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The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Starting Solids and Picky Eating: A Conversation with Solid Starts founder Jenny Best

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Solid Starts was founded in 2020 to revolutionize the way we feed our babies and toddlers. Their FREE first food database provides nutrition information and preparation information for the foods we eat and how we can make it accessible and safe for babies to eat from the time they start solids. I welcome the founder of Solid Starts, Jenny Best, to talk about Solid Starts and feeding babies and toddlers. We discuss: How we as parents and our parenting style can impact feeding Why feeding is an incredibly important milestone Why self-feeding is important for babies You can also watch this episode on YouTube! Check out all the Solid Starts resources: Free First Foods Database, Solid Starts App, Starting Solids Bundle Connect on Instagram @solidstarts Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠ page of the website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I wanted to kind of twist the cap off of the baby food jar and turn all that upside down and say,

0:08.0

well, if we want to get to the family meal, because that's ultimately the goal, right,

0:12.0

is getting baby to eat what you want to eat

0:15.6

so you're not constantly making two separate meals for the rest of your life.

0:20.8

How do we get from there to there and how can we get the foods that we eat into baby's diet sooner?

0:27.0

It turns out it's completely safe to do and there's a lot of benefits to doing it early on.

0:32.0

Welcome back to the show. and there's a lot of benefits to doing it early on.

0:32.9

Welcome back to the show.

0:34.8

This podcast is growing because of you and your reviews.

0:37.6

So keep leaving those reviews, updating them,

0:40.7

and sharing the show with any parent, grandparent teacher, anybody who takes care of children.

0:47.0

I am so excited to welcome a favorite of mine, not only on social media, but what she's doing and her business is doing for eating and

0:54.3

feeding children and this is Jenny Best mom and founder of solid starts a

0:58.8

platform that's revolutionizing how we feed our babies that has helped over 2 million families and

1:05.1

continues to grow and we are talking about starting solids and picky eating and

1:10.4

just a conversation with Jenny and how she found this company.

1:14.6

Thank you so much for joining me today, Jenny.

1:16.6

Hi, it's so good to be here.

1:18.9

I'm glad we finally made it happen.

1:20.8

Yes, I mean, I found you in the pandemic so I believe you did start solid starts in what year?

1:28.1

20 was sort of the year things got really rolling.

1:30.5

Yeah and so I started my platform in 2019, but then obviously in the pandemic things really grew and I loved it. My son turned, you know, for six months for solid foods and your first food database which will I'm sure talk about was our go to you know how to especially make things safe to you know feed babies and whatnot and I don't think anyone listening shouldn't know who you are, but in case they don't.

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