So far in this three-part series I have offered ten tips for helping your baby enjoy solid food. In this last installment, I make some suggestions for what to do when your baby resists eating solids.
Five More Tips for Helping Your Baby with Solid Food Feedings
11. Don’t starve the baby of breast milk in the hope of encouraging solid food intake. I hope that sentence speaks for itself, but in case not, let me explain what I mean. Don’t give in to the unhelpful suggestion or thought that you are feeding the baby too much breast milk and that is …read more

The list of tips for helping your baby enjoy solid food continues today with five more ideas. Stay tuned for the last five tomorrow when I will share some thoughts for what to do when solid food feeding is not going as well as you might hope! Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments section — what have you done and do you agree or disagree with this set of tips so far?
Five More Tips for Helping Your Baby Enjoy Solid Food
6. Set a good example with what you eat. One of the signs of readiness for solid …read more

You have determined that your baby is ready for solids (see Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods: When, What and How). You are determined to make it a good experience for both of you! Here are some tips to get the adventure off to a good start. Over the next couple of days I will post more tips in this series. While I don’t claim to be an expert, I apparently have a lot to say on the subject!
1. Tell your baby the name of each food you are offering. This simple step goes a long way to establishing a …read more

This fun, easy and inexpensive sewing project makes a great baby shower gift. Maybe you’d like to sew these for yourself if your baby is ready to start on solid foods. Step-by-step instructions and picture illustrations guide you through to a rewarding finished product. A few different fabric combinations give ideas for boy, girl and unisex bibs. The measurements are readily adaptable but these produce a bib with extra coverage and long bib ties for ease of use.

No, no, “Cheap and Easy” is not referring to the reader who was kind enough to write in with her breastfeeding story! “Cheap and Easy” refers to breastfeeding, of course! Jen writes that she practices attachment parenting, co-sleeping and using a sling. Luckily for me she’s also addicted to the internet and she is an obsessive documenter of everyday life–hence her story: