Feeding Tiny Bellies: Over 100 Easy Baby-Led Weaning, Toddler & Family Recipes

A unique baby-led weaning cookbook from Lily Payen of Feeding Tiny Bellies, with over 100 easy recipes for feeding little ones and beyond

When Lily Payen first began solids with her first son, she longed for a resource for where to start. Overwhelmed by the flood of information she found online, she created a website, Feeding Tiny Bellies, to help other parents and caregivers make meals that they could feel confident about serving to their little ones.

Feeding Tiny Bellies is Lily’s first cookbook, a collection of over 100 simple-to-make recipes that appeal to babies, toddlers, and adults alike. It’s a one-stop guide to recipes for the whole family. All of the recipes--from Strawberry Oatmeal Bars to Avocado Chicken Salad to Parmesan Crusted Salmon--are suitable for babies 6 months of age who are beginning solids.

This book also provides guidance and recipes for parents of older children who would like to create simple, nutritious meals for their little ones, parents of babies who are not doing baby-led weaning, parents of children with allergies, and parents of children with developmental delays. Feeding babies and toddlers can feel like a roller coaster, and Lily provides tips for how to navigate all of the bumps along the way.

Lily Payen is the food blogger behind feedingtinybellies.com. She is a wife and a mom to three sons, Myles, Levi, and Kai. She has built a following of over 400,000 on Instagram and her website receives over 350,000 monthly pageviews. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics and is a former secondary education mathematics teacher. There is so much math involved in cooking, and her math expertise helps her determine precise measurements and ratios that work to create simple, nutritious recipes.