Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

#116: Kimberly Ho quit her job as an investment banker after seeing some of the shadier sides of so-called green and clean cosmetic and skin-care companies. She launched Evereden with the belief that there could be a truly clean line of skin-care for babies and moms.What we put ON our babies’ skin and why it’s just as important as what we put IN their bodies. Kim’s company Evereden employs a “Moms in Medicine” team of highly respected leading pediatric dermatologists who are also moms and involved in choosing every aspect of what goes IN (and stays OUT) of their skincare line.Kimberly Ho’s team at Evereden is working to revolutionize eczema management with quality, clean skincare products that WORK. We’re chatting about the link between eczema and food allergy risk as well as what to look for when choosing skincare product for your entire family.Listen to this episode to learn: How seeing the truth about so-called “green” and “clean” big brand skincare products was so off-putting that Kim quit her full time investment banking job to start Evereden Why the word “natural” can be just as meaningless in skincare as it is in nutrition (...”Poison ivy” is a natural skin product but we don’t want it on our skin!” Kim says) What ingredients to look for and what to avoid when selecting skin products for your baby...don’t forget your baby’s facial skin is probably the most delicate type of skin & has to be treated as such! The best skincare products and lotions for babies with eczema and how to control eczema in your baby  Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/116Links from This Episode: Follow Kimberley on Instagram at @kimintechnicolor Follow Evereden on Instagram at @everedenbrand Visit the Evereden website here and get 15% off with discount code BABYLEDWEAN15 (excludes bundles)  Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#115: The BRAT diet has been recommended for decades as a way to combat diarrhea. BRAT is an acronym standing for bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. But does BRAT work and should it be used for babies?In this episode we’re looking at diarrheal disease in babies: what causes it and what steps should be taken to help babies who have diarrhea. Do you need to cut out milk and dairy if your baby has diarrhea? What types of foods can babies who have diarrhea eat? ...and is the BRAT diet safe for babies? Listen to this episode to learn: What is the BRAT diet and how did it come to be recommended? If long-term adherence to a BRAT diet is NOT recommended (...and it’s not) what SHOULD we be feeding and not feeding if baby has diarrhea Why do high sugar simple carbohydrate foods make baby’s diarrhea worse and what should we be feeding instead? Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/115Links from This Episode: Episode 108 -  “Probiotics: Should Your Baby Be Taking Probiotics? with James Marin, RD, EN and Dahlia Marin, RDN, LD” Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#113: How do I transition to cow's milk from breastmilk or formula? What age do I make the switch? What are the nutritional benefits of cow's milk?In this episode, I'll walk you through the transition (hint: it's not for the beginners!) to cow's milk IF that's what is right for your family. I also cover cow's milk as an allergenic food and how the introduction is different from fluid cow's milk. Lastly, I touch on how milk might be affecting your toddler's hunger during mealtime. Happy listening!Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/113Links from This Episode: Episode 79 - How to Pick a Milk When Your Baby Turns 1 Episode 55 - How to drop a milk feed  Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore smart grocery shopping strategies for baby-led weaning. Discover nutritious essentials like fruits, vegetables, and proteins that every parent should consider. Learn how to introduce allergenic foods safely while avoiding choking hazards. Find out why whole milk and full-fat yogurt are essential for your baby's brain development. Plus, get practical tips for budgeting while ensuring your little one enjoys safe and healthy meals. It's packed with insights to streamline your shopping experience!

Wondering if you should stop purees before transitioning to baby-led weaning? The conversation dives into changing guidelines on when to start solids, highlighting the recommended six-month mark. It also clarifies that using spoons is fine but suggests a preference for the pre-loaded method. The podcast discusses the importance of allowing babies to self-feed, challenges myths about early feeding, and reassures parents considering a switch from purees. Tune in for practical insights on navigating this crucial stage of feeding!

Discover the ins and outs of introducing corn to your little one! Learn why corn kernels can pose a choking hazard and when it's safe to offer corn on the cob. Explore fun recipes like homemade polenta and adapted cornbread that are perfect for baby-led weaning. Plus, get tips on enhancing flavors with ingredients like agave syrup. This guide is packed with essential safety advice and delightful ideas for making corn a nutritious addition to your baby's diet!

