āWhen it came to weaning, for years most parents opted to spoon-feed purĆ©es to their babies. But in 2008, British midwife Gill Rapley popularized the idea of baby-led weaning.
She suggested simply putting appropriateĀ food on to your babyās tray and letting himĀ feed himself.
Eight years and thousands of baby-led weaned babies later, weāve learnedĀ a lot about what works well ā and what doesnāt ā when it comes to this method of weaning.
Meet the experts:Ā Nancy Ripton and Melanie Potock are co-authors of Baby Self-Feeding: Solid Food Solutions to Create Lifelong, Healthy Eating Habits (Ā£16.99,Ā Fair Winds Press).
