Simple & Safe Baby-Led Weaning: How to Integrate Foods, Master Portion Sizes, and Identify Allergies

This is an excellent book for anyone who is starting their little one on solids! Has great references, very easy to read and has photos to easily see what to look for. Very colorful and cheerful to get you excited about the next step!

Loved this book! It gave a really clear approach to BLW. I loved the photos and the direction of the book!

This book offers the science behind baby led weaning. Realistic meal plans, information about nutrition in each food. How to safely serve baby regarding size, allergens, and foods to avoid. Provides a hardcopy measuring tool, which is a convenient quick reference for busy parents. Unfortunately, I didn’t find myself using this book as often as I thought I would because a lot of this information has recently been posted to TikTok and other social media platforms

Absolutely love this book. I bought it to help prepare myself for when my little one started solids. It has the most helpful information and ideas. It shares how to prepare all kinds of food for baby with helpful photos!

Quick easy ready very informative

This is a great book for any parents starting out with baby led weaning. It covers three main topics I think parents are most concerned about when it’s time to start solids: 1) choking vs gagging 2) introducing allergens and 3) how to properly cut and serve food to baby. It is a fun and short read as well. It helped me to not feel so nervous about BLW and to realize that there are so many easy ways to incorporate baby in meal times with the rest of the family. A lot of the advice in the book is very straightforward and common sense, but it helps to reinforce that from professionals. Now my baby is 8 month old and has been on solids since around 5 months. I’ve found it’s so easy to just make a modified version of what we are already eating to give to baby and this book tells you how to do that. I definitely recommend and will be passing this book onto a friend of mine who wants to do BLW.

If you are looking for a deep dive into infant nutrition science, this might feel a bit light. However, if you want a practical, confidence-boosting guide that you can flip through in one sitting to ensure you're prepping food safely, it is a solid addition to your kitchen counter

i found this book very helpful. as a first time mum i needed some guidance as to what baby could eat. it has a good section on allergies and great pictures of the sizes of foods. i bought a used book.

Great information, but easy to read and follow!

This book was just what I was looking for. I didn't want recipes or how to make the perfect puree - I wanted to know how I can encourage baby to become an independent eater, and give her all the nutrients she needs when she needs them. There are chapters which are short, to the point, evidence based: e.g. how and when to introduce different textures; how to balance the meal (protein/fruit or veg/carbs); how to encourage baby to feed herself, and when to tell she is ready for the next stage. Also a chapter on the motor development and when you can start to progress to a different portion size safely. Before I had this book I had started to puree everything and exhaust myself by buying endless pots, putting this in the freezer, buying pouches - but I feel like I've been set free! I have been using the book for about two weeks and this morning baby tried a bit of my boiled egg while we happily ate breakfast together (she's just six months). She is already able to pick up bits of food and feed herself. This book has just given me the practical tools to feed my baby and managed to free up my time because now when I eat, she eats and I have actually stopped having worry about whether I have puree in the fridge - and of course it's one less thing to stress about! Highly, highly recommend this book. Be warned: this is NOT a recipe book - if that's what you're looking for I would recommend the traditional Annabel Karmel book (which I also have).

Lo compre porque la pediatra me dijo que me informara sobre la alimentación BLW y me ha funcionado muy bien con mi bebé

I purchased a few BLW books and this book was the best. It is easy to read, practical and informative. It provides guidance on how to cut/serve food to a baby new to BLW through to toddler age. It gave me confidence to start the process. Bub is thriving and loving his food. I highly recommend this book

Für dieses Buch bin ich sehr dankbar - es hilft vor allem, wenn man sich mit dem Thema "Baby led weaning" kurz und sachlich auseinander setzen möchte. Die wichtigste Begriffe sind erklärt und gut umschrieben. Für mich ging es hauptsächlich auch darum ein paar Tipps zu passenden Nahrungsmitteln zu erhalten und in welcher Form diese angeboten werden können. Sehr angenehm empfinde ich, dass dieses Buch eher als Ratgeber genutzt werden kann und nicht belehrend wirkt, da es bei diesem Thema weltweit unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen gibt. Als weiteren Pluspunkt sehe ich die Illustration durch Fotos/Grafiken - dadurch wird das geschriebene deutlicher und prägnanter. Meinerseits gibt es eine klare Kaufempfehlung für dieses Buch.