Catch-Up Weight: Why Starting Solids Early Will Not Help Your Baby Gain Weight with Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD
About this episode
This episode discusses why starting solid foods early does not aid in catch-up weight for babies and emphasizes the importance of milk feeds.
#110: If your baby is on the smaller side and you’ve been told to start solid foods early to help your baby gain weight, this episode is for you. That advice can feel scary and confusing, especially if your baby is not showing the signs of readiness to start solid foods yet. In this episode, pediatric dietitian Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD explains why starting solid foods early will not help with catch-up weight, what growth charts are actually telling you, and why milk feeds, not solid foods, are the priority when weight gain is a concern. Listen to this episode to learn: 1. How to tell the difference between normal growth variation and true growth faltering when you look at your baby’s growth chart 2. What catch-up growth really means, and why starting solid foods early is not the right strategy for helping your baby gain weight 3. Why shared decision making with your practitioner matters when setting safe, realistic feeding goals for your baby Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/110 Links from This Episode: • Rosan Meyer’s website for her pediatric nutrition practice Step by Step Kidz Nutrition is here • You can follow Rosan on Twitter…
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