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April 1, 2025 21 mins
#25: Not sure what to feed your baby in the first week of baby-led weaning? In this episode, I’m walking you through a simple 5-day schedule to kick off solids with confidence. You’ll learn how to safely introduce real foods, why variety matters from day one, and how to avoid common first-week mistakes. Ready to plan out week 2? Download my free guide, “10 Easy Starter Foods for Baby-Led Weaning,” to keep the momentum going: https://babyledweaning.co/resources Listen to this episode to learn: 1. The step-by-step playbook for the first 5 days of baby-led weaning...if you’re on board with self-feeding but not sure WHAT foods to feed, this episode is for you! 2. The importance of introducing 1 new low risk food per day 4 days per week and making that 5th new food each week be an allergenic food 3. How following this plan for the first week of baby-led weaning will skyrocket your confidence in your baby’s ability to self-feed these foods safely! (...even if you want to start with purees for a few days!) Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/25 Links from this episode: • Free Feeding Guide: “10 Easy Starter Foods for Baby-Led Weaning: https://babyledweaning.co/resources • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  •  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other episodes related to this topic: • Episode 5 - The Purees for a Few Days™ Approach to Starting Solid Foods with Baby-Led Weaning: a Feeding Guide • Episode 12 - Why You Don’t Need to Wait 3-5 Days Between Trying New Foods 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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