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This volume is a no-worry, no-guilt guide to feeding your baby, toddler and preschooler. Featuring real world solutions, it gives you the lowdown on getting your child off to a healthy start nutrition-wise, introducing first foods the step-by-step, no worry way, making nutritious, great tasting food.
Author Notes
Ann Douglas is an award-winning pregnancy and parenting author. She is the author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books , The Mother of All Baby Books , The Mother of All Toddler Books , The Mother of All Parenting Books , and The Mother of All Pregnancy Organizers (all part of the award-winning The Mother of All Books Series ) as well as the two debut titles in the newly launched The Mother of All Solutions series: Sleep Solutions for Your Baby , Toddler and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Approach for Each Age and Stage and Mealtime Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Approach for Each Age and Stage . She is also the co-author of other highly popular titles in the pregnancy and parenting category, including The Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby and Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss (both co-authored with John R. Sussman, MD) and Choosing Childcare for Dummies . Ann delivers keynote addresses at parenting and health conferences across North America; teaches on-line pregnancy courses through WebMD.com; is a Mom Expert with ClubMom; delivers parenting workshops through the Ella Centre for Pregnancy and Parenting and workplace-based parenting training through Lifespeak Inc; serves as a member of the National Advisory Board for Invest in Kids; and is the president of Page One Productions Inc., an award-winning marketing and communication′s firm that specializes in mom-to-mom communications. Ann writes columns for Conceive Magazine , Glow , and CanadianLiving.com and is a regular contributor to numerous other pregnancy and parenting publications. She is frequently quoted in such publication as Parenting , Parents , Fit Pregnancy , American Baby , Working Mother , and Canadian Living and is a popular radio TV, and on-line chat guest. Ann and her husband Neil have four children, ages eight through 18. Her children started sleeping through the night anywhere between three-and-a-half weeks and two-and-a-half years of age. (It was her youngest child who took the longest to start sleeping through the night.)
Table of Contents
Introduction | p. 1 |
Food Fantasies, Food Reality Check | p. 1 |
Another Book about Feeding Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers? | p. 2 |
So What Is This New Series about Anyway? | p. 5 |
Want More Experts? We've Got Experts! | p. 6 |
The Slightly Harried Parent's Quick Guide to This Book | p. 6 |
Same Old, Same Old | p. 9 |
Chapter 1 What's on Tap? In Praise of the Liquid Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner | p. 11 |
The Good News Report: Reasons to Breast-feed Your Baby | p. 12 |
Getting Off to a Reasonably Stress-Free Start | p. 17 |
The Truth about Breast-feeding | p. 19 |
Breast-feeding Doesn't Necessarily Come Easily for Every Mom and Baby | p. 20 |
It Takes Time to Hit Your Breast-feeding Stride | p. 34 |
Having a Breast-feeding Goal Can Help You Stay the Course | p. 35 |
The Pressure to Breast-feed Can Be Very Overwhelming | p. 36 |
Top Breast-feeding Questions | p. 38 |
How Can I Tell Whether or Not Breast-feeding Is Actually Working? | p. 38 |
Do I Need to Introduce a Bottle to My Breast-fed Baby? | p. 39 |
Realize That There Can Be Some Fallout from the Bottle-Breast Transition | p. 41 |
When Is the Best Time to Pump? | p. 42 |
I Heard That the AAP Is Recommending That All Babies Be Put to Bed with a Pacifier, But I've Also Heard That Pacifiers Interfere with Breastfeeding. Can You Explain This? | p. 42 |
Can Foods That I Eat Make My Baby Fussy? | p. 43 |
Do I Have to Give Up All of My Vices While I'm Breast-feeding? | p. 43 |
How Long Should I Breast-feed My Baby? | p. 44 |
Do Breast-fed Babies Need to Drink Water? | p. 44 |
Should You Wean from Breast to Formula or Straight to Cow's Milk? | p. 44 |
What Works Best When It Comes to Breast-feeding Twins? Breast-feeding Them Both at Once or One after Another? | p. 44 |
Guilt Marketing: The Formula for Breast-feeding Success? | p. 47 |
The Not-So-Secret Formula: What's on the Infant Formula Menu? | p. 49 |
Shaken and Stirred | p. 50 |
Bottle-Feeding Basics | p. 51 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 52 |
Chapter 2 That Lovin' Spoonful: Introducing Solids | p. 53 |
Is Your Baby Ready for Solids? | p. 54 |
Spotting the Signs of Readiness | p. 56 |
No-Stress Feeding Tips for Parents and Babies | p. 57 |
Why Do They Have to Make Things So Complicated? | p. 57 |
What Mothers Want Taken Off the Menu-Crazy-Making Baby Food Rules! | p. 58 |
Baby's First Feeding: What You Need to Know | p. 59 |
On Solid Ground: More Baby Feeding Success Tips | p. 65 |
Food Allergies and Intolerances | p. 68 |
Food Intolerances | p. 68 |
Baby Food Making: The Basics | p. 73 |
Equipment | p. 73 |
