Resources
Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too
Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays or Other Feeding Challenges
The book is intended primarily for parents who have a baby or young child with feeding challenges caused by, for example, developmental delay or a medical condition, but also for health care professionals who work with babies who present in this way. Other family members, friends and daycare staff will also find it useful. We expect it to be welcomed by parents who’ve been told that their baby can’t safely feed themselves or follow baby-led weaning (BLW) when in fact there is almost certainly a way that this can happen. In addition to babies with neurodiverse backgrounds, this book can be useful for parents with babies with neurotypical development who may struggle with issues such as struggling with the ability to chew or advance to more complex age-appropriate foods or feeding aversion.
The aim of the book is to empower parents to support their child to achieve maximum autonomy in eating, starting from when solid foods are first introduced in the second half of the first year. Ideally, it should be read at this stage, or earlier, and is best used in collaboration with the baby’s health care providers – especially speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists.
products
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helpful links
breastfeeding
- Julia’s Way
- New Mother New Baby
- Mama and Sweet Pea Nutrition
- Infant Risk
- Nancy Mohr Bacher
- Breastfeeding USA
- Kelly Mom
baby-led weaning & feeding
- Ezpz Feeding Products (Code: Jillrabinablw for 10% discount)
- Thrive Training: CPR & First Aid Class (Code: Jillrabinablw for 10% discount)
- Thrive Training: Choking Class (Code: Jillrabinablw for 10% discount)
- Puffworks (Code: Jillrabin15 for 15% discount)
- Mini-Side Biter (Code: ABLW15 for discount)
- 3-2-1 Grow (Code: JILL20 for discount)
- Oat Haus Granola Butter (Code: OH10JILLRABIN for discount)
- Rapley Weaning
- Fortified Fam
- Solid Starts
- Real Food Littles
- Jessica Coll
- Happy Little Tummies
- Super Healthy Kids
- Ages and Stages
- Responsive Feeding Pro/
- Get Permission Institute
- Chicago Feeding Group
- Ellyn Satter Institute
- Dr. Greene
- Feeding Tiny Bellies
speech & language
recipes
breakfast
- Mini Egg Muffins (Yummy Toddler Food)
- Blueberry Yogurt Cake (Yummy Toddler Food)
- Banana Pancakes Four Ways (Feeding Littles)
- Basic Oatmeal Fingers (My Little Eater)
- Sweet Spinach Muffins (Super Healthy Kids)
- 3-Ingredient Banana Pancakes (Yummy Toddler Food)
lunch
- Potato and Carrot Mash (Healthy Little Foodies)
- Avocado Egg Salad (Feeding Tiny Bellies)
- Sweet Potato Hummus (Jenna Helwig)
- Quick and Easy Homemade Mac and Cheese (Jenna Helwig)
- Cheesy Carrot Bites (Feeding Tiny Bellies)
dinner
- Basil Hummus Turkey Patties (Feeding Bytes)
- Easy Green Pea Fritters (Feeding Bytes)
- Preparing Meat for Baby Led Weaning (Jenna Helwig)
- Easy Weeknight Veggie Gnocchi (Super Healthy Kids)
- Homemade Fish Sticks (Super Healthy Kids)
- Corn Puree (Healthy Little Foodies)
- Whipped Bone Marrow (for Babies & Adults!) (FoodSocial)
sauce
liquid