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Oct 2024

37m 32s

Nursing Strikes and Starting Solid Foods...

About this episode

#472: What if your baby suddenly stops breastfeeding around the time they also start solid foods. What is a nursing strike and how do you get your baby interested in breastmilk again? Erin Walsh is an SLP who also specializes in breastfeeding and she’s here to talk about nursing strikes and how breastfeeding changes when your baby starts solid foods.

Listen to this episode to learn:

What a nursing strike is and what some of the causes might be to less breastfeeding
How to re-establish a connection with your nursing baby if they’re getting distracted
How to organize solid food feedings around continued breastfeeding for older babies

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/472

Links from this episode:

Learn more about Erin’s smart pacifier that she’s working on at https://latchability.com/
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 436 - How Long Can I Breastfeed? with Ronietra Stewart, RDN, IBCLC
Episode 424 - Breastfeeding & Starting Solid Foods: When Will My Milk Supply Drop Off? with Jessica Smith, MSN, RN, IBCLC
Episode 150 - Breastfeeding + BLW: How to Succeed at Both Simultaneously with Heather Dvorak, IBCLC

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Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

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