“…an informative DVD with empowering ideas for parents of young babies. It teaches a new concept, whereby the baby takes the lead in eating solid foods, and is contrary to much of what parents have been told. …I recommend this video to any parent. I would love to have known this information when I was struggling through starting complementary foods with my children."
-Gayle Sutterlin, PhD
International Lactation Consultant Association
"I can see many happy children, who choose their own food independently and at their own pace."
-Stefan Kleintjes, Pediatric Dietitian
"[Rapley] brings the baby-led approach back into fashion, since this was the way we used to feed our babies before the multi-million-pound baby-food industry made us believe we needed purées. [For those, like me] who neither had the confidence, nor the facts, to back our instincts up before; baby knows best when it comes to food!”
-Annalisa Barbieri, The Independent
"I Can Feed Myself" offers an alternative approach to introducing complementary foods for the attentive family of a fully breastfed infant who is growing well, who receives sufficient responsive stimulation outside of the feeding time, and where siblings can understand the unique nature of an infant's table manners. For those self-selected families, this video provides an interesting possible complement or alternative to traditional approaches to introduction of solids, including cautions to avoid foods or food sizes that may cause choking. Involving your infant child in mealtimes offers an opportunity to have family interaction, supporting development of social skills, establishing family mealtimes as fun, positive experiences, and promoting his/her overall wellbeing. "I Can Feed Myself" may be an interesting alternative approach for this select group."
-Miriam H. Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, IBCLC, FABM
Director, Center for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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