Author: Jill Castle Publisher: Nourished Child Press ISBN: 9781732591806 Category : Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
Your baby's food journey begins with his first bite. In fact, starting solids is a milestone that sets your child's future foundation of health. Yet, starting solids is one of the most confusing and daunting tasks of new parents. Never before has there been more food options, feeding methods and scientific recommendations -- all of which can lead to confusion, doubt, and even fear. What are the best first foods? What can my baby eat, how do I prevent food allergies, and what should I avoid giving my child? When can my child start solids and how do I help her try new food? How can I help make the eating experience nurturing, positive and nourishing? The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids answers all your questions, from critical nutrients and their optimal food sources to best feeding practices for self-regulated eating, and more. This guide will give you the step-by-step guidance you need to progressively introduce a variety of flavors, textures, and eating experiences so that your baby enjoys eating, while hitting all the age-appropriate milestones and nutritional requirements throughout the first year. By the end of this book, you will be a Smart Mom, knowing what to feed your baby, how to do it, where you're heading with your child, and why the first year of eating is very important to your baby's health, growth, intellect and relationship with food.
Author: Anthony Porto, M.D. Publisher: Ten Speed Press ISBN: 1607749017 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 258
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A comprehensive manual for feeding babies and toddlers during the crucial first years of life, written by a team of medical experts who are also parents. All Your Questions about Feeding, Answered. The choices of when, how, and what to feed your baby can be overwhelming. With The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers, you have the expertise of a team of pediatric medical and nutritional experts—who also happen to be parents—in a comprehensive manual that takes the guesswork out of feeding. This first-of-its-kind guide provides practical, easy-to-follow advice to help you navigate the nutrition issues, medical conditions, and parenting concerns that accompany feeding. With recipes, parenting stories, and recommendations based on the latest pediatric guidelines, this book will allow you to approach mealtime with confidence so you can spend more time enjoying your new family.
Author: Annabel Karmel Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756666341 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
Weaning is one of the most important milestones for moms and dads during the early months of parenthood, often marking the first time that they make big choices for their babies; decisions that will establish their children's eating habits for life. With her years of expertise and personal experience, bestselling author Annabel Karmel guides parents through every aspect of the first months of weaning, inspiring confidence and offering reassurance every step of the way. Starting Solids takes it from the very beginning with the basic, but crucial, details, such as what type of spoon to use, advice on portion size, and the time of day to first offer solid foods. It also encompasses the larger debates and issues, for example, when to begin weaning and the latest allergy advice - giving all the fundamental information that parents need for feeding their baby, from 4 to 12 months. What's more, there are 50 delicious new recipes to jumpstart parents into cooking healthy, nutritious food for their babies, and three menu planners to give extra guidance to parents. Q&As with parents are included throughout to create an all-embracing introduction to weaning, which offers both empathy and reassurance to parents. Starting Solids is the ultimate guide to weaning your child - and one that parents will be sure to recommend to their friends.
Author: Alice Callahan Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 1421442000 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 423
Book Description
Now updated! The new edition of this best-selling guide uses science to tackle some of the most important decisions facing new parents—from sleep training and vaccinations to breastfeeding and baby food. Is cosleeping safe? How important is breastfeeding? Are food allergies preventable? Should we be worried about the aluminum in vaccines? Searching for answers to these tough parenting questions can yield a deluge of conflicting advice. In this revised and expanded edition of The Science of Mom, Alice Callahan, a science writer whose work appears in the New York Times and the Washington Post, recognizes that families must make their own decisions and gives parents the tools to evaluate the evidence for themselves. Sharing the latest scientific research on raising healthy babies, she covers topics like the microbiome, attachment, vaccine safety, pacifiers, allergies, increasing breast milk production, and choosing an infant formula.
Author: Jill Castle Publisher: AMACOM ISBN: 0814436234 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
It’s hard keeping up with the nutritional needs for kids, and even harder getting them to actually eat many of these foods. Learn how to get your athlete on the right track. With athletic kids, there’s even more to pay attention to! Most young athletes are not eating properly to compete--too many convenient but empty calories that are doing them more harm than good. As a result, these young athletes are losing energy when they should be increasing it, feeling deterred when they should be motivated, and decreasing muscle mass when they need it more than ever. Fortunately, with the right nutrition, young athletes can increase their energy, bolster their motivation, gain muscle mass, overcome fatigue, and improve their performance. Registered dietitian and childhood nutrition expert Jill Castle has written this must-read resource for every parent of active kids ages eight through eighteen. In Eat Like a Champion, parents will find help in: Tailoring diets for training, competition, and even off-season Finding the best food options, whether at home or on the go Addressing counterproductive or unhealthy patterns Understanding where supplements, sports drinks, and performance-enhancing substances do--and don’t--fit in Complete with charts, recipes, and practical meal and snack ideas that can help athletic youngsters eat to win, Eat Like a Champion just may be the difference-maker in your athlete’s next game!
