Baby-Led Weaning: Supporting Your Baby to Explore a Variety of Food

Authors

  • Sanikan Wattanawongwan BCBA-D, a postdoctoral research associate. Texas A&M University

Keywords:

baby-led weaning, self-feeding; complementary feeding, infant

Abstract

Introducing babies to solids food is an exciting step, but it also can cause anxiety to the parents what to do and how to prepare in the right way. Baby-led weaning (BLW) is one of the methods that introduce solid food to babies in which the babies feed themselves instead of being spoon-fed by parents. Although there are many benefits to introduce BLW to babies, but also there are some cautions and techniques that parents need to be aware of. It is crucial for parents to learn the basic background knowledge before get start. This manuscript describes the basic knowledge and guidelines that will be helpful for the parents before starting this journey.

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Published

2022-02-28

How to Cite

Wattanawongwan, S. (2022). Baby-Led Weaning: Supporting Your Baby to Explore a Variety of Food. Journal of Early Childhood Education Management, 3(1), 71–78. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ECEM/article/view/254808

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): January-June 2022

Section

Academic Articles

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