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BABY-LED WEANING
The baby-led weaning allows a baby to control his solid food intake by self-feeding from the very beginning of the weaning process. Baby-led weaning is a method to places the emphasis on exploring taste, texture, colour and smell as the baby sets their own pace for the meal, choosing which foods to concentrate on. In baby-led weaning, the baby is presented with a plate of varied finger food from which she may choose instead of the traditional method of spooning puréed food into the baby's mouth.
At six months babies learn to chew and grasp and this is therefore the ideal time to begin introducing finger food. Some babies refuse to eat solids when offered with a spoon, but happily help themselves to finger food. Baby-led weaning takes advantage of the natural development stages of the child.
Many parents are used to the idea of giving babies puréed food and to some, giving such a young child finger food might sound dangerous. Babies weaned using a baby-led method are actually less likely to choke on their food, as they are not capable of moving food from the front of the mouth to the back until they have learnt to chew.
If a baby is unable to pick up and grasp the food, she will also be unable to cope with chewing and swallowing it.
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