Kitchen Hygiene | p. 75 |
The Best Baby Food Your Baby Ever Tasted | p. 75 |
The Big Chill | p. 77 |
Thawing and Reheating Baby Food | p. 78 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 80 |
Chapter 3 Mr. Spaghetti Head: Added Tastes and Textures for Baby | p. 81 |
Mealtime Milestones | p. 82 |
The Age of Independence | p. 82 |
The Age of Unpredictability | p. 88 |
The Age of Impatience | p. 88 |
The Age of Exploration | p. 88 |
The Age of Communication | p. 89 |
No Worries! Solutions to Your Top Baby Feeding Problems | p. 92 |
"My Baby's Diet Is Totally Unbalanced. Help!" | p. 92 |
"I Can't Make My Baby Eat!" | p. 92 |
"Is It Normal for My Baby to Start Hating a Food That She Loved Last Week?" | p. 93 |
"Should We Applaud Every Time My Baby Tries a New Food?" | p. 93 |
"How Can I Get Other People to Stop Feeding Her Things I Don't Want Her to Have or to at Least Check with Me First?" | p. 93 |
"How Can I Deal with Other People's Advice about What I Should and Shouldn't Be Feeding My Baby?" | p. 94 |
"My Baby Doesn't Seem to Like Table Foods at All. She Just Wants Baby Food." | p. 95 |
"My First Baby Had No Trouble Adjusting to Foods with Texture, But My Second Baby Has Been Gagging on Everything." | p. 96 |
"My Baby Doesn't Have a Clue What to Do with Her Cup. She Just Plays with It." | p. 98 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 98 |
Chapter 4 Your Top Toddler Mealtime Mysteries Solved | p. 99 |
The Rules of the Toddler Mealtime Game | p. 100 |
1 Your Toddler's New Theme Song Is "My Way" | p. 100 |
2 Your Toddler Has You under Surveillance | p. 105 |
3 Your Toddler Has This Amateur Food Critic Thing Down to an Art | p. 106 |
4 Your Toddler Has Better Things to Do Than Come to the Dinner Table | p. 107 |
5 Your Toddler's Appetite May Have Gone AWOL | p. 108 |
Raising a Snack-Savvy Toddler | p. 119 |
Toddler Feeding FAQ | p. 121 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 125 |
Chapter 5 The Discriminating Diner: Feeding Your Preschooler | p. 126 |
Kitchen Confiential | p. 127 |
Preschooler Brain Cam | p. 128 |
Feeding Your Preschooler: Moms' Top Worries and Concerns | p. 135 |
"Do Preschoolers Need Vitamins?" | p. 142 |
"Will My Preschooler Ever Try New Foods?" | p. 142 |
"My Three-Year-Old Is the Slowest Eater I Have Ever Seen. She Can Turn Eating a Banana into an All-Day Affair." | p. 144 |
"My Three-Year-Old Gobbles His Dinner I'm Constantly Reminding Him to Slow Down Because I Worry about Him Choking." | p. 145 |
"My Four-Year-Old Used to Eat All Kinds of Vegetables When He Was a Baby. Now He'll Eat Only a Couple Types of Vegetables and Only If They're Raw. Help!" | p. 146 |
"My Three-Year-Old Hates Milk. Any Ideas on How I Can Make Milk More Appealing and Encourage Her to Drink More of It?" | p. 147 |
"Are Snacks Still Important for Preschoolers?" | p. 150 |
"Should I Let My Preschooler Help Herself to Snacks Whenever She's Hungry? Is It Okay If Those Are Healthy Snacks?" | p. 151 |
"Are Raisins a Suitable Snack for a Preschooler?" | p. 152 |
"Those Stats about Childhood Obesity Really Concern Me. How can I Encourage My Preschooler to Be Physically Active?" | p. 152 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 160 |
Chapter 6 Dining in and Dining out | p. 161 |
What's on the Menu? | p. 162 |
Secrets of (Grocery) Shopping-Savvy Moms | p. 165 |
Dollars and Cents | p. 166 |
How to Make Dinner with a Baby in Your Arms (and Other Secrets of Kitchen-Savvy Moms) | p. 171 |
Save Time in the Kitchen | p. 173 |
(You Can Never Have) Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen | p. 174 |
The Big Chill | p. 178 |
Make Family Mealtimes Matter | p. 179 |
The Savvy Parent's Guide to Dining out | p. 181 |
More Dining, Less Whining | p. 182 |
Finding the Carrot Stick in a Haystack of French Fries | p. 184 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 187 |
Chapter 7 No More Food Fights | p. 188 |
No More Whining and Dining: Strategies for Parenting a Picky Eater | p. 89 |
When Picky Becomes a Problem | p. 200 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 201 |
Chapter 8 When Your Child Is Sick | p. 202 |
Feed a Fever | p. 203 |
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) | p. 208 |
Food Allergies | p. 209 |
Diabetes in Young Children | p. 210 |
Weighty Matters | p. 212 |
Solutions Central-The Last Word | p. 213 |
Food Tools | p. 215 |
Food Tool 1 Basic Baby Food Purees | p. 215 |
Food Tool 2 Baby Food Cuisine: Mix and Match Purees | p. 223 |
Food Tool 3 Baby Food Textures Guide | p. 225 |
Food Tool 4 Meal and Snack Ideas for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers | p. 227 |
Food Tool 5 Moms' Favorite On-line Recipes for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers (Plus a Few Mom-Invented Recipes, Too) | p. 231 |
Food Tool 6 Quick Tips on Shopping Smart for Healthy Convenience Foods | p. 239 |
Food Tool 7 Old Recipe, New Twist: Making Favorite Family Recipes Healthier | p. 244 |
Appendices | p. 247 |
Appendix A Directory of Organizations | p. 247 |
Appendix B Directory of On-line Resources | p. 251 |
Appendix C Further Reading | p. 265 |
Index | p. 271 |