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The pincer grasp is a BIG milestone in your baby’s The pincer grasp is a BIG milestone in your baby’s feeding journey ✨

This is the ability to pick up small pieces of food using the thumb and index finger, it’s a skill that usually begins developing around 8–9 months.

The pincer grasp helps babies:
✔ build fine motor skills
✔ improve hand–eye coordination
✔ gain independence at mealtimes
✔ learn how to self-feed more efficiently

Once your baby starts showing interest for the pincer grasp you can encourage them to practice it by offering soft, safe finger foods in small bite-sized pieces. Offering the food in an ice tray like this can be a fun “snacktivity” for this.

If you want to know exactly how to offer foods safely at this stage, refer to the Free Food Library in BLW Meals App (link in bio).

Keep in mind that like any developmental skill, the pincer grasp develops with practice, repetition, and time. 

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The fact that you’re looking this up means you car The fact that you’re looking this up means you care!

And you’re doing an amazing job. It’s just time to stop googling randomly and endlessly scrolling the judgmental facebook groups at 11pm when you’re tired. 

I’ve literally been in your shoes just a months ago and that’s why we created the app! We wanted to have everything you need to know to confidently and safely feed your baby all in one place made by our pediatric healthcare team of pediatric dietitians, SLPs, Pediatricians, Feeding Therapists/Behavior analysts. 

Save this post and send it to someone who told you to hide the blueberries. 

Comment “Link please” if you don’t want to have to THINK about what and how to offer foods to your baby. We have a whole free library where you can look up over 100+ foods. We’re always updating it! #startingsolids #babyfood #babyfoodrecipes #babyledweaning
If you’re seeing this at 11pm and you have a 4 or If you’re seeing this at 11pm and you have a 4 or 5 month old this is for you.

Starting solids sneaks up on you, especially when you’re exhausted and feel like you have a new routine or schedule to keep up with your baby’s development and naps every few weeks.

I get it! I had two kids within 2.5 years of each other and even though I am a pediatric dietitian, I just didn’t have the mental capacity to think about what to offer my kids, spacing out allergens safely, and building balanced plates. 

Which is why I worked with other pediatric dietitians, SLPs, Pediatricians and behavior analysts to put everything you need to know in one place so you can get reliable research-based answers to your questions instead of combing through google and judgemental facebook groups. 

If you just want step-by-step guidance on starting solids confidently and safely, Comment BLW APP to get it. We have a free food library showing you how to safely offer over 100 foods and 20+ free starting solids guides. 
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Starting solids soon and feeling completely overwh Starting solids soon and feeling completely overwhelmed?

Maybe you’ve heard of Baby-Led Weaning or starting with finger foods, but you have no idea where to start. 

We’re so glad you found us 💚

We’re a team of feeding professionals who created the BLW Meals app to make starting solids feel simpler and less stressful for parents.
On this page you’ll find:
✨ easy baby meal ideas
✨ safe ways to offer foods
✨ real-life feeding moments from our own families

Follow along for daily tips and share this with a friend who’s starting solids soon!
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Anyone else looking for a simple recipe that doesn Anyone else looking for a simple recipe that doesn’t leave you with a huge mess after your little one eats it?! 

You have to try this one! 

It’s so easy and naturally sweetened with fruit. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or anytime you just need to grab something quick! 

If you love this one, you’ll love the other 700+ recipes in our app. Download it with the link in our bio. Let us know if you try it! 

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA OAT BARS

Ingredients:

- 2 cups (480 g) mashed banana (about 4 bananas)
- 2 cups (180 g) oats (rolled or quick; gluten-free if necessary)
- 4 tablespoons (64 g) creamy peanut butter (no added sugar or salt) or other nut/seed butter (64 g)

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to 400F (200C).
2. Grease a small baking sheet, or line with parchment paper/baking mat.
3. In a medium-size bowl, mash the bananas with a fork.
4. Stir in the peanut butter (or other).
5. Add the oats and mix well.
6. Spread a thin layer onto the baking sheet.
7. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
8. Once cooled, cut into small squares or strips

Servings: Makes about 12-16 small bars, depending on how you cut them.

Storage: Can be kept in the refrigerator for about 3 days.

Suitable from: 6 months + as long as allergens (peanuts and wheat) have been introduced.

