10 WAYS TO HELP YOUR BABY LOVE FOOD | BLW + Preventing Picky Eaters!

[@dawnforlife]

I think the most important of all is EATING TOGETHER! They love watching and following what we do and I find that my 16 month old is more eager to eat and try something when I actually take a bite first. When we enjoy our food, they learn to enjoy theirs too 😊

[@savannahjones299]

❤ this is so true.

[@hayleybeck83]

Great that you mentioned just doing your own thing, even if it's just a hybrid of different ways of feeding. I know a lot of moms getting super overwhelmed choosing between baby led weaning and spoon feeding and the reality is you can do a bit of both and as you do a hybrid of both, you slowly get to see what baby can and cannot tolerate, and it slowly builds your own confidence in allowing them to explore more. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. That is probably the biggest piece of advice I would give a new mom starting solids.

[@14boilingwater]

Patience and perseverance really shine through this video! I’m not a mom yet, but I enjoy this kind of content from you so much! We’ll never know all of what’s “behind the scene”, but the result you share with us is amazing, cause your baby is simply wonderful and a great eater!

[@mariebrock8841]

I agree with you 100%! I get certain kids have special needs, texture issues, xyz. However, most kids learn to eat what is offered. Also making nutrition really simple, basic, and important right from the start will really build that foundation. I’ve learned this with all of my children. My youngest has been raised on whole real foods, much like Sage. Outside of food allergies (no banana or avocado), he eats great! He loves sauerkraut, fruits, veggies, clean meats, raw dairy, and wild fish.

[@bigk4438]

I am so glad I followed you since the beginning. My babies transition to solids was smooth as I started with purees after seeing your video when my bubba was around six months. Now he is eight months and He self feeds purees himself in preloaded spoons and tastes finger foods and bite size foods. He watches sage eating and he loves her so much😘. He actually mimics her while eating. Thank you for all the great suggestions. 😍

[@sierraleone8180]

Sage is a cutie as always 🤍 - My biggest issue with BLW is the inevitable food waste. I was fed purees when I was a baby and I learnt to eat properly and I did not end up to be a picky eater. - I feel like there is not enough science behind the BLW to prove that it is better than feeding age appropriate purees. I have a friend whose baby is also 11 month old as mine. Her baby was in the hospital because of baby lead weaning (this very well can be her fault regarding the variety of foods she offers the baby) she had iron deficiency and issues with her red blood cells totally based on her diet. I tell her all the time about you so I hope finally she will watch your videos to get some inspiration BLW wise as she is obsessed with this way of feeding. I also like that you do a bit of a mixed feeding, I see you feeding her and also see you letting her do it which is great. My friend is literally handing a drumstick to her little one and does not interfere as she expects the baby to know what to do. Perhaps she is the reason BLW is on my nerves lol

[@dawnforlife]

I do mostly BLW but I am also still fully breastfeeding and I eat up the "food waste" 😂 Now at 16 months, there are less waste. I agree with you about following BLW fully, especially with young babies and when no longer breastfeeding.

[@thesoutherncowgirlpoet]

My baby is 4 months old and started showing interest in food, so I gave him some pureed broccoli and he went CRAZY for it, so I'm excited to start giving him more kinds of food. This video is very helpful.

[@BrowneyesPrincess]

Your videos are so natural, without any silver coating. My baby is 11 months and he only eats with cocomelon playing in tv😟 he protests if i turn it off and refuses food.

[@TayBay1998]

My 6 month old loves food but still does quite have the hang of picking up the smaller foods and putting them in her mouth. And she loves throwing her utensils on the floor. And we have been working on sign language but definitely just feeling ignored. My family struggles hard with BLW thinking she’s gonna choke. But it’s been a work in progress and you have been such an inspiration. Sagey is so cute.

[@dawnforlife]

Just want to drop by to say, don't give up on the sign language! My girl didn't really show till she is 15 months. Be patient and keep going! Certainly not ignored though it can feel that way! 😆

[@anasafa7951]

Love you girl actually when we are young our mom's are used to give food with full concentration and attention and effort ... sometimes they showed us a bird in the garden if we don'tlike the food ... brains having memory of it still...... in this modern age world people are changing ... I embrace kind of people who cooked home made foods and the effort to teach them to eat on their own hands... it's actually making something to work their brains connection with hands and food ... cheer yu up...

[@nancycowan6109]

How much do I love that Sage is questioning and talking to you about your tips. You are such a darling mama. Be well. ❤️

[@MelissaCapriotti]

I learned along the way from my mistakes and my 3rd who is a little over two is a wonderful eater! All your tips are great and I’d love to see this video again in a year just to see her adorable progress!

[@bronbarnard9537]

Sage is cute and content, love her singing while she eats.

