Trickier textures: pushing your baby’s palate past purees

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

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Moving past purees can sometimes be trickier and oftentimes it’s the parents who are more nervous about this than the child. I welcome Katie Ferraro, registered dietician specializing in baby led weaning, mom of seven, and founder of Baby Led Wean Team to discuss moving past purees to more textured foods. We discuss: Why parents are sometimes nervous to move past purees Recognizing gagging versus choking Misconceptions surrounding BLW and textures How to encourage trickier textures in a safe way Grab a copy of Katie’s 100 FIRST FOODS list on her free weekly BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop. You can sign up for this week’s workshop times here: www.babyledweaning.co 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. Are you looking to scratch off dinner from your to do list? Try out Prep Dish today and have high quality, healthy and delicious meals planned out for your family. I got you a 2 WEEKS FREE PREP DISH MEMBERSHIP so you can see if they're a good fit for your family. Just go to prepdish.com/pedsdoctalk for a two week free trial - you won't regret it!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to help clarify, a lot of parents mistakenly think that baby lead
0:04.8	weaning just means skipping or avoiding purees. And that's certainly not the
0:08.6	case. Purees are a very important texture for babies to master. It's just not
0:13.2	the only texture that your baby can eat. And so we can honor the self-feeding
0:17.9	principles of baby lead weaning and still have baby learn how to eat naturally
0:22.0	pureed foods like full fat whole milk yogurt and unsweetened apple sauce and
0:25.4	oatmeal. But we do that using what's called the pre-loaded spoon technique.
0:30.0	Hello everyone. Welcome back to the show. I get so excited to talk to the
0:34.7	most amazing guests on this podcast to have conversations about parenthood,
0:39.4	child health, development, feeding, and so much more. Thank you so much for
0:43.5	tuning in for all of your reviews. And for all of the love you show this
0:47.1	podcast. This is how it continues to grow. And I'm just so excited to welcome
0:51.4	our next guest, which is Katie Ferrara, who is a registered dietitian specializing
0:56.7	in one of my favorite things, baby lead weaning mom of seven and founder of
1:01.3	baby lead wean team and podcast host, by the way. And she's joining me today to
1:05.2	talk about trickier textures, pushing your baby's palette past purees.
1:10.0	That's a tongue twister. Thank you so much for joining me today, Katie.
1:13.2	Hi Mona. Thanks so much for having me. Well, I'm so excited to have you on my
1:16.8	podcast. I have been on yours. And I love the information you're putting
1:20.1	out there, not only on your podcast, but also on your social media and your
1:23.6	courses. So I know you and I'm pretty sure a lot of my followers know who you
1:28.2	are too. But if they don't tell us more about yourself and why you do what you
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