Sleep Cues: The Everything Baby Sleep Podcast

How to Introduce Real Food to Babies: An Interview with Jenny Best of Solid Starts

January 02, 2024 Erin Junker - The Happy Sleep Company Season 1 Episode 160
Sleep Cues: The Everything Baby Sleep Podcast
How to Introduce Real Food to Babies: An Interview with Jenny Best of Solid Starts
Show Notes

This week we have a replay of our interview with Jenny Best — the founder of Solid Starts.  Jenny is a baby-led weaning expert and food and farming enthusiast on a mission to make it easier for parents to introduce real food to their babies. Solid Starts was born out of necessity.

Solid Starts advocates for an approach that they named #FingerFoodFirst. Based on a method called “baby-led weaning,” FingerFoodFirst involves letting go. Letting go of the impulse to control every spoonful and letting go of the expectation that you should make one meal for your baby and another for everyone else. 

In this episode Jenny explains the long and short game of child feeding, breaks down baby led weaning, her advice on introducing new foods with children of different ages and how to know if your baby is getting enough food AND MORE...

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