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Introducing Solids

Introducing solids: foods to avoid

October 9, 2010

Despite the recent changes in recommendations around introducing potentially allergenic foods into the infant diet, there still remains a number of foods that need to be avoided by infants under the age of 12 months. These include: Honey Honey must not be given to infants under the age of 12 months. Honey can be infected [...]

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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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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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Baby loves Apples

July 7, 2010

photo credit: Abhijit Tembhekar Apples are another of those foods that is commonly cited as being perfect for babies starting on solids as they are easy to prepare and easy for little tummies to digest. Why do some babies love apples so much? It is most likely because apples are high in natural sugars and [...]

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The importance of following your baby’s cues

July 5, 2010

photo credit: missmac Regardless of whether you take a more traditional approach to weaning (ie. gradual progression of increasingly complex textures) or more of a baby led weaning approach to introducing solids, a major consideration is listening, watching and responding to your baby. I’ve been reading with great interest the whole purees vs. baby led [...]

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Avocado for baby? Yes please.

June 28, 2010

photo credit: Simon Goldenberg Avocado was a huge hit in our house yesterday. Both my husband and I love avocados and so I decided to offer some, sliced up, to our boy as a finger food. Given the avocado was lovely and ripe, it was easy for my boy to pick up and mash between [...]

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What’s on the menu? Butternut squash!

June 27, 2010

photo credit: VancityAllie I persisted with rice cereal for 5 days and with minimal interest from my boy, I decided to give Baby Led Weaning a go and offer the boy some butternut squash instead. What a difference that made! He had complete control. He could pick up, play with, squash, taste and munch on [...]

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To puree or not to puree?

May 5, 2010

photo credit: jules:stonesoup This is the question I have been grappling with for the last week. Whether or not to introduce my son to food via the traditional ‘stages’ of introducing solids (purees, lumps, mashed, table foods) or to let him lead the way and feed himself from the get go. I’ve got so bogged [...]

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