Raising a healthy, happy eater : a parent's handbook-- a stage-by-stage guide to setting your child on the path to adventurous eating

Book

Raising a healthy, happy eater : a parent's handbook-- a stage-by-stage guide to setting your child on the path to adventurous eating / Nimali Fernando, MD, MPH, Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP ; foreword by Roshini Raj, MD.

Fernando, Nimali, (author.). Potock, Melanie, (author.).

Summary:

The right start on a child's food journey is necessary for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. Fernando and Potock show you how to expand your family's food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes.

Record details

ISBN: 9781615192687
ISBN: 1615192689
ISBN: 1615192697
ISBN: 9781615192694
Physical Description: xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York, NY : The Experiment, LLC, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: How to use this guidebook -- The start of your child's food journey: parenting the whole child -- Sights, sounds and exploration: understanding the sensory system -- Pack your bags: here we go! -- First steps: six months old and ready for solids -- Now the journey gets interesting: nine to fifteen months -- A bump in the road: sixteen to twenty-four months -- Need an extra guide? the role of a feeding therapist -- The terribly terrific twos -- Are we there yet? the slow road through the threes -- Unexpected guests on this journey and the influence of the outside world: ages four to six -- You call this a rest stop? calming the chaos of the school cafeteria -- Negotiating your path around the holidays -- That's not where i wanted to go! allergies & special diets -- Ladies and gentlemen, you've arrived at your destination!