Al-Mulla partnered with Annabel Karmel -- food nutritionist and UK-based author of more than 50 cookbooks, including "Complete Baby & Toddler Meal Planner" and "
Baby-Led Weaning" -- to design a menu that would appeal to little ones.
They can learn about feeding their baby and
baby-led weaning - and also enjoy fun activities at the event at Low Hill Strengthening Families Hub on June 21.
There are two main types of weaning methods: Spoon-fed weaning, where babies learn to spoon feed first, and
baby-led weaning, where babies skip the smooth food phase and learn to chew from the beginning.
One debate that doesn't look like it will be settled any time soon is over
baby-led weaning, a method of feeding endorsed by the NHS which involves giving babies as young as six months old chunks of solid food.
One debate that doesn't look like it will be settled any time soon is over
baby-led weaning, a method of feeding endorsed by the NHS which involves giving babies as young as six months old chunks of solid food such as banana, fish and pasta to feed themselves, rather than the more traditional method of spoonfeeding them with purees.
There's two ways parents can wean their baby -
baby-led weaning and spoon-fed weaning.
"You don't need to choose between spoon-feeding and
baby-led weaning. You can do both.
Baby-led weaning is certainly having its moment and is the hot new weaning trend to try.
Recipe from Annabel Karmel's
Baby-Led Weaning Recipe Book: Annabelkarmel.com
Recently, the term
baby-led weaning (BLW) has been used to describe an alternative approach to traditional spoon-feeding.
Marcus, who trained as a chef, said: "We both went back to working full time and found that there were a lack of ready made, healthy and organic options for parents who wanted to feed their children based on the
baby-led weaning method.
Parents adopted either
baby-led weaning (allowing infants to feed themselves) or spoon-feeding.