In the evolving landscape of infant nutrition, a shift in feeding practices is gaining attention among parents and researchers alike. While spoon-feeding has long been a traditional approach to ...

For decades, this was the widely accepted way to feed a baby: Sit them in a high chair, pop open a jar of mushy pureed peas, scoop some onto a tiny spoon, make an “open wide” face, and—whoosh—make it ...

Babies who hand-feed themselves solid food appear to consume the same number of calories as those given puréed food from a spoon, suggesting that such “baby-led weaning” might offer no particular ...

One of the biggest milestones in your baby’s life is transitioning from milk to solid foods. But the weaning journey is different for every parent and baby, and there are essential guidelines to ...

Thanks to social media, baby-led weaning has exploded in popularity—but does it actually make a difference? According to ...

Jenny Best is the founder of Solid Starts, an Instagram account and smartphone app focused on helping parents introduce their babies to solid foods through baby-led weaning, and the co-author of Solid ...