Baby-Led Feeding: A Natural Way to Raise Happy, Independent Eaters
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- Author：Jenna Helwig
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Summary
What if you could skip the tiny jars and pouches of bland baby food in favor of a more natural， flavor-filled， and family-friendly transition to solid foods？ Baby-led feeding （also known as baby-led weaning） is just that。 Feeding your baby a variety of healthy， wholesome solid foods， rather than relying solely on purees， is thought to promote motor skills and establish lifelong healthy eating habits。 Here， author and food editor at Parents magazine Jenna Helwig gives an easy-to-follow introduction to this popular new method。 With more than 100 ideas and recipes， this bright， photo-driven book includes chapters on the benefits of this approach， when and how to get started， essential safety and nutrition guidelines， frequently asked questions， basic fruit and vegetable prep， more complex finger foods， and family meals。 All recipes have been reviewed by a registered dietitian and include nutrition information to ensure a healthy mealtime。
Reviews
Deepti
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Good book， love the basics on BLF and nutrition value of various types of food。 Having said that， the advanced recipes are not time efficient in my humble opinion。 Also， liked the smashed food guide and the family recipes。
Jenny
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Was hoping for more facts/details， but honestly a really great cookbook for those who want to start their baby on solids。
Jamie
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A quick and very helpful read。 The book is mostly recipes， which I look forward to trying。 I like that it gave me the information I needed about baby-led feeding without dragging it out into 100+ pages。 I also liked that it had a laid-back approach。 Helpful to have it as a reference as we look forward to starting solids soon！
Kerri-Lee
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I loved this book！ It was fun to read- colourful and informative。 I read it cover to cover。 It gave me lots of ideas of new things try and new ingredients to look for at the store。 It gave me confidence to include herbs and spices in our baby’s meals。
Pooja Singh
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Great book with wonderful tips
Rachel
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Some decent recipes but insists that babies need to eat meat， which just isn’t true。
Maranda
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Baby-Led Feeding: A Natural Way to Raise Happy， Independent Eaters by Jenna Helwig is a non-fiction book about one way to approach introducing solids to your baby。This easy-to-follow introduction to baby-led feeding （aka baby-led weaning）， includes more than 100 ideas and recipes， with bright， photos。 The book includes chapters on the "benefits of this approach， when and how to get started， essential safety and nutrition guidelines， frequently asked questions， basic fruit and vegetable prep， mor Baby-Led Feeding: A Natural Way to Raise Happy， Independent Eaters by Jenna Helwig is a non-fiction book about one way to approach introducing solids to your baby。This easy-to-follow introduction to baby-led feeding （aka baby-led weaning）， includes more than 100 ideas and recipes， with bright， photos。 The book includes chapters on the "benefits of this approach， when and how to get started， essential safety and nutrition guidelines， frequently asked questions， basic fruit and vegetable prep， more complex finger foods， and family meals。"I know， this is not one of my normal reads。 I don't usually review a lot of non-fiction， mostly because I don't usually make it through a whole book unless it is a biography or written more like a story。 I tend to browse。 But I have a 6month old who has a voracious appetite and a friend recommended me this one as something to consider。I personally， am too nervous to go the whole BLW method when with comes to introducing solids。 The gagging is just too much for me and I am a ball full of nerves every second of the way。 So with my first child， we went totally puree and waits quite a while to introduce anything more。 But my second pretty much drools whenever anyone eats or drinks around her， so we are doing a hybrid approach this time。This is a very forgiving book。 I love that the writer is totally on the side of the caregiver and promotes a "you do you" approach。 She recognizes the struggles with both methods and urges patience and。。。 basically not killing yourself to conform to one approach or another。 The recipes she includes are great。 Some seem a bit much for little ones， but then again， I want to make all of these for myself--sorry baby， these are for mama！Overall， this is a nice middle of the road book， with easy tips and easy to read and understand。 This one gets 4。5 stars from me。 。。。more
Paige
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There is too much information out there on baby led weaning。 Power to you， if you want to read it all！ I appreciated this book becuase it was succinct and non-judgmental。 As a new parent， I appreciate brevity。 There are also age-based recipes as well as family meals meant for baby and everyone else。 I loved the tips on how to prepare foods so your little one can easily grasp without sleeping。 If you want more “meat” and heavier science based-data， I could see how another book might be better for There is too much information out there on baby led weaning。 Power to you， if you want to read it all！ I appreciated this book becuase it was succinct and non-judgmental。 As a new parent， I appreciate brevity。 There are also age-based recipes as well as family meals meant for baby and everyone else。 I loved the tips on how to prepare foods so your little one can easily grasp without sleeping。 If you want more “meat” and heavier science based-data， I could see how another book might be better for you。 Good overall！ 。。。more
Grace Cheung
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I made every recipe in this book。 Nearly every one was a winner！
Allison
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Informative and had lots of great recipes to try。 I liked how it gave the basics on baby nutrition and agreed that BLW does not have to be an all or nothing kind of approach。
Laurie
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So glad we're doing BLF with Ezra。 So easy， less expensive， and healthier！ Cookbook is easy to read and gives good examples for breakfast and lunch ideas for the whole family。 So glad we're doing BLF with Ezra。 So easy， less expensive， and healthier！ Cookbook is easy to read and gives good examples for breakfast and lunch ideas for the whole family。 。。。more
Bridget Hanks
