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Jul 2024

15m 19s

Egg: How to Introduce Your Baby to this ...

About this episode

#447: What if your baby is allergic to eggs? The only way to know if your baby has an egg allergy is to offer them egg. In this episode I’ll share some easy ways to make eggs safe for babies so your baby can start learning how to safely eat eggs.

Listen to this episode to learn:

Which part of the egg contains the potentially allergenic protein: the egg white or the egg yolk?
How to safely prepare eggs so your baby can pick them up and self-feed
Why an egg ladder can help reintroduce eggs if your baby previously reacted to egg

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/447

Links from this episode:

Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

Other Episodes Related to this Topic

Episode 49 - Eggs: 7 Easy Ways to Safely Offer Your Baby Eggs
Episode 124 - Using an Egg Ladder for Babies with Egg Allergy with Carina Venter, PhD, RD
Episode 397 - Hard Facts on Soft Yolks: Are Runny Egg Yolks OK for Babies?

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