Social media can be an amazing tool for learning about baby-led weaning…but it can also spread a lot of misinformation. In this episode, I join Katie Ferraro at Baby Led Weaning along with four of our expert friends to break down the top five things social media gets wrong about baby-led weaning.

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Episode 65-October 13, 2025: 5 Things Social Media Gets Wrong About Baby-Led Weaning

Episode Description

From fear-based feeding advice to myths about choking and readiness to start solid foods, we’re setting the record straight with evidence-based insights from professionals who actually know what they’re talking about.

Listen to this episode to learn:

• How to spot credible baby-led weaning advice online (…it’s out there!) but tune out the fear-based noise in the meantime
• What bugs Gill Rapley – the lady who pioneered this approach – the most about baby-led weaning on social media
• Why short-form content often misrepresents what baby-led weaning is really about…but how to harness its powers for good when you’re starting solid food

About The Host

Katie Ferraro is a Registered Dietitian specializing in baby-led weaning and a mom of 7. She is an Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of San Diego and a self-proclaimed baby-feeding fanatic!

Links

• About Katie Ferraro
• Episode 170 – Sensory 101: What Motivates Babies to Eat? with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/170 
• Episode 312 – Picky Eating Prevention Tips with Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/312 
• Episode 206 – Stay in Your Lane: Parent & Baby Roles in Infant Feeding with Marsha Dunn Klein OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/206 

If “learning to eat is a sensory experience,” …what does that really mean? In this interview I join registered dietitian Katie Ferraro at Baby Led Weaning and discuss Sensory 101 and what motivates babies to eat.

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Episode 170: Sensory 101: What Motivates Babies to Eat? with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd

Episode Description

Marsha Dunn Klein wrote the first book on pediatric feeding. She is known for her “Get Permission Approach” which teaches us how to offer and not demand performance at mealtimes with our babies. In this episode she’s sharing the sensory aspects that babies experience during baby-led weaning and how they are tied to intrinsic motivations to self-feed.

Listen to this episode to learn:
-External vs internal motivators that babies experience during the learning how to eat experience
-The difference between demands and offers at mealtimes and how the former is more desirable for motivating babies to eat
-How babies learn to experience hunger and what we can do to avoid inducing negative sensory experiences at mealtimes

About The Host

Katie Ferraro is a Registered Dietitian specializing in baby-led weaning and a mom of 7. She is an Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of San Diego and a self-proclaimed baby-feeding fanatic!

Links

• About Katie Ferraro
• Episode 170 – Sensory 101: What Motivates Babies to Eat? with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/170 
• Episode 312 – Picky Eating Prevention Tips with Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/312 
• Episode 206 – Stay in Your Lane: Parent & Baby Roles in Infant Feeding with Marsha Dunn Klein OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/206