Baby-Led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food Birth Partner how they want to interact

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Author Sheila Kitzinger is a childbirth educator

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Baby-Led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food Birth Partner how they want to interactContrary to popular belief, there is no research that supports the current mainstream view that babies should be weaned by being spoon fed pures. Self feeding allows babies to use their natural abilities to explore taste, texture, colour and smell. It encourages independence and confidence by allowing them to experiment with foods at their own pace and helps to develop hand eye coordination and chewing. Baby led Weaning is a practical and