[@peggyjohns7893]

I am laughing so hard watching Sage while you are talking. It is the cutest thing ever!

[@aunekambonde1393]

Thank you you much for this. Going through a struggle with my son, he sacred off well but its going downhill. Really came at the perfect time

[@HealthNutNutrition]

let me know how it goes!

[@ayav5000]

I wish my son was a good eater like Sage. We have educated ourselves and have been trying to do everything we could do but he does not eat well. I will keep doing it and hopefully he gets better! We do all of tips you mentioned and I think they are great tips! Especially no distractions! It helps him staying focused eating. Good to know what we are doing is right. Thank you for the great video as always :)

[@nicoletalimbosanu3253]

Some kids don’t eat well regardless of what the parents do. X

[@jayn3769]

Hello Nicole :) where did you purchase the silicone pink cloud placemat?

[@savannahjones299]

My son is like this as well. He's 10 months I finally found foods he likes. it was a journey of a lot of waist sadly but we're learning.

[@Gianina451]

How do you like the high chair that you have at home with the tray and cushion. I heard the cushion is hard to clean and it's hard to put the kid in and out. I would appreciate your honest review. I'm debating if I need to buy they tray and cushion for that chair. Thank you so much!

[@jessicao1822]

Love this, my little one is still 2 months off starting solids but I'm trying to do lots of research now so I'm prepared ☺️

[@NikaDominyka]

Very good video! Thank you. Also, couldn't agree more on eating without tv or ipad's, because babies and children then associate eating with watching tv or ipad, and when they go to kindergarten or are in a different environment, where there is no tv, they don't eat. Comes from kindergarten teacher with experience :)

[@psol1863]

Saver...thanks for the video. I have a 15 months....and trying get away from blending food. I just feel he doesn't eat enough especially veggies. But yahh. Very helpful!!

[@swayFortified]

Could you please your baby's eating schedule? Mine is 11 and half months ago and barely eats anything... I'm struggling to understand when to give her milk vs food and at what time??

[@maarie]

I am sooo looking forward to feeding my future kids like this! Thank you SO much!

[@alyssabarteld194]

Thank you so much for your inspiring videos! I’ve been watching since becoming a new mom this past year. I would be curious to know how you deal with snacking/feeding Sage outside of the house, either while outdoors or on a visit. Also, what kind of snacks were you giving Sage after she turned one? :) Thanks again for everything ❤

[@NikkiScatch84]

Sage is such a great eater. My niece was good but my nephew was super picky and still is!

[@HealthNutNutrition]

I hope it stays this way!

[@sarikatimmi]

my 10mo just went from the 9th to 7th percentile. we cooke from your baby cookbook but idk how to get her to eat more! thanks for this!

[@yenisel3367]

My baby just turned 5 months today and I’m so excited to start giving her solids, I’m definitely going to take the course because my baby is also EBF and she’s a tiny baby but getting chunky everyday. Thank you for the video!! 💖

[@Aikitsune]

Can your baby sit on her own ?

[@yenisel3367]

@@Aikitsune I’m waiting till she turns 6 months, she still can’t sit which is why I’m waiting, she’s showing signs but I don’t want to risk anything and I know their stomachs aren’t developed until 6 months a bit

[@AussieAuthenticMum]

I was so distracted watching sage, I have no idea what you said for half of it lol going back to watch again lol 😂 xx

[@Gianina451]

Did you buy a baby led weanie book? Any recommendations?

[@lukeandmixpelosi8539]

So gorgeous. Such a good girl, exploring and chatting.

[@sajamagableh1553]

Whene you start to put the plate in front of her?

[@anna-lisar2190]

Embracing the mess is tough for me. Do you have any easy cleanup tips? If she eats in her diaper, do you have to give her a bath after each meal or do you just use wipes? What do you do if your baby throws ALL her food on the floor? Do you give her more or should I end the meal? Thanks!

[@henrysmart6854]

You are a beautiful girl🤗😇

[@dawnforlife]

They are at the age where they are learning about gravity and it fascinates them. When she (my 16 month old) over does it, I'll say gently "Looks like you are done eating." and take away her plate. She kinda gets the idea but sometimes she will pick up to eat again, which I won't stop her. Patience mama! You are not alone! 😊

[@lindsayandjamiecookson4819]

Any plans to make your baby e-cookbook a paper or hardback book? I’d love to have it in my kitchen!

[@kaleichanel3784]

Just in this video, that bib caught so much! 😂

[@rarachou2689]

I love your video and my boy is 9m now and we are in Shanghai. You re a inspiration!I m copying your prep recipe haha. Thx so much.

