Workshop Starting Solids and Managing Feeding Obstacles at Bloosom Birth
Brook offered a Starting Solids workshop at the Blossom Birth in Palo Alto and Family Fair last year, and she has supported families one on one, but she has been wanting to offer a workshop in a small group setting for a while.
Brook has scheduled the first for Sunday, May 25th at 2-4pm. The class is capped at 6 and will likely be booked with a waiting list for my own clients.
Her plan is to provide 2 different workshops on solid foods:
Starting Solids: 2 hour workshop for parents who are preparing for/have just started introducing solids (target ages: 3-7 month olds)
- How you know when to start solids?
- Which foods do you introduce first?
- How to prepare first foods
- How much to feed and on what schedule
- Feeding Utensils
- Positions for feeding
- Graduating textures, flavors, frequency, and volume
- Supporting independence in eating
**Structure of this workshop will primarily be around education and demonstration. Followed by Q&A.**
Managing Feeding Obstacles (2 hour workshop)
- Pre-workshop questionnaire of feeding issues
- Discussion of parents’ goals for their children
- Understanding typical progression in eating abilities and how to recognize them in your baby
- Appropriate vs problematic eating behaviors
- Understanding the cause of poor eating behaviors
- Parents decide what, when and where of feeding; children decide whether and how much
**Structure of this workshop will focus on education and troubleshooting specific problems of the attendees**
If you have any questions or if you think you have a client that would be interested, contact Brook directly, or visit her website at www.brookebabble.com. They can see the currently scheduled events at: www.brookebabble.com/events.html