How to offer: With palmar grasp (around 6-8 months), offer bars cut into strips 2 fingers-wide and the length of an adult pinky finger.

With pincer grasp (around 9 months +), offer bars in strips as before or cut into bite-size pieces.

#babyledweaning #babyrecipes #toddlerfood
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👶🏼Baby Led Weaning (BLW) is a responsive feeding approach where babies self-feed soft, appropriately sized foods right from the start of solids.

This allows babies explore food, textures, tastes, and mealtime at their own pace while developing important eating skills. ✨

With BLW, babies are offered the same nutritious foods the family is eating (with safe modifications), encouraging:
• independence
• fine motor skill development
• chewing and oral motor skills
• positive relationships with food
• family mealtimes together

📱Learn more about baby-led weaning and how to identify if your baby is ready to start solids in our BLW Meals App’s free guides. The link to download is in our bio.
If you’re stuck serving the same foods on repeat, If you’re stuck serving the same foods on repeat, this is for you. 👇
Food chaining is a proven strategy that starts with foods your child already accepts and builds upon the foods they love. You makes small, gradual changes over time, like switching brands, shapes, textures, or flavors to they learn to eat “new” foods.
The goal isn’t to get your child to suddenly love new foods. It’s to help them build flexibility with foods they already feel comfortable eating.
✨ Small changes can lead to big wins.
Want step-by-step food chaining examples, meal ideas, and expert-made picky eating tips?
Tap the link in our bio to get the app. 

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Scarlett is 7 months old and covered in mashed pot Scarlett is 7 months old and covered in mashed potatoes here… Hair, cheeks, hands, high chair tray. It looks chaotic, and for some it’s probably triggering. We have a natural instinct to stop the mess and clean it up quickly. The thing is that these are the moments we shouldn’t really be stopping to fix.
Why? Well, when babies smear food on themselves, they are not playing instead of eating (I know, it sounds weird), they are actually learning how eating works.
Research in infant feeding and sensory development shows that babies learn through multi-sensory exploration. Touching, squishing, smearing, and rubbing food helps their brain understand texture, temperature, and resistance.
This sensory input supports oral motor development and prepares babies for chewing and swallowing safely.
Messy eating also supports fine motor skills. Grasping slippery food, bringing it to the mouth, and coordinating hand-to-mouth movements are complex tasks. Baby-led weaning encourages babies to practice these skills independently, which builds confidence and self-feeding ability over time.
And as hard as it may be, remember that the mess is temporary.
If you are navigating this and wondering how to support this learning stage with confidence, we can help you. Send us a DM or tap the link in our bio. 
#startingsolids #babyfood #blw #babyledweaning
Started with purees and feeling nervous about fing Started with purees and feeling nervous about finger foods? You’re not alone.

One of my favorite ways to help babies build confidence with solids is by offering a resistive solid. A resistive solid is a food that’s too large and firm for baby to bite pieces off, but safe for them to chew, mouth, and explore. Think: a mango pit with most of the fruit removed (or a celery stick or pineapple core) 

Why does this help?

🥭 It supports oral mapping-your baby’s ability to learn where food is in their mouth and understand the boundaries of their tongue, gums, cheeks, and jaw. In simple terms, they’re building a “map” of their mouth that helps them learn how to safely manage food.

🥭 It helps desensitize the gag reflex. Gagging is a normal protective reflex, and opportunities to safely explore food can help babies become more comfortable moving food around in their mouths.

🥭 It builds confidence for both baby and parent before moving on to more challenging finger foods.

🥭 It’s the best for teething babies!! 

If you’ve been stuck on purees or mashed foods and aren’t sure what to offer next, we’ve got you covered. Download the BLW Meals app and check out our FREE Purees & Mashed Foods Guide for more step-by-step tips to help make the transition to finger foods feel less overwhelming. 

#startingsolids #blw #babyfood #babyledweaning #weaning
Is your little becoming more selective now than wh Is your little becoming more selective now than when they were a baby?

It’s common for toddlers and young children start eating less than when they were babies and become a lot more selective.

🥦Babies who used to love chomping on broccoli and ate every kind of fruit may start refusing those foods later on, and it doesn’t mean their parents have done something wrong, it’s just a natural process.

