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Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food Kindle Edition

by Gill Rapley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,277 ratings
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The fully updated and revised edition of Baby-led Weaning is a practical and authoritative guide to introducing solid food, enabling your child to grow up a happy and confident eater. It shows parents why baby-led weaning makes sense and gives them the confidence to trust their baby's natural skills and instincts.

Filled with practical tips for getting started and the low-down on what to expect, Baby-led Weaning explodes the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed and shows why self-feeding from the start is the healthiest way for your child to develop. Your baby is allowed to decide how much they want to eat, how to eat it and to experiment with everything at their own pace.

Baby-led weaning is a common-sense, safe, easy and enjoyable approach to feeding your baby. No more purées and weaning spoons, and no more mealtime battles. Simply let your baby feed himself healthy family food.

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    December 2, 2008
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Gill Rapley pioneered baby-led weaning in the U.K. She has worked as a nurse for 20 years and has also been a midwife and breastfeeding counselor. Tracey Murkett is a freelance writer.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0031RS2ZO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ebury Digital (December 2, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 2, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 35625 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 230 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,277 ratings

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Gill Rapley

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Gill Rapley is the pioneering champion of baby-led weaning. She has studied infant feeding and child development for many years, gaining a Masters degree in 2005 and a PhD in 2015. She worked as a health visitor (public health nurse) for more than 20 years, and has also been a midwife, lactation consultant, and breastfeeding counselor. She lives in Kent, England, with her husband, and has three grown-up children, all of whom tried their best to show her that they didn’t need any help with solid foods.

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Baby Led Weaning is the best!!
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Baby Led Weaning is the best!!
I had never heard of feeding finger foods to a 6 month old before I discovered Baby-led weaning. This stuff is AWESOME! The book is pretty thorough, though, like a PP said, doesn't have recipes and also doesn't talk about spacing introductions... I'd say talk to your doctor about allergies, but choose the form of foods yourself!Using Baby-led weaning, my daughter was eating a huge piece of steak at 8 months with no issues! People are always amazed at what she eats!
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laspgh
5.0 out of 5 stars So glad I tried this approach!
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2010
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We started BLW about a month ago and I'm so glad I tried it. Purees and "babyfood" is such a part of what I considered conventional wisdom about parenting that I was hesitant, even after reading this book. However, what the book was saying made a lot of sense, so I took a leap of faith and decided to give it a try before attempting spoon feeding...a few weeks later we decided that spoon feeding would not be necessary. My son is loving exploring foods and is developing a healthy appetite - so far he loves broccoli, tomatoes, avocado and squash. It's also nice that I can adapt any meal we're having so that he eats what we're eating - it makes planning his meals much easier. I recommend this book - read it and then give it a try! You will be shocked by how much your baby innately knows about food. But be patient, for the first week or two your baby may not actually swallow anyfood - but he will eventually.
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Heidi Burns
5.0 out of 5 stars Baby-led Solids should be the real title
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2009
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Great book. First off this is not a weaning off the breast book, it is an introduction to solids book.

I exclusively breastfed my daughter for 8mos and when I was ready to introduce solids, she wasn't. She was more interested in feeding herself and wouldn't let me spoon feed her. Turns out that was great for me. I spoon fed my boys at 4 and 5 mos old and it was very time consuming and I wasn't sure if they were full or fussy when they'd refuse to eat.

This book eliminates the struggle. Babies have a sensitive gag reflex and by using this book I was able to let my baby take the lead on feeding herself while not overreacting at any sound she made while eating. Also it gives a great guideline of how much and when to feed them solids that correlates with breastfeeding and formula feeding.

