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Baby Led Weaning

Feeding Baby: Musings on the first 12 months

February 13, 2011

My son is now a delightful toddler. We ended his first year with a slice of carrot cake, plenty of presents and a party. We raised our glasses and toasted to the amazing little boy that he is. On his first birthday too came the realisation that our baby was no longer a baby, he [...]

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5 Iron-Rich Food Ideas for Babies and Toddlers

October 24, 2010

Molasses & Apricot Oatmeal Combine 1/2 cup wholegrain rolled oats (not instant) with 1/2 cup rice milk and 1 cup of water in a saucepan. Chop 3-4 dried apricots finely and add to saucepan with 1 tablespoon backstrap molasses. Bring mixture to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes or until thick and creamy. Cool [...]

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Baby Oatmeal (and success with a preloaded spoon)

September 10, 2010

If only all foods were able to be cut into a ‘chip’ shape then Baby Led Weaning would be a relatively simple and straightforward process. As food doesn’t work like this unfortunately, the question about how to offer your baby ‘sloppy’ foods like yogurt or porridge, is often asked. About a month ago, I tried [...]

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Baby Led Weaning: When, How and Which Foods

September 7, 2010

In the spirit of keeping things simple, I’ve put together a few new pages on Baby Led Weaning. Whilst this is by no means an exhaustative coverage of all things baby-led weaning, it serves as a simple guide to getting you and your little one started with real food. When taking a baby led approach [...]

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Baby Baked Apples

August 14, 2010

I’m becoming a bit more adventurous in the kitchen now that Teddy is getting a bit older and is becoming even more efficient at finger feeding. He’s been happy to munch on lightly steamed slices of apple for a while now so I thought it might be time to try something different and bake the [...]

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Mediterranean Roast Vegetable Pasta (for babies and for grown ups)

August 9, 2010

Teddy eating his fusili pasta Eating this meal has to be, hands down, one of our best moments with Baby Led Weaning thus far. I feel like this meal has been the real ‘click’ moment so many other parents doing baby-led weaning often talk about. The moment when it all comes together and your baby [...]

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Baby finger foods? Here’s some ideas.

August 5, 2010

Letting your baby feed himself is a great way for your little one to have control over his eating, to work on his hand eye coordination, develop his chewing skills and develop independence, confidence and mastery over self-feeding. Letting your baby feed himself provides your little one with endless learning opportunities – he can learn [...]

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What is Baby Led Weaning?

July 28, 2010

photo credit: Kate Ferrara When people find out that I have adopted a baby led approach to introducing solids to my boy, the first thing I am often asked is, “what is baby led weaning?” I have met only a handful of mothers who know what Baby-Led Weaning is and an even smaller few who are [...]

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Peaches baby!

July 20, 2010

photo credit: yummyporky We are in the middle of a really hot summer here in Hong Kong so I was very excited when I found peaches in our local supermarket recently. Growing up in Australia, peaches were a summer staple for my family. I always loved summer for the incredible range of seasonally available fruit (think [...]

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Watermelon, mangoes, pears and toast? It’s been a busy week.

July 16, 2010

We are now in our fourth week of Baby Led Weaning and what a busy week it has been! We recently moved into a new apartment and now that we have re-established our daily routine, I’ve been able to find a bit of extra time to dedicate to my son and his eating efforts. The [...]

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