FREE 1.5 CPEU Webinar for DIETITIANS

What Dietitians Don't Know About Baby-Led Weaning...

Closing the Knowledge Gap in Infant Feeding Nutrition Education

A free 1.5 CPEU webinar helping dietitians translate baby-led weaning research into safe, practical counseling strategies for families starting solid foods.

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Registered Dietitians must play a larger role in helping infants develop the skills they need to become independent eaters

Gill Rapley, PHD - pioneer of baby-led weaning

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

DESCRIBE the current evidence on baby-led weaning as it relates to safety, nutritional adequacy, growth, choking risk, developmental readiness, and responsive feeding.

IDENTIFY common gaps in traditional infant feeding education that may limit dietitians' confidence when counseling families about baby-led weaning and starting solid foods.

APPLY evidence-based counseling strategies to support families, including readiness assessment, choking-risk reduction, iron-rich foods, allergen introduction, texture progression, and responsive feeding practices.

Parents are asking questions...dietitians need better answers

Parents are not just asking whether babies can eat avocado, banana, and sweet potato. They are asking about gagging, choking, meat, allergens, iron, texture progression, readiness signs, and whether baby-led weaning is actually safe.

...but most dietitians were never formally taught how to counsel families through baby-led weaning in a structured, evidence-based way.

This free 1.5 CPEU webinar will help dietitians close that gap by reviewing the current research and teaching you how to:

• Ensure nutritional adequacy
• Prevent growth faltering
• Promote texture progression
• Reduce choking risk
• Prepare finger foods safely

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Who should attend...

Any dietitian who works with babies, toddlers, or families starting solid foods

Nutrition professionals who want a safe, evidence-based alternative to spoon-feeding purees

Pediatric and community dietitians looking to expand their infant feeding expertise

Dietitians who want to confidently counsel parents on baby-led weaning without increasing choking risk

Your Presenters

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Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN, BLW
​@babyledweanteam

Creator of the original 100 First Foods™ approach to baby-led weaning and host of the Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro podcast. Katie is a registered dietitian specializing in infant feeding @babyledweanteam.

Jessica Coll, MPH, RDN, BLW
​International Baby-Led Weaning Network

Founder of the International Baby-Led Weaning Network of Health Professionals. Jessica has extensive experience teaching health professionals about baby-led weaning and responsive infant feeding.

1.2M

parents + practitioners taught

1.5

free CPEUs for RDNs

Live

training taught July 1, 2026

What you're learning on this training...

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What families are asking

Baby-led weaning isn't some made up thing on the internet...there's a real and credible body of research that supports baby-led weaning. Do you know how to answer parents' questions (correctly)?

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BLW vs. spoon-feeding purees

Baby-led weaning doesn't just mean skipping purees. Purees are an important texture for babies to master...learn how to safely offer them the baby-led way.

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Is that baby ready?

Sorry but the disappearance of that tongue-thrust reflex they taught you about in your Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle class doesn't cut it anymore. Learn the true signs of readiness to eat.

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Choking risk research

If you've heard baby-led weaning increases choking risk, you're not reading the latest research. Learn how to lower choking risk by properly educating parents on safe food preparation.

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Texture Progression

Think Speech-Language Pathologists only handle textures? Wrong. Dietitians need to know the basics of texture progression for typically developing infants and we'll show you how to do it.

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Responsive Feeding

Dietitians need to take a more prominent role in promoting responsive feeding practices - like baby-led weaning - and this training will give you the confidence to do so.

Own it.

Parents are choosing baby-led weaning...

Dietitians need the training to safely support them

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Be the dietitian families trust when they ask about baby-led weaning

83% of parents report they are planning to use baby-led weaning when their baby starts solid foods

-Babylist

Are you the dietitian they're going to ask to help them figure out how to do it safely?

Save Your Spot for this Free Webinar

July 1, 2026 | 12:00 pm PT | Live Online