Popular Feeding Method Studied OU Media Release Popular Feeding
Method Studied Otago study highlights how little is known about
baby weaning method Warning about raw apple Tuesday 27 November
2012 Starting babies on solids by letting them feed themselves
pieces of food is a growing trend – yet there is scarce
scientific research about the practice, putting healthcare
professionals in a difficult position when giving advice, new
University of Otago research suggests. University of Otago Human
Nutrition PhD student Sonya Cameron‘s study, published today in
the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open, interviewed a group of
20 Dunedin mothers who had followed what is known as Baby-Led
Weaning (BLW) from when their babies were about six months. She
also interviewed 31 health professionals involved in infant
care. She found that mothers seemed to be confidently following
guidelines they had gleaned themselves either through others,
literature or the internet, and that many felt intuitively that
it was the best way to f