Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent’s Handbook: A Stage-by-Stage Guide to Setting Your Child on the Path to Adventurous Eating
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Expert advice from a feeding therapist and a "pediatrician in the kitchen" on teaching children healthy eating habits from the start—or after trouble starts
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Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock specialize in showing parents the way to joyful, nutritious mealtimes. Their proven strategies direct families past every roadblock, whether selective eating, different parenting styles, special needs, or medical issues such as sensory disorders.
In Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, they offer clear guidance for every stage of a child's development, from birth to elementary school:
Steps to encourage self-feeding, and the importance of letting little ones get messy
Tips on how to ditch unhealthy kids' menus and kids' meals
Recipes designed especially for young taste buds
Helpful insights on the sensory system, managing mealtime behaviors, healthy eating around the world—and much more.
The authors also highlight seven qualities of good parenting—being joyful, compassionate, brave, patient, consistent, proactive, and mindful—and show how valuable they are at mealtimes and beyond.
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