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Episode 325: Baby Led Weaning Debunking Myths and Misconceptions

24 Jun 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a spoken transcript clarifying a common misconception about baby led weaning: it is defined by infant self‑feeding, not by an absolute exclusion of purees. The speaker emphasizes that 'baby led feeding' can include purees as long as the baby is self‑feeding. Content originates from a YouTube episode segment discussing definitions and misconceptions of baby led weaning.

I'd also like to add that I think people think that baby led weaning, there's like a strict definition that it can only be solid food, and that's actually not true. Baby led feeding or baby led weaning is really just letting baby self feed. So you can say that you're doing baby led feeding and still give your baby purees if your baby is self feeding. So I think that that's a common misconception that it has to be all solid food and it can't have any purees to be baby led feeding.