturals DHA Kids-Biotic can start around age 1, can be crushed into a bite of food or chewed MultiAvail Kids can start around age 1, can be crushed into a bite of food or chewed Dealing with Cradle Cap and EczemaOrthomolecular SBI Protect Klaire Labs S Boulardii Powder Frida Baby Cradle Cap System Baby Led Weaning EssentialsFruit Net Silicone Teether for frozen fruit Disposable Placemats Silicone Bibs Grabease Utensils Inglesina Chair   Sponsors for this episode: This episode is sponsored by Nutrisense, providing Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) that provide you with real-time glucose data and an easy to use phone app that helps you combine and visualize your glucose data with all of your daily activities as well as personalized recommendations on how to improve your health. Use the code AliRD for $30 off your monthly subscription plan at nutrisense.io.   This episode is also sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They’ve partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.

0:12.7

Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.

0:22.6

From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself

0:28.3

back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes

0:35.1

only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Allie Miller, and her co-host, Becky You.

0:43.5

Welcome to episode 239 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast. Today we are talking about baby-led weaning,

0:50.4

and we will be covering this concept as well as the benefits. I'll be sharing some

0:56.4

updates about Noah's food journey so far and I'll probably be asking Allie to remember like

1:01.1

a million years back. Still is almost five. I can't believe it. I know. Goodness. Yes,

1:07.0

we've been really excited to share this content because it has been episodes back.

1:11.5

I don't know if we have any noted.

1:12.9

I know I have one from her first birthday and we have an episode on being a taste adventure.

1:18.7

But there was one after the breastfeeding podcast episode that I did, not your breastfeeding

1:24.1

on Becky on Stella and First Foods.

1:26.3

So we will find that and link that in the

1:28.4

show notes as far as archives. And this is a way to introduce your baby to solids. Necessarily the

1:37.4

weaning part doesn't always have high grade impact as far as meaning that you need to reduce

1:43.3

breastfeeding by any level,

1:45.0

but it's the way of introducing solids into babies in a more whole food form.

1:50.0

And we'll talk about, like Becky said, the benefits and approaches and considerations and concerns and all the things.

1:56.0

Yes. Before we dive in, any big updates?

2:00.0

So we have just started our 12-week Food is Medicine virtual ketosis program,

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