#94: What’s your status with self-care these days? You hear the term “self-care” thrown around a lot in the motherhood and parenting space...but what does it actually mean? In this episode Christine Sterling, MD from The Sterling Life is joining us to talk about why self-care as a parent is so important. We need to be taking care of ourselves, especially during transition times in your baby’s life...like when you’re starting solids.Dr. Sterling is a board-certified OBGYN dedicated to helping moms navigate pregnancy, postpartum and parenthood. She is a straight-talker and if you’ve brushed the idea of self-care to the side, Dr. Sterling is going to put it back front and center.In our interview Dr. Sterling explains why as parents we tend to look to our children to fulfill areas of our lives where we’re feeling “not enough”. Her techniques will help you use self-care to move you closer to yourself, helping you feel more at peace in your life...while acknowledging that parenting will always be imperfect. Dr. Sterling’s mission is to help remind us that self-care can help bring joy among the imperfect.In Dr. Sterling’s words, “Do your children see you enjoying life even when the to-do list is not done?” If you’re like most of us and the answer is no, check out this episode with Christine Sterling, MD @drsterlingobgyn to get some self-care in your situation stat!Listen to this episode to learn:  How breastfeeding moms experience hormonal changes around the time your baby starts solid foods and how that can elevate risk for post-partum anxiety and depression Why over focusing on one area of your child’s health or well-being can lead to negative health consequences for you as the caregiver...but how to stop this painful cycle What exactly constitutes self-care and why finding joy and experiencing joy even when your to-do list is not done is so important for your children to see in you Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/94Links from This Episode: Check out Dr. Sterling’s website with access to her courses, blogs & workbooks at www.thesterlinglife.com Follow Dr. Sterling on Instagram @drsterlingobgyn Join Dr. Sterling’s free facebook group here and her FB page is here  Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#82: It’s no secret that food and nutrition is traditionally taught through a white-centric lens. In this episode I’m joined by Hanna Garth, a food anthropologist and professor and author of Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice to talk about the underlying problems of food inequality as they pertain to race and culture.If you’ve ever wondered how a food swamp differs from a food desert, or what the term food apartheid actually means (...and why it’s preferred over food swamp and/or food dessert), this episode has some answers for you.Hanna is helping parents learn to speak about food and culture to our kids in a way that challenges the rhetoric of nutrition and food that needs to look or be a certain way in order to be “normal” or “healthy”.Listen to this episode to learn:  The racist connotations of the term “food desert” and why “food apartheid” is a preferable alternative How parents can challenge the rhetoric of nutrition and food that needs to look or be a certain way in order to be “normal” or “healthy” The “why” behind her book Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice and what it means for parents today Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/82Links from This Episode: Follow Hanna Garth on Instagram @hgarth and Twitter @hannagarth  Hanna’s website is at http://www.hannagarth.com/  Her book, Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice book is here Hanna’s book, Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal is here  Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#79: What changes in feeding when your baby turns 1? Honestly...not a whole lot. But we do make the transition to cow’s milk and that can be kind of tricky for some families.In this episode we’re looking at how to pick a milk when your baby turns 1. From questions about how much to feed, what types of cow’s milk to try, transitioning from breastmilk and/or formula to cow’s milk and milk alternatives, I’m answering all your questions on how to pick a milk when your baby turns 1.Listen to this episode to learn:  Why it’s ok for babies to have cow’s milk protein in yogurt, low sodium cheeses and other dairy foods but why we don’t substitute fluid cow’s milk for breastmilk and/or formula until baby turns 1 What to look for in the milk aisle when you’re choosing a cow’s milk for your baby at or after the 1 year mark How to wean baby off of the bottle (and when to do that) and what to consider if you need to do a cow’s milk alternative if your baby has cow’s milk protein allergy or you’re a vegan family Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/79Links from This Episode: Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other Episodes Related to This Topic:  Episode 13 - “Milk Protein: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food”  Episode 40  - “6 Reasons to Skip the Sippy Cup with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP”  🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#78: If there’s a little one on your gift list (...or if you’re looking to buy for the person who helps feed that baby!) this episode is a roundup of some of my favorite family feeding gift ideas.Inside of this episode I’m sharing feeding gear & goods for different ages & stages of feeding, like what to buy before you start solids, some helpful gear for once you get going, what you need to transition to toddlerhood and ideas for moms, dads & caregivers too! Shownotes for this episode can be found here:https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/78Links from This Episode: Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program   Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other Episodes Related to This Topic:EPISODE 56: Dog Meets Baby: BLW Do's + Don'ts For The Whole (Furry) Family with Alexandra Parry, DVM is here 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.💯 💯 💯 💯 💯Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.👀 👀 👀 👀 👀Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices