New study findings suggest that baby-led weaning - a popular method for introducing solid foods to infants - furnishes ample calories for growth and development. The findings provide evidence-based ...

Rather than being spoon-fed purees, the infant is offered appropriate pieces of food to self-feed, often alongside the family ...

Interested in baby-led weaning? Experts recommend starting with foods like butternut squash, banana, avocado, chicken, broccoli, scrambled egg, apple, sweet potato ...

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 ...

My kids are 20 and 21, so obviously I’m way past worrying about baby issues. Or so I’d thought. But in the process of reporting this story about the infant-feeding trend du jour, “baby-led weaning,” ...

Dr. Jenelle Ferry, neonatologist and director of feeding, nutrition and infant development at Pediatrix Neonatology of Florida, tells TODAY.com that baby-led weaning refers to a method for introducing ...

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 ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends introducing babies to solid foods when they are between 4 and 6 months of age. One approach to eating, called baby-led weaning, is all about letting ...

One of the biggest “I can’t believe they’re already…” moments in every parent’s life comes when their baby starts weaning. After months of relying on you to provide a boob or a bottle of formula ...

When babies are ready for solid foods, the meal usually arrives on a spoon. Parents scoop up pureed carrots, liquefied banana or soupy rice cereal and deliver it straight to their baby’s mouth (or ...

A new study has shown that babies who are weaned using solid finger food are more likely to develop healthier food preferences and are less likely to become overweight as children than those who are ...