If your little one has issues with spoon feeding or heck even if they don't, this is a great book for beginner feeders. I wish I had this with my boys.
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Lauren
4.0 out of 5 stars Stop searching amazon for baby feeding books, go get your credit card, buy this one now and relax!
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2010
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We started our son on this from when he was a little over 6 months and though the concept is simple it is the best parenting adivce ever! It is the healthiest, easiest and most natural way to feed your baby! Our son started out eating very very little which lasted until he was about ten months old but we stuck with it and he was able to feed himself while we ate along side him. I felt much better about giving him real healthy food rather than processed baby food and I loved the idea of him regulating what to eat, when to eat and how much to eat. He is now almost two and feeds himself very neatly which I think is because he was never spoon-fed. He eats very healthy although is picky about certain vegetables and defintiely prefers grains and fruits over certain vegetables which I think is natural although some reviews seemed to think that this method eliminated the whole picky eater thing. The only thing to note is that this book is about the overall concept and is not very detailed, this was all I really needed although I was concerned about choking so just to be cautious I steamed things for a while and made sure not to feed him things that were hard. He did gag a lot at the beginning but worked things out himself and this went away with practice and also after I started to make sure things were softer. At the beginning I gave him carrots to chew on, etc. going with the idea that he would only eat what he could handle and though I still think that this may be true I was just too nervous! We also noticed that he has really never put things in his mouth that he can't eat. Pennies, stones, etc. he has never really been one of those kids that puts everything in his mouth which could be because he has always had control over what goes in his mouth. Anyway long review but buy this book, stick with it and you will love it 100% even if everyone you tell thinks you are nuts.
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Angela S. Cardas-Meredith
5.0 out of 5 stars Relax and let them eat!
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012
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I LOVE this book, and I am NOT a reader. When my son was getting close to starting solids, I sought out this concept - basically exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months, and introducing solids, as just that SOLIDS. Baby food grosses both my husband and me out, and the thought of having my food cold, and my husband long gone from the table while I sat and spooned food down my baby's throat didn't sound appealing. This book tells you why it is OK to let babies feed themselves, from the very beginning of solid foods. They have strong jaws (I mean really, have you ever had a toothless baby bite you? It HURTS!) and a sensitive gag reflex - and it goes into great detail about the difference between choking and gagging (HUGE difference). No nasty baby cereal, no jarred baby food. Save the money and waste and feed them REAL FOOD!! It's SO much easier in the long run, and you will never eat a cold meal at the table alone again. :)
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Cheri K
3.0 out of 5 stars Consider as a guide for new parents
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2009
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There's nothing new about Gill Rapley's ideas, besides the name, but for parents who think feeding a baby means jars and purees, it's a good read. Before commercial baby foods (and even after for most parents in most parts of the world), babies were simply offered bites off their parent's plate when they were ready to start solids. But when most of us were babies, the recommendation became to start solids at very young ages and purees were introduced (how else will you get "solid" food into a 2 week old?). Now that the recommendations have returned to more realistic expectations of when babies will be ready to eat, more and more parents are realizing that their babies don't need mush - they can eat "real" food right off the bat. If you'd like to introduce this idea to a new parent, aren't certain when or how to start feeding your baby solids, or need support for when Grandma is horrified, this is the book to buy. If you're looking for recipes for "baby" food, tables of what food to introduce at what age, or detailed lists of foods to avoid, you won't find them here. This is just a reassuring introduction to the idea of simply feeding your baby from your own healthy meals.

By the way, for American audiences, "weaning" technically begins as soon as food other than breastmilk (or formula) is introduced. If you're looking for a guide on weaning baby from the breast, you're looking at the wrong book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply perfect
Reviewed in the Netherlands on September 27, 2020
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This book provides the perfect logical guide to introducing solids to babies, simply put. One of the best books I have ever read. BLW in my opinion is how you respect babies and encourage their development. A must read for parents who wish to follow natural logical advice about introducing solids.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good concept and delivered well
Reviewed in India on May 3, 2020
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Helpful concept and delivered succinctly . Quick read , helpful for parents who want to try a different approach to feeding babies . (Rather than force feeding)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ótimas dicas
Reviewed in Brazil on June 14, 2017
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Muito bom. Realmente dá um novo norte para as mamães de primeira viagem. Grande expectativa para a tradução do título para o mercado brasileiro.
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Bere Rojas
5.0 out of 5 stars Regresando a lo básico ⭐️👍🏼
Reviewed in Mexico on April 21, 2017
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Este libro nos da la información necesaria para darnos la motivación y valor de ayudar a nuestros bebés a aprender a comer de una forma natural y sana, desarrollando habilidades motrices, sociales e incrementando la seguridad en ellos... ¡y solo se trata de regresar a lo básico!
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kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Comforting and informative
Reviewed in Australia on December 13, 2019
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Excellent book, helped me to build the confidence to introduce solid food to my child, and we never looked back.
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