#144: What did babies eat before baby food was invented? Food historian Amy Bentley, PhD, author of Inventing Baby Food, joins me to unpack how commercial baby food, changing medical advice and clever marketing transformed the way we feed babies. If you’ve ever stood in the baby food aisle wondering whether your baby actually needs all of those jars, pouches and products, this episode will help you understand how we got here—and why babies are capable of eating real food from the start.
Listen to this episode to learn:
1. What babies ate before commercial baby food became the norm
2. How medical advice and marketing transformed the way parents feed babies
3. Why jars, pouches and other baby food products became so popular
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/144
Links from This Episode:
• Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program and save $50 when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50
• Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other Episodes Related to This Topic:
• Episode 458 - Bananas are Bad for Babies…and Other Historical Infant Feeding Practices with Jennifer Traig
• Episode 250 - Misleading Marketing Claims on Baby Foods with Ada Lizbeth Garcia, PhD
• Episode 149 - Pouches: Why Your Baby Doesn’t Need to Suck Pureed Food Out of Pouches with @msdawnslp Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP
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