So while in the beginning our main focus is to introduce a variety of flavors, textures and nutrients, later on it may be necessary to use different strategies to keep them interested in eating different things.

👧🏻For toddlers we still focus on offering the nutrients they need; however, meals can be a lot more successful if we offer one food they love, one food they normally accept, and one new or non-preferred food. Keep in mind that their nutrient needs are met over multiple meals.

Are you struggling with picky eating?

📲We are here for you! BLW Meals app has lots of helpful content developed by pediatric feeding specialists to help you from starting solids and throughout childhood. We just added over 20 NEW guides to help get you through the toddler years.

Comment BLW APP to get sent a link or use the link in bio.

Leave a comment or send us a DM if you have any questions!
Toddlers really do treat the most ordinary things Toddlers really do treat the most ordinary things like a personal attack.

Which one belongs at #1 in your house? 👇

BTW: tap the link in our bio if you want to make mealtime easier…700 recipes + meal plans and guides written by pediatric feeding experts.
Are you a product of 90s diet culture like I am? I Are you a product of 90s diet culture like I am? If so, then you may want to keep reading ⬇️

It’s important to rethink common statements like these that you may have heard echoed throughout your childhood. Instead, let’s understand the reasoning behind changing the thought process surrounding sweets:

Out: “If you eat that now, you won’t be hungry for dinner”🚫

Why? 🌟This phrase suggests that sweets are “bad” or less important than other foods and it may unintentionally put them on a pedestal. It encourages a restrictive mindset, which can make kids obsess over the forbidden food, leading to overeating when they finally get access to it.

Additionally, this mentality teaches children to override their natural hunger signals. Instead of learning to listen to their bodies, they start focusing on external rules around when and what they should eat. This can lead to difficulties with intuitive eating later in life.

Out: “If you eat too much ice cream, you’ll be sick”🚫

Why? 🌟This approach introduces fear around food, implying that enjoying a particular treat will result in negative consequences. While it’s important to teach moderation, using fear as a tool can make kids feel anxious or guilty when they eat these foods, rather than learning to enjoy them mindfully. Plus, they need to learn what food feels like in THEIR body, it’s different for everyone!

Out: “You have to eat all your veggies before you can have dessert”🚫

Why? 🌟It positions dessert as a “reward” and vegetables as the chore that needs to be completed. Over time, this can lead to children seeing some nutrient-dense foods as something to endure, while sweets become the ultimate goal.

Looking for more information on navigating sweets? Our pediatric dietitians put together an entire guide on this in BLW Meals app.
Comment “link please” to get steps on how to do th Comment “link please” to get steps on how to do this in our app! 

Food Chaining essentially starts by building upon their favorites to add more variety, options and flexibility to food.

Kid’s will often like to eat their favorites over and over because they are predictable in flavor taste and texture. 

☝🏼But if we offer the same foods without slight variations, we run the risk of them burning out and also perpetuating their pickiness.

First, we want to do this slowly and build trust with them. It’s never about “hiding” the food or “tricking.” 

1. Slowly change the brand and keep flavor profiles similar. They will taste different, and depending on your child’s temperament you can acknowledge that. Try to tie in the concept of “Similar but different” with descriptive words like “this is very crunchy like the goldfish cracker.”😉
2. Change the flavor but make is close to the favorite. You can do this with flavor masking or by mixing the foods 50/50 or keeping the flavors similar like cheesy cracker to cheesy cracker
3. Change the shape of the food. This provides a different mouthfeel some kids need to get used to! Compare it to other things in their life like “This is square like our blocks.”🟧
4. Take your time! No pressure if you’re not in a place to make this a priority. It can happen slowly. 🙃

Every food can be a starting place for learning another food! 
#pickyeaters #kidsfood #toddlermom
🗒️Comment “PRINT” to get our PDF showing you how t 🗒️Comment “PRINT” to get our PDF showing you how to prepare finger foods for baby.

Post it on your fridge for all caregivers, stick it in your purse, or share with a friend 🤗

💚For a more extensive list, we show you how to offer over 100+ foods for free in our app.
❤️Save this recipe to make for your baby! These m ❤️Save this recipe to make for your baby!