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A good overview on baby-led feeding。 I like how it allows room for more ‘traditional’ feeding choices alongside finger foods right away。 Some reviewers didn’t like that Helwig had recipes for foods they had never heard of in a cookbook for babies， but that didn’t bother me。 Just because I haven’t heard of something doesn’t mean it’s complicated or isn’t tasty。 Isn’t the whole point to introduce your baby to new tastes and textures？ Why not introduce yourself to new tastes and textures at the sam A good overview on baby-led feeding。 I like how it allows room for more ‘traditional’ feeding choices alongside finger foods right away。 Some reviewers didn’t like that Helwig had recipes for foods they had never heard of in a cookbook for babies， but that didn’t bother me。 Just because I haven’t heard of something doesn’t mean it’s complicated or isn’t tasty。 Isn’t the whole point to introduce your baby to new tastes and textures？ Why not introduce yourself to new tastes and textures at the same time？ That being said， I felt like I wouldn’t necessarily cook a lot of this stuff for my family。 This is a colorful and interesting book but not a resource I think I would return to over and over。 。。。more
Andrea
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An awesome guide to preparing single and multi ingredient early meals for babies learning to feed themselves。 Clear recipes that use pantry staples and nutritional information for each one。 I especially appreciated the clear meal portion suggestions by age！
Maria
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Good intro to the idea of baby-led feeding。 I liked the balance of information and different kinds of recipes - honestly， I'm mostly interested in the freezer-friendly ones and the recipes for the whole family， and I saved a bunch of those to try！ Good intro to the idea of baby-led feeding。 I liked the balance of information and different kinds of recipes - honestly， I'm mostly interested in the freezer-friendly ones and the recipes for the whole family， and I saved a bunch of those to try！ 。。。more
Christine
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I loved this little book！ The page layouts were so cute and aesthetically pleasing， and the photos of the recipes were great。 I would have liked a little bit more information on exactly how to do baby-led feeding， but I’m sure if I just reread that part， I’d be able to have a better idea as to how to get started。 It contains a lot of （delicious looking） recipes for baby as he/she progresses， as well as recipes for the whole family。 Vegan and vegetarian recipes are also included！ I would definite I loved this little book！ The page layouts were so cute and aesthetically pleasing， and the photos of the recipes were great。 I would have liked a little bit more information on exactly how to do baby-led feeding， but I’m sure if I just reread that part， I’d be able to have a better idea as to how to get started。 It contains a lot of （delicious looking） recipes for baby as he/she progresses， as well as recipes for the whole family。 Vegan and vegetarian recipes are also included！ I would definitely recommend this book， and I would also not hesitate to buy it on my kindle， despite the fact that it’s a cookbook。 。。。more
Eve Stein
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A few great items to reference， but a lot of filler that I didn’t find interesting。 A well written book， just not my style。
Elisa
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Great reference and easy to scan especially at each age/stage。 I didn’t follow the recipes as much as her instant pot/slow cook book， but overall this was helpful。
Jenn
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My go-to book for BLW。 The book encourages a mixed approach， which is what I'm doing with my baby。 Lots of interesting recipes for all stages， as well as information about BLW in general。 My go-to book for BLW。 The book encourages a mixed approach， which is what I'm doing with my baby。 Lots of interesting recipes for all stages， as well as information about BLW in general。 。。。more
Monica Brown
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A good introduction to baby-led feeding。 It’s mostly recipes。
Lejla
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A very useful， concise guide to get you started with BLF。
Amy Bobryk
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Definitely a solid resource on all things baby feeding and something I’m keeping on my shelf。 The author really breaks down something that’s super overwhelming for new parents into manageable bits and pieces better than Pinterest。 New parents， parents to be - get this！
Emily
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I was hoping to learn something new， learn a little bit more than what’s all over Instagram， but mainly got a reiteration of the basic facts of BLF。 And a lot of recipes。 I copied a few， but the majority of them had a lot of impractical ingredients， at least， for the grocery stores in my area。 The writing was very conversational and enjoyable to read， so there’s that。 Recommend for those who’ve never heard of BLF or not sure where to start。
Alicia Barnett
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Easy introduction to BLW！Loved how straightforward and easygoing this book was about the whole baby led feeding game。 Lots of incredible recipes I’m going to start on right away！ Thank you thank you thank you！
Megan Acosta
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Easy read with lots of great instructions and recipes for baby
Mallory
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This book is super informative and has been really helpful as I introduce solids to my little one。 The only negative I have is that I’ve recently discovered that my kiddo is allergic to peanuts and eggs so many of the recipes in the book are no longer available to my little eater。
Jillian
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A nice companion book to the Gill Rapley book。 Much more succinct and easily organized。 Definitely like the variety of easy and interesting recipe ideas and serving size suggestions based off age。
Radwa El-Derwy
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very informative。 i loved the diversity of the recipes。
Dan Schwent
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My wife pushed this on to me a while back。 Basically， it's about feeding your baby people food。 It's not a bad book but most of the advice is common sense。 Don't feed your baby things they'll choke on and things of that nature。 I wasn't planning on giving Miles any steak anyway。The bulk of the book is recipes and that was the sticking point for me。 I'm not going to go out of my way to shit on this portion of the book but I don't think I live in the same world as the author。 Nobody I know with a My wife pushed this on to me a while back。 Basically， it's about feeding your baby people food。 It's not a bad book but most of the advice is common sense。 Don't feed your baby things they'll choke on and things of that nature。 I wasn't planning on giving Miles any steak anyway。The bulk of the book is recipes and that was the sticking point for me。 I'm not going to go out of my way to shit on this portion of the book but I don't think I live in the same world as the author。 Nobody I know with a baby has time to poach a salmon for him or her。 Also， I don't know a lot of parents who keep teff in stock for their newborn to try。 。。。more
Elissa Cusma-Weise
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This book is a nice add-on to the traditional BLW book。 I like that it has some purée options-it’s not super strict and is a little friendlier for the nervous parent 😂I will say some of the recipes are not easy and definitely require planning。
Ashley
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