Iron: Does My Baby Really Need to Eat 11mg Iron Per Day?
11/10/2021
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#169: Does your baby need to be eating 11 mg iron per day? If you look quickly at the recommendations for infants you’ll see 11 mg per day for babies 6-12 months. So do you need to be counting mg of iron for your baby? And can babies even get enough iron from the foods they eat? Inside of this episode we’ll be looking at iron needs for babies and how you can easily help your baby meet iron needs by offering a variety of real, wholesome foods using baby-led weaning.
More in depth iron food training will be included in the upcoming BABY-LED WEANING SUMMIT taking place online (FOR FREE!!) October 18-23, 2021. The BABY-LED WEANING SUMMIT is the largest BLW event ever held with 17 leading, feeding experts from around the world gathered to teach you about infant feeding...for free!
Listen to this episode to learn:
Where does iron come from?
How much iron do babies need?
Which foods have iron?
How do I know if my baby is getting enough iron?
What does the research say about baby-led weaning and iron?
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/169
Links from This Episode:
Episode 21 “3 Easy Ways to Boost Your Baby's Iron Absorption”
Episode 70 “The Evidence Behind Baby-Led Weaning with Amy Brown, PhD”
Episode 95 “Make Slippery Foods Easier to Pick Up (+ Add Iron) with these 5 Ingredient Hacks”
Episode 104 “How the Lucky Iron Fish Can Increase Iron Absorption with Founder & CEO Gavin Armstrong, PhD”
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
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
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Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.
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Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.
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