Once your baby can sit upright with minimal support, hold its head steady, and put things in its mouth and is starting to show interest in food — it may be time to introduce them to solids. Back in ...

Baby-led weaning is an approach for introducing babies to solid food that involves serving whole pieces of food that the baby picks up and feeds to themselves. Baby-led weaning puts the baby in ...

When it's time to add solid food to a baby's diet, is it best to spoon-feed purees—the conventional approach—or to allow the baby to feed herself soft finger foods? The second path, called baby-led ...

A new study suggests that baby-led weaning provides ample calories for growth and development. Matzeller shows two age-appropriate methods of preparing food to follow baby-led weaning. Chicago (June ...

Introducing your baby to solid foods, also referred to as weaning, starts when your baby is around 6 months old. We asked a ...

Baby-led weaning (BLW) represents an alternative approach to complementary feeding in which infants self-feed suitably sized pieces of family foods rather than being spoon-fed purées by a caregiver.

The plate on the left shows appropriate presentation of a variety of foods for a 6-month-old infant following baby-led weaning, while the right shows the same foods for a 9-month-old infant. How food ...

The original poster admitted she knows it's "very important for him to learn different textures" Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...

New study findings suggest that baby-led weaning—a popular method for introducing solid foods to infants—furnishes ample calories for growth and development. The findings provide evidence-based ...