For decades, this was the widely accepted way to feed a baby: Sit them in a high chair, pop open a jar of mushy pureed peas, scoop some onto a tiny spoon, make an “open wide” face, and—whoosh—make it ...

Interested in baby-led weaning? Experts recommend starting with foods like butternut squash, banana, avocado, chicken, broccoli, scrambled egg, apple, sweet potato ...

Baby-led weaning is an approach for introducing babies to solid food that involves serving whole pieces of food that the baby picks up and feeds to themselves. Baby-led weaning puts the baby in ...

Baby-led weaning provides similar calories to pureed foods and may offer advantages in growth, according to a new study. The popular parenting method of baby-led weaning, where babies are given whole, ...

Dr. Jenelle Ferry, neonatologist and director of feeding, nutrition and infant development at Pediatrix Neonatology of Florida, tells TODAY.com that baby-led weaning refers to a method for introducing ...

As a new parent, the idea of introducing solid foods to your little one can be overwhelming. But with baby-led weaning, you can trust your baby to lead the way and make the transition from breast milk ...

“That’s not how I thought this would go,” my husband said. “What did you expect to happen?” I asked him. “I guess, I pictured her actually eating it,” he replied. My infant daughter sat with us at the ...

Forget purees and let your baby feed herself. What is it? Baby-led feeding means forgetting purees and spoons, and simply letting your baby feed herself. The World Health Organization recommends ...

Baby-led weaning (BLW) is an approach to introducing solid foods that focuses on a baby’s choices and allows them to choose what they eat. Soft, easily-chewable whole foods and thin sticks or harder ...