Make Slippery Foods Easier to Pick Up (+ Add Iron) with these 5 Ingredient Hacks

Slippery foods like avocado, ripe pear, banana, and cooked apples can be frustrating for your baby to pick up…especially early on before that pincer grasp kicks in. In this episode, I’m sharing 5 quick “roll it in this” ingredient hacks that add traction and help you sneak in a little extra iron while your baby practices self-feeding. Listen to this episode to learn: 1. How to make slippery foods (like avocado, banana, pears, and cooked apples) easier for your baby to pick up…without taking over the feeding. 2. Why adding an iron “coating” is a simple way to boost iron intake when your baby is starting solid foods. 3. What 5 quick pantry ingredients you can use to add traction + iron in seconds, so meals feel less frustrating. Shownotes for this episode can be found here: Links from This Episode: • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: and save $50 when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50 • Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: Other Episodes Related to This Topic: • Episode 21 - 3 Easy Ways to Boost Your Baby’s Iron Absorption is here 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN and use the code BLWPOD50 to save $50 when you sign up. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Make Slippery Foods Easier to Pick Up (+ Add Iron) with these 5 Ingredient Hacks is an episode from Baby-Led Weaning Made Easy by Katie Ferraro.

This episode is 16:00 long.

This episode was published on Feb 23, 2026.

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