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  • Published: 22 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241709962
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $48.00
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Solid Starts for Babies

How to Introduce Solid Food and Raise a Happy Eater

  • Solid Starts




The definitive stress-free guide to baby-led weaning from the experts trusted by millions of parents around the world

Led by certified paediatric feeding professionals, Solid Starts have debunked the myth that ultra processed ‘baby food’ is necessary and transformed the way that millions of parents around the world feed their babies. Now, with their debut book, you can follow their research-backed advice to wean your baby on the food that you eat – with some simple safety modifications.

In this book you will learn:

· How to cultivate curiosity and build trust at the table
· How allowing baby to grab, hold and eat food on their own can decrease the risk of choking
· The nutritional, developmental, and psychological benefits to sharing the same foods that you like to eat with baby
· Techniques and guidance for each development window, from 4months to early toddlerhood
· The latest evidence on choking, safety, food allergens, nutrition, and how recommendations are rapidly changing

Whether you’re new to weaning or you want to try a different approach, Solid Starts for Babies is guaranteed to give you the confidence to share your meals and foster healthy eating habits that will set your baby up for a lifetime of mealtime joy.

  • Published: 22 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241709962
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $48.00
Categories:

Praise for Solid Starts for Babies

Finally! An up-to-date resource to guide parents through the minefield that is weaning! This book leaves the reader in no doubt that giving babies a solid start in life is an investment in their future. It will inspire even the most nervous of caregivers to find joy in sharing food whilst teaching their little ones to be independent and adaptable at mealtimes and beyond. In our modern, more fractured society, we must not forget the importance of human connection, especially within our family units. This very concept, where our tables and meals are central to our family connections, is at the core of this book

Becca Maberly, founder of A Mother Place

This book is such a supportive guide for parents who are looking to explore baby led weaning

Charlotte Stirling-Reed

Solid Starts has built its business by trying to answer every possible question or concern a parent might have about baby-led weaning. There are other resources for people curious about the practice, but none are as exhaustive; as a result, it has become ubiquitous online, where fans comment about how excited they are to feed their babies "real" foods

New York Times

When people say I'm lucky my toddler will eat anything I say it's not luck, it's Solid Starts

Sharon Feiereisen of Momtastic