Starting your baby on solids can be an exciting milestone, but also an overwhelming one. You may feel unsure about the best way to begin offering solids, and how to do it in a positive, healthy ...

When it's time to toss away the bottles and breastfeeding is a thing of the past, parents typically turn to pre-made baby food purees to lead their little ones into the next stage of their journey ...

Often, when parents are ready to introduce foods beyond formula or breast milk to their babies, they buy jars of baby food or spend hours pureeing fruits and vegetables. But that's not the only way to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interested in baby-led weaning? Experts recommend starting with foods like butternut squash, banana, avocado, chicken, broccoli, ...

Baby-led weaning (BLW) allows your baby to choose what, how much, and how quickly they eat. However, research on the benefits of BLW is inconsistent. Share on Pinterest Baby-led weaning (BLW) ...

I am not a new mom, but I recently felt like one. After spoon-feeding three babies baby food, I heard about a new trend called baby-led weaning from both my pediatrician and a younger mom friend whose ...

Baby-led weaning means that you avoid “baby” food altogether and go straight to real food. It’s not as weird as you might think, and these first foods will get you started on the right path. When you ...

Baby-led weaning is an approach for introducing babies to solid food that involves serving whole pieces of food that the baby picks up and feeds to themselves. Baby-led weaning puts the baby in ...

A new study suggests that baby-led weaning provides ample calories for growth and development. Matzeller shows two age-appropriate methods of preparing food to follow baby-led weaning. Chicago (June ...

Families across Chicago can find festive things to do this weekend as parks, libraries and neighborhoods host light walks, concerts, Santa visits and hands-on... Chicago Parent is Chicagoland’s ...

For decades, this was the widely accepted way to feed a baby: Sit them in a high chair, pop open a jar of mushy pureed peas, scoop some onto a tiny spoon, make an “open wide” face, and—whoosh—make it ...