Hi Nikki and Jeanette and everyone else, Gill Rapley sent me a copy of her wonderful DVD, Baby-Led Weaning, last year. I, too, loved it! Her approach is very in tune with our breastfeeding philosophy -- give the baby the opportunity to feed, then trust the baby to get the quantity and quality of foods he/she needs. Gill asked me if Platypus Media would carry the product in North America so folks could purchase it without having to order it from the UK. We readily agreed. Because we felt that Baby-Led Weaning did not explain the concept well, we had it reproduced with a new title: I Can Feed Myself! A Baby-Led Approach To Introducing Solid Foods and it is available on both DVD and VHS. You can watch of clip of it at <http://platypusmedia.com/dvds_weaning.shtml> http://platypusmedia.com/dvds_weaning.shtml. - Dia _________________________________________________ Dia L. Michels Platypus Media -- Books for Families, Teachers and Parenting Professionals 627 A Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-546-1674 Toll-free: 1-877-PLATYPS (1-877-872-8977) Fax: 202-546-2356 [log in to unmask] www.PlatypusMedia.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:13:43 EST From: Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> Subject: self-feeding solids Dear Friends: Jeanette is referring to Gill Rapley's wonderful DVD about "baby-led weaning" available from Mark-It TV in the UK. Gill is a wonderful conference speaker. She describes babies abilities; they can self-attach (feed themselves) at birth, and can feed themselves at the toddler stage. She wonders if the feeding difficulty parents encounter during the transition stage between breast and solids is due to babies wanting to feed themselves, and not being permitted to do so. She has lovely views of the same baby at different ages dealing with food. As with walking, babies are ready for solids at different ages. The same principle in place with breastfeeding (let baby set the pace) is true for eating solids and for walking. The baby held in someone's lap during a meal watches the fork go back and forth between the plate and the adult's mouth. One day, baby grabs and starts playing (i.e. practicing) with the solid food. Because breastfeeding exposes the baby to all the proteins in the mother's diet and a breastfed baby has a strong immune system, there is no worry about what that first food will be. The video shows how discriminating, and careful and focused babies are when learning to deal with solids. I recommend this DVD............and have no commercial attachment or link to it. warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI craniosacral therapy practitioner _www.myspace.com/adonicalee Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:53:32 -0800 From: Jeanette Panchula <[log in to unmask]> Subject: self feeding solids I know there was a discussion on Lactnet not long ago about a video showing babies self-feeding once solids were ready to be introduced. I can't seem to enter the right "key words" to find the messages - HELP - my grandson is 4 months old, and his parents are going crazy (feeds q 1 1/2 to 2 hours 'round the clock and mom is back to working full-time. Daddy, my son, is babysitting but breastfeeding mom is getting exhausted so they were wondering about starting solids now...). ...but the way, PLEASE no flames - this baby is in the 5th percentile and his parents have been totally attachment parenting him since birth! Co-bedding, co-sleeping, birth with not a LICK of medications and baby never left parents' side even though he was a hospital birth. (They call their side-car crib "the most expensive water bottle holder EVER" as baby has never slept in it!) Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC California, USA *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome