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Is science backing up baby-led weaning (BLW)?

15 March, 2024 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Baby-led weaning (BLW) is an approach to initiating complementary feeding and introducing solids to babies. In this method, children feed themselves with their own hands and are not spoon-fed mashed or pureed baby food. This method encourages the infant to be the active individual in their feeding journey and not a passive receptor of food, as happens with traditional spoon feeding. This way, infants self-regulate, favoring perceptive feeding based on the child’s hunger and satiety signals. The concept of Baby-Led…

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How safe is baby-led weaning?

16 February, 2024 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

How safe is BLW? One of the biggest fears with Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) for both, families and healthcare professionals, is the risk of choking. It is sometimes perceived that this method might lead to more choking incidents in babies who are fed solid pieces of food from day one without being spoon-fed. For this reason, much research on BLW has focused on whether or not this method of initiation of complementary feeding increases the risk of choking or suffocation. Kahraman…

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The transition from breastfeeding to food from one year onwards

11 May, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

After 12 months, do you breastfeed before or after solid food? How do you transition from breastfeeding to food? What happens if your child prefers breastmilk? How and when do you make the transition from breastfeeding to complementary feeding and introducing solids? You can start including solid food in your child’s diet from 6 months of a baby’s life or whenever your child is ready. These foods complement breastmilk, which is why they are known as complementary feeding, so the…

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Are baby-led weaning and breastfeeding similar?

19 October, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

What does breastfeeding and baby led weaning have in common? A comparison of the two options of feeding your baby.

BLW or pureed food: what does the scientific evidence say?

5 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

BLW or pureed food: is there scientific evidence to support the benefits of one method over the other? If a few weeks ago we wrote about the scientific evidence of BLW in relation to breastfeeding, now we focus on reviewing the published scientific evidence on infant growth and food intake of BLW babies compared to traditional spoon-fed babies. BLW or pureed food One of the biggest fears that both health care providers and families have about BLW is that infants…

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BLW and breastfeeding: what does the scientific evidence say?

1 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

In this post we review what the scientific evidence says about BLW and breastfeeding. The Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) method allows the baby to feed itself in a self-regulated manner by eating autonomously with its hands and avoiding the traditional method of spooning pureed food. The method has multiple benefits compared to the traditional method of spooning pureed food. One of the most important is that it might be more respectful with breastfeeding. There are several published studies that have studied the…

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