Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too: Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays or Other Feeding Challenges (The Authoritative Baby-Led Weaning)

Jill Rabin,Gill Rapley

ISBN 10: 1615199020 / ISBN 13: 9781615199020

Published by Experiment 2022-11-01, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too: Adapted Baby-Led Weaning for Children with Developmental Delays or Other Feeding Challenges (The Authoritative Baby-Led Weaning)
• Publisher: Experiment 2022-11-01
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615199020
• ISBN 13: 9781615199020
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A groundbreaking book on feeding children with special needs―and setting them up for lifelong feeding independence! Rooted in the baby-led weaning (BLW) approach: How to start children with feeding challenges on solid foods―for a lifetime of independent eating Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too, is the inclusive guide to introducing solids. Over 25 percent of children experience challenges with this big step―both typically developing babies and those with (known or unknown) physical or neurological differences. Resources on how to help babies who face obstacles in making the move to solid foods are scarce. That’s where this book comes in. Feeding therapist Jill Rabin teams up with BLW pioneer Gill Rapley to introduce their new proprietary take on Rapley’s groundbreaking approach: adapted baby-led weaning. With ABLW, you can meet your child’s needs by: responding to his or her signs of readiness, whenever they appear adapting food to fit his or her abilities and promote skill development working with your therapist to provide individualized targeted support using “bridge devices” (for example, silicone feeders) with your therapist’s guidance Baby-led weaning transformed the parenting landscape by replacing boring purées with real, healthy food that babies can explore for themselves―while building motor skills, coordination, and confidence. Now, every baby can benefit: Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too!

About the Author

Jill Rabin, MS, is a pediatric speech pathologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She lectures nationally and internationally on adapted baby-led weaning (ABLW) and provides early intervention services to babies and their families. She lives in Northbrook, Illinois. Gill Rapley, PhD, has a background in midwifery, public health nursing, and breastfeeding counseling. She originated the theory of baby-led weaning and is coauthor of the category-leading book series. She lives in Kent, England.