[@godislove9330]

This video is so timely I have hard time feeding my sixteen months baby Thank you very much

[@katelynrozario3785]

My 7 month just refuses to eat I trying so hard...but she would not open her month

[@Vanessa_Valle]

Your a great mommy thank you for sharing the beautiful videos and tips ❤

[@yolgag88]

Amazing. I loved all of your tips

[@kmartaus]

This really did come at the perfect timing, I can feel my little one getting bored with the foods I have been giving her xoxo I hope you and your family are having the best time in Florida 😍🙏

[@HealthNutNutrition]

I hope these tips help you out!

[@earthwerm]

I’m wondering if I avoid sweets and start him out eating healthy stuff will he like healthy foods? Or will they still prefer sugar anyway?

[@victorialastofka1534]

“Just a mom” 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@irenet.8698]

My girl just turn 1 year old. Recently, she throw most of food on the floor, even food she liked before such as banana, eggs, broccoli. I just don’t know what to do :( One more thing, I see you are using ezpz plate, my plate smell and taste soapy, I washed by hands or dishwasher but still the same, can you advice what you do?

[@rosenepo2872]

Hi, I’m new to your channel. I have a 2-yr old toddler and she’s now a picky eater, is there any effective way I can still reverse it and make her eating right? She will only eat fruits, some veggies, crackers, white rice and white bread. She does not like tofu, chicken, fish or any other meat. Pls help! Thanks

[@sashas5388]

Any tips on getting your baby eat meat? I tried different ways but she would chew then spit it out. I’m not sure if it’s the fiber that’s bothering her but I don’t want to serve her meat purée either….

[@alexaclaire8728]

I've heard you can give your baby spices (just no salt) & it's actually good for them!

[@HealthNutNutrition]

Yes I love adding spices like cinnamon, cumin, garlic powder, paprika, etc to sages meals!

[@amiramoha7053]

i have an 8 month old son can not eat he throws food on the floor what should i do???

[@anamariagodo5475]

Same but 9 months

[@kristelagarcia7562]

I loved your meal prep for baby food video (my little's due in June :O ), a 1 year/Solid Food Baby Meal Prep would also be super helpful if you're looking for more video ideas! :D

[@HealthNutNutrition]

I'll work on getting this one live soon!

[@giannadamone326]

@@HealthNutNutrition Yes, I agree. I would love to see that. Also, if it is not too much trouble, if you can do a kind of calendar Mon-Sun, lunch, dinner recipes, not necessary a video, also pdf is fine, just to have more ideas 😀 Every day I'm struggle, I never know what I can cook for them (I have one year old twin girls). I always try to prepare a meal that has protein, carbo and vegetables, but sometimes I run out of ideas. It happens also that I prepare something and then they don't like 🥲🥲Thanks

[@danaoanatambaloiu6477]

I subscribed at "just like dogs" Love you already...our baby girl is 4 month old now Hugs from Italy

[@HealthNutNutrition]

🤪welcome to my dog and baby loving corner of the internet haha

[@hbj.k8932]

I wonder if this age of toddlers like 13 months and olders (1 yr olds) can eat adults frozen food such as frozen pizza and pastas?

[@freyareikigoddess]

What utensils are those with the pink spoon and cup?

[@gayathriangel4252]

my one year old boy doesn't like to eat at all. thx for this video it's helpful .

[@bellabee1622]

Love this video! What haighchair do you normally use, aside from the counter one?

[@HealthNutNutrition]

thank you! We love the Stokke one its linked in the info box in my baby food resources blog post

[@artugert]

Our high chair doesn’t have a step our baby’s feet can reach. Any tips? But honestly, even if there were and his legs could be at a 90 degree angle, he would probably just kick his legs anyways. Haha

[@bashirali318]

What is the name of the high chair?

[@Jamiilya]

Love your meal prep 😍👍👍👍

[@HealthNutNutrition]

thank you!

[@cindyramdass6304]

How many months are your baby? Mines almost 13 months.

[@kala2704]

sorry Nicole but I was mostly looking at Sagey (of course while listening to you)

[@divine1530]

So excited for your secret project!

[@kathleenlacelle6671]

Very helpful! Thank you☺️

[@CynthiaTheHealthExperience]

im 25 weeks pregnant with my first and am wondering when you would introduce more bioavailable protein sources? meats, chicken, fish, etc

[@slwrbx3318]

With 8 months you can give your little one meats, chicken etc. You begin with fruits and vegetables when your baby is ready. My baby was ready at 5 months. She stared at our food while we ate. I first introduced vegetables and everything separately so she gets to know the taste. Then I started with fruit in the morning (breakfast) and vegetables (dinner) in the evening. at 8 months I gave her also lunch think About bread, toast, protein like eggs, meat, pasta, rice, banana and oats pancakes etc

[@slwrbx3318]

sorry for spelling mistakes english is not my first language

[@CynthiaTheHealthExperience]

@@slwrbx3318 your english is excellent. Thank you! :)

[@kathrynevans6293]

Was just starting the Happy Healthy Eaters course when I saw this video upload. Perfect timing! Learning so much! So excited to start solids with my baby boy. Sage is so adorable!

