Talk:Baby-led weaning

message: "Contrary to popular belief there is no research supporting the introduction of solids by purees and in fact babies can become very confused when stage 2 foods are introduced (with lumps) unsure whether to swallow or chew."
I'd like to know the reference for the "fact" that "babies can be become very confused when stage 2 foods are introduced".  If there is no reference, then it's a theory, not a fact.
Akrabat 12:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I think the wording of the phrase in the subject line, used in the article, isn't really neutral. Edit it maybe?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.108.68.40 (talk) 10:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "the beauty of this..." 

message: I have a 5 month old daughter who will most likely get this "treatment". Since she'll have breast milk as her main food source until at least 9 months, this method will give her a playful introduction to her further sources of nutrition. However, this method has no scientific basis and it seems neither does the other method of mashing foods.
Some questions I'd ask would be:
* when did Gill Rapley get started researching this? (this bbc article seems to suggest later than 2002)
* What kinds of food can best be introduced first/when? (I have a few books, but they don't agree entirely)
* Are there any scientific papers expected on this subject?
I think the answers to this question could enhance the article...
Cheers, Simon 82.93.201.105 (talk) 19:24, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To answer the first of Simon's questions, Rapley seems to have published two books on the subject, "Baby-led Weaning in Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Controversies and Challenges″ (London, Quay Books, 2006) and, together with Tracey Murkett "Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby To Love Good Food" (London, Vermillion, 2008). According to Appendix 1 on her second book, both books seem to be based on Rapley's (unpublished) MSc's thesis work 'Can babies initiate and direct the weaning process?', completed as part of her Interprofessional Health and Community Studies at the Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, 2003. A quick internet search seems to suggests she has increased the theory with further evidence. In her second book she claims at certain points that BLW is something that was probably done for a while but nobody gave it a name. Askateth (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questions... 

message: "Conversely, the natural diet of an infant up to age 1 is formula or breast milk."
Seriously? Since when is formula remotely natural? Formula is a heavily processed food made of cows' milk. The natural diet of any mammal baby is its own mother's milk, not that of another animal.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.0.226.212 (talk) 04:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please revise 

message: 1. properly cite sources that are currently just formatted as (author, publication year) throughout entire article
2. reorganize "General information" by breaking up into further sections
3. find and cite the source for "basic principles"
4. add any recent research into "Scientific Research"
5. scientific research - update "current breast feeding recommendations" since 2008
Do.shelly (talk) 20:46, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The group’s edit improved the article in that the sections seem to be organized logically. Overall, the group has achieved its overall goals for improvement. However, goals 4 and 5 were not met. The draft submission reflects a neutral point of view. Some of the points were not verifiable because the cited secondary source is a book not freely available. For instance, on the section “Gag reflex,” the cited source links to an online catalog. Arcmelodia (talk) 21:07, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

text: The edit has no evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation. JasperT888 (talk) 21:52, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foundations II 2019 Group 4C Proposed Edits 

message: 1. Find and cite the source for WHO in the introduction paragraph of "Relation to child development."
2. Find more recent research for certain citations (ie: Methods section and Motor Development section since 1993 and 1994).
3. Revise the article to meet Wikipedia's quality standards, specifically changing medical terms for lay-language. 
4. Add citations that are needed under the 'Scientific Research' section.
Sydney Martinelli (talk) 21:01, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foundations II 2020 Group 2 Proposed Edits