These mini muffins are tasty and so easy to make, and can be offered from 6 months on since they are made with no added sugar! They are a good source of energy for growing babies, and can be a vehicle for serving other nutrient rich foods, like nut butters.

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CORNBREAD MINI MUFFINS
Ingredients:

- 1 & 1/4 cup (150 g) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup (110 g) fine cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2-1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 1 pinch of salt (only for 12 months+)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup (120 g) date paste
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) milk
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup (60 g) unsweetened applesauce
- To make date paste: ~6–8 pitted Medjool dates (about ½ cup or 120 g - loosely packed,) Let them soak in warm water for about 10–15 minutes to soften).
Transfer the dates to a blender or food processor and add 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of the soaking water. Blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Add more water, 1 tablespoon (15 mL) at a time, until you get a thick, spreadable paste. This should yield about ½ cup of date paste. If it’s too thin, blend in another date; if too thick, add a little more water.

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F (180° C) and lightly grease 24 mini-muffin pods, if using regular muffin pans grease 12 pods.
2. In a medium bowl, stir all of the dry ingredients together.
3. In a separate bowl, break up the eggs with a whisk. Add in the remaining ingredients and whisk to combine.
4. Gently stir the wet mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients, stir until just blended, do not overmix. It’s okay if there are a few lumps.
5. Spoon the batter into the greased muffin pan.
6. Bake in a preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until the tops are set and
golden. Regular muffins will take longer to cook, around 16-18 minutes.
Cooking time may vary depending on your oven type and your location.
7. Allow to cool slightly before removing from the pan.

Servings: Makes about 24 mini muffins or 12 regular sized muffins.
If you’re tired of staring into the fridge wonderi If you’re tired of staring into the fridge wondering what on earth to make for your baby, this is for you.

Instead of asking yourself “what should I make?” every single meal, start with this:
✔️ A source of iron/protein
✔️ A fruit or veggie
✔️ A fat/carb for energy

That’s it. Baby plates do NOT need to be fancy to be nourishing.

When you have a simple formula, feeding your baby feels way less overwhelming, especially on the busy, tired, “I have no idea what to serve” days.

Seeing meal ideas visually laid out can make it SO much easier to build balanced plates with foods you already have at home. Sometimes you just need quick inspiration to get started!
If you want 700 dietitian-approved baby & toddler meal ideas with safe serving guidance built in, our app has you covered! 

Comment 100 to get it. #startingsolids #babyfood #babyledweaning #blw #babyfoodideas
Mealtime battles lately? 🙃 Try this instead ➡️ ma Mealtime battles lately? 🙃

Try this instead ➡️ make the plate FUN.

You don’t need fancy recipes… just a few simple tweaks:

✨ Cut food into fun shapes (hello cookie cutters)

✨ Turn food into blocks → build, stack, knock down

✨ Create a fun pattern or design on the plate

✨ Add silly faces to fruit peels

✨ Use toppings like blueberries + chocolate chips to make faces

It’s the same food-just presented in a way that sparks curiosity 👀

Because when food feels like play, kids are way more open to trying it 💛

And if you want more ideas like this (plus 700+ easy recipes), use the link in bio for download the BLW Meals app 📲

What’s one fun food trick that’s worked for your kid? Drop it below ⤵️
When I had my first baby, I genuinely thought ever When I had my first baby, I genuinely thought every meal was some kind of test.
If she didn’t eat enough… I worried.
If she threw the food on the floor… I worried.
And social media made it worse because it felt like everyone else’s baby was happily eating full plates of perfectly cut food.
But hindsight is such a strange thing as a mom.
Now I know that some days babies eat everything, and some days they survive on three blueberries and determination. And both can be completely normal.
The pressure to make every meal perfect steals so much joy from what feeding is actually supposed to be: learning, exploring, connecting, and trusting our babies to get there in their own time.
📍Save this recipe because it can definitely be a l 📍Save this recipe because it can definitely be a lifesaver!!

It’s common for babies to get backed up when starting solids for a variety of reasons. If this ever happens, make sure to offer foods that support gut health and can help get things moving!

Some other foods that can help loosen stools are:

- kiwi
- pears
- plums
- berries
- mango
- avocado

In our BLW Meals App you can search our recipes by ingredient to find more easy recipes. The link to download is in our bio
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