[@justyana7022]

I really wanna buy your book. I'm from Malaysia. Please ship worldwide!

[@inesbarros3847]

My 5.5month old started solids yesterday- she was very excited about playing with it, but eating not really. :/ I don’t think she swallowed more than a tiny little expresso spoon lol. Is this normal?

[@dawnforlife]

Yes! Absolutely! Feed it to her or let her explore! It's a process of creating a great eater :) 5.5 months is still very very young. Like Luna said, feed it to her. :)

[@TheGamersGuide819]

When will her hair start growing out?

[@yarazard]

My baby gets too distracted by her utensils if i give them to her. Any advice?

[@HealthNutNutrition]

Try giving her a set and then using a second one that you use to feed her. You can also just limit it altogether and just have her use her hands to self feed. I’m always switching things up with Sage depending on her mood that day

[@yarazard]

@@HealthNutNutrition Ok that's what i've been doing but recently I just gave up on utensils all together haha. I ended up getting the short ones you use because she didn't have a pair like that and they look easier. She can put the food in her mouth but still can't scoop, and will for sure get distracted from time to time. Glad to know my baby isn't the only one! Thank youuuuuu

[@saziasaud2198]

Can you pls make a video on your daily workout

[@HealthNutNutrition]

when I get back into it I will haha been walking and stretching mostly these days

[@rica_wal]

My baby just turned 5 months I literally can not wait to start making her food

[@HealthNutNutrition]

such a fun age! I have something exciting coming for you in a couple of weeks ;)

[@Deliciouslyvibrant]

Awesome tips Nikole! I was planning to take that course after your recommendation so the code comes in handy. Thank you 😊💕👍🏽

[@HealthNutNutrition]

I cannot recommend it enough honestly it will help you so much!

[@beffreenmariwan4491]

How old is sage?

[@soibakhan4232]

Babies when small eats everything, we give them, then when get older like 4,5 yrs old then they become picky eater.

[@miraalshoum3373]

✌

[@Aikitsune]

I saw some of your videos now and u say u do blw with her but its not that

[@chloeallison3712]

All thanks goes to you #DrEdeSpellCaster for bringing my wife back to me with your powerful love spell. Thank you sir you are forever recommended

[@selamtube3774]

How old is she ?

[@emi-ki8bw]

She's soo cute: "mmmmmh" all the time😁

[@ali63l.o76]

نتمنى لو في ترجمه عربي

[@ethiopiakonjo8532]

How old your son sister

[@Lolee56]

Love watching your cooking baby videos and I’m glad this method of feeding works nicely for you but I don’t believe that purées are doing a disservice to any baby. It’s actually the most common sense way to feed a baby and how people have fed babies for centuries. I personally don’t believe a baby making a mess with their food teaches them much. Okay so they made a mess. Yay now time time to clean 90% of the stuff they dumped on the floor. Seems like a silly trend/fad to me personally. My son eats in different ways, it’s not always the same each time… a combo like mentioned in the video but I’m not gonna sit here and let them wreck the whole house with food for no reason lol… especially when it’s a smaller baby, they are learning to swallow and be introduced to new flavors and foods in general when they’ve only known milk for so long…. Adding the stress of them trying to touch and splash their food just doesn’t seem necessary or effective in the early stages in my opinion

[@renb7359]

I'm not 🤣

[@Rosaila30]

💙💙💙💙💙

[@JJ-mh4xd]

I think you can see her being on the spoiled side of things

[@shahinakarim2280]

No..she's just a very securely attached child showing normal signs of development. You sound like you had a sad childhood where you were probably dismissed or told to be quiet and not bother the adults. Its also probably a good idea to not put your poison out there in the world. It's hurtful and toxic.

[@JJ-mh4xd]

@@shahinakarim2280 hi there, I was simply making a observation. I meant no disrespect. She is doing amazing things. You can not insult me. You have a good day.

[@JJ-mh4xd]

@@AvocadoMarthe i just made a simple observation and again I meant no disrespect. I personally think she is doing amazing. I don't think I made that big of a deal. And I don't agree with you. There is nothing wrong with saying i don't agree. You have a good day.

[@JJ-mh4xd]

I made a casual observation and I meant no disrespect. This is the internet and I don't think I said anything to bad. Again I do think she is doing amazing job.

[@surlespasdondine]

No 1 year old is "spoilt".