Author: Maggie Meade Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1455500585 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 173
Book Description
Baby food doesn't need to be tasteless or processed and in a jar—it can be fresh, vibrant, and delicious, which is exactly what Maggie Meade will show you how to cook in The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. Based on the top-rated baby food website, The Wholesome Baby Food Guide is filled with carefully researched information on nutrition, allergies, myths, and best practices for introducing foods to little ones. With more than 150 easy recipes, as well as storage tips and allergy alerts, Meade covers the three major stages of a baby's learning to eat: 4-6 months, 6-8 months, and 8 months and up. With courage, humor, and gentle motivation, this book show parents that their baby's food doesn't have to come from a jar to be healthy and safe. In fact, the healthiest, safest, and tastiest (not to mention least expensive!) foods for babies are those cooked from real ingredients in the kitchen at home, and this book has the added benefit of setting the stage for a child's lifelong love of healthy and wholesome foods. Move over Gerber—parents are getting into the kitchen!
Author: Katherine Smiley Publisher: Enlightened Publishing ISBN: Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 145
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Are you looking to wean your baby to solid foods and make your own organic baby food at home? Weaning a baby should be interesting and fun. Always remember that during the process, the baby will still receive much of his or her nutrition from baby formula or breast milk so you get the opportunity to experiment with what your baby likes and what he doesn’t like. In "Introducing Solids & Making Your Own Organic Baby Food," we will talk about how to wean a baby, what foods to choose and how to make some really healthy organic baby foods for your baby to dine on. The process of weaning will take several months of trying and testing different foods. Soon, you’ll have a collection of organic foods that will be available for mealtime. We’ll also talk about some troubles you might have with weaning your baby and how to solve them. Every baby gets weaned sometime and will soon have a variety of organic foods that match your own at the supper table. Here are some of the things you will discover in this book: - Nutritional needs for babies... - Signs that your baby is ready for solids... - Simple techniques to wean your baby... - How to know if your baby is getting the right nutrients... - How to avoid food allergies... - How to make organic baby food at home... - Proper ways to store homemade organic baby food... - Graduating to toddler food... - Simple, easy-to-make, delicious, & healthy organic baby food recipes... - And much more...
Author: Leanne Cooper Publisher: ISBN: 9781459629950 Category : Languages : en Pages : 158
Book Description
Starting solids like so many decisions in parenting can be a minefield, especially when advice can be contradictory. What Do I Feed My Baby is a step - by - step guide on how to introduce solids, with day - by - day ideas which then progress to meal plans. Written by mother of two and leading childhood nutritionist, Leanne Cooper, this book is an absolute must for parents and carers with infants. Leanne is nutrition advisor to a number of parenting organisations including Huggies, Organic Bubs, Care for Kids, The Australian Baby Guide, OHbaby New Zealand and Parents Centre (NZ). Now you can have a nutritionist in your home guiding you through: When to start and which meal What foods to start with How much to give baby When to progress onto more meals How to introduce foods to reduce reactions and fussy eating.
Author: Jill Castle Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118421558 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 343
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An essential guide to understanding and improving any child's eating habits This comprehensive nutrition guide gives parents the tools for encouraging kids of any age on the path to healthy eating. Pediatric nutrition experts Castle and Jacobsen simplify nutrition information, describe how children's eating habits correspond to their stage of development, provide step-by-step feeding guidance, and show parents how to relax about feeding their kids and get healthy meals on the table fast. Prepares parents by explaining what to expect at different stages of growth, whether it be picky eating, growth spurts or poor body image Helps parents work through problems such as food allergies, nutrient deficiencies and weight management, and identifying if and when they need to seek professional help Empowers parents to take a whole-family approach to feeding including maximizing their own health and well-being Offers fun, easy recipes parents can make for, and with, kids Fearless Feeding translates complicated nutrition advice into simple feeding plans for every age and stage that take the fear out of feeding kids.
Author: Jill Castle
Author: Anthony Porto, M.D.
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