Mealtime Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Approach for Each Age and Stage (Mother of All Solutions) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Finally, a no-worry, no-guilt guide to feeding your baby, toddler and preschooler.

Featuring real world solutions, this reassuring and wisdom-packed guide 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 baby food
• serving up toddler- and preschooler-friendly meals and snacks
• feeding vegetarian kids
• dining in and dining out: mom-proven mealtime strategies geared to each age and stage
• coping with picky eaters and nourishing sick kids
• nutrition tips, allergy alerts and other essential health and safety information
• setting the stage for happy mealtimes and how you can help your child to develop a healthy relationship with food

Includes:

• timesaving cooking tips and recipes from kitchen-savvy moms
• nutrition charts to ensure you've got your baby's nutritional bases covered
• meal planners and shopping lists — even a convenient food label decoder
• organizations, websites and books every parent should know about

From the Back Cover

FINALLY, A NO-WORRY, NO-GUILT GUIDE to feeding your baby, toddler and preschooler. Featuring real world solutions, this reassuring and wisdom-packed guide 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 baby food

• serving up toddler- and preschooler-friendly meals and snacks

• feeding vegetarian kids

• dining in and dining out: mom-proven mealtime strategies geared to each age and stage

• coping with picky eaters and nourishing sick kids

• nutrition tips, allergy alerts and other essential health and safety information

• setting the stage for happy mealtimes and how you can help your child to develop a healthy relationship with food

Includes

• timesaving cooking tips and recipes from kitchen-savvy moms

• nutrition charts to ensure you’ve got your baby’s nutritional bases covered

• meal planners and shopping lists—even a convenient food label decoder

• organizations, websites and books every parent should know about

Ann Douglas is the author of numerous best-selling pregnancy and parenting books, including The Mother of All® Pregnancy Books, and is a mother of four.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (May 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470836326
• ISBN-13: 978-0470836323
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #481,569 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Disappointed, July 7, 2006

By	SHB - See all my reviews

As a new Mom of a baby approaching the "solid foods" age, I found this book to be very useful. Specifically, I really liked the concise approaches in the book (generally in table format) in the areas of 1) what foods to introduce and suggested general orders, 2) what foods to avoid until given points in time (egg whites, honey, etc..) and 3) how to change textures and introduce new foods as you approach an older baby/toddler.

I liked the fact that the approach was "open" in that I don't need to follow as rigid a timeline or schedule as I may have found from other sources. The tips and quotes from other Mom's also made the book unique - afterall, I consider other Mom's to be experts at this point!

As a new Mom, I don't have alot of time to read - so I found this easy to read and quick/concise....easier than pulling the information out of multiple other sources. The other great part is where the author gives links to various sources for further info such as baby recipes etc... I also look forward to utilizing the baby food calendar that the author supports through her website.

I would definately recommend this book to other new Moms that are trying to figure out the "solid food" thing!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MEALTIME Solutions, June 19, 2006

By	Robin E. Millette "Robin Millette" (Peterborough, ON Can) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an absolutely fabulous book and has been a total lifesaver in dealing with a VERY picky 2 year old!!! The idea's are wonderful and I would highly recommend this book to ANYONE (Mummy or Daddy!!!)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thorough!, June 1, 2006

By	K. Carrelli "R2Ks" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ann's style makes it easy to navigate the often-difficult world of baby and toddler dining. She covers these topics much better than other books.

Ann Douglas gives practical nutrition and allergy pieces of advice and more--sprinkling her books with fantastic and real stories of other moms. She doesn't preach and does allow for the discussion of alternative and natural choices, such as vegetarianism.

This book is a great companion to her other works, such as "Sleep Solutions".