Solid Starts

Ok time to start solids - DoctorHow, what, when…help! - All parentsAs a parent, do you ever feel lost when it comes to feeding your baby solid foods? Do you worry about allergens, picky eaters, and the chaos of mealtime routines? You're not alone. This episode features a conversation with Kary Rappaport Executive director from Solid Starts, a pediatric occupational therapist and lactation consultant whose work has been shaped by her own experience with postpartum anxiety. Kary’s approach to infant feeding offers a refreshing perspective and practical guidance, which we unpack over the course of our chat. From how to start with solids, allergens, and problem solving techniques to tricky mealtime behavior, this is has it all!Solid Starts Food database First Foods for Babies Starting Solids - Solid StartsCheck out Solid Starts for helpful guides and courses.More about Kary Rappaport - Executive Director of Solid Starts PROA mom of two, Kary specializes in family mealtime dynamics and eating issues across the spectrum, from breast and bottle feeding challenges and picky eating, to dysphagia, tube feeding, and complex food refusal.  Kary has extensive, wide-ranging work experience from outpatient therapy, to pediatric acute care in a high acuity NICU, to in-home settings and Well Child visits, all supporting families and children with eating and swallowing. Kary has worked with thousands of infants and children as they learn to eat, and she has taught parents and medical professionals on this topic for nearly two decades. Solid Starts is the leading institution on how to introduce real food to babies. We are a multi-disciplinary team made up of doctors, feeding therapists, dietitians, and researchers focused on providing evidence-based information on introducing solid food to babies and navigating picky eating in toddlerhood. Central to our mission is the free First Foods Database®, an award-winning app and database of foods from around the world.Follow Previa Alliance!Previa Alliance (@previa.alliance) • Instagram photos and videosPrevia Alliance Podcast (@previapodcast) • Instagram photos and videosKeep the questions coming by sending them to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram!