The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids: How to Introduce, Advance, and Nourish Your Baby with First Foods (& Avoid the Most Common Mistakes) - Softcover

Book 2 of 2: The Smart Mom's Guide

Castle MS, RD, Jill

 
9781732591806: The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids: How to Introduce, Advance, and Nourish Your Baby with First Foods (& Avoid the Most Common Mistakes)

Synopsis

The One-Stop Nutrition Resource for Starting Solids with Baby from 6 to 12 Months

Starting solids for baby has never been so...confusing! From selecting healthy baby food options to preventing food allergies and choking, The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids is your essential guide.

Written by pediatric dietitian and mom of four, Jill Castle, this comprehensive starting solids guide helps new parents (and seasoned moms and dads) navigate one of the most important milestones of early childhood.

You'll get an easy step-by-step blueprint for starting baby food (whether using the spoon, a baby led weaning approach, or both), advancing textures, introducing a variety of flavors, supporting self-feeding, and meeting all those important nutrient requirements.

The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids covers:

  • How to know when baby is ready to start solids
  • Nutrients for brain, body, and bone growth
  • How babies learn to eat
  • Tips to build healthy food and flavor preferences
  • Timely introduction of food allergens to enhance prevention of food allergies
  • How to encourage self-feeding
  • Common infant feeding mistakes and how to avoid them
  • The various feeding methods for baby (spoon feeding, baby led weaning, and combo feeding)
  • A month-by-month starting solids guide
  • Sample menus for each month and skills of eating
  • How to prevent choking, food allergies, and overeating
  • And all your baby feeding questions answered

With The Smart Mom’s Guide to Starting Solids, you’ll get the latest science, practical guidance, and implementation tips so you can get started with confidence, not confusion and self-doubt!

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About the Author

Jill Castle has practiced as a registered dietitian/nutritionist in the field of pediatric nutrition for three decades. Formerly a clinical pediatric dietitian at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital, Boston, and a childhood nutrition private practice owner, Jill currently works as an author, online educator, consultant, and speaker. She is the author of several books and is the founder of The Nourished Child, a website for parents who want to learn more about child nutrition and feeding kids. She also pens a blog and is the voice behind The Nourished Child podcast. Jill has been published in peer-reviewed journals, textbooks, consumer books, cookbooks, websites, and other blogs. She is a national and international speaker, focused on topics related to childhood nutrition, including feeding, picky eating, youth sports nutrition, and childhood obesity. Jill Castle has practiced as a registered dietitian/nutritionist in the field of pediatric nutrition for three decades. Formerly a clinical pediatric dietitian at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital, Boston, and a childhood nutrition private practice owner, Jill currently works as an author, online educator, consultant, and speaker. She is the author of several books and is the founder of The Nourished Child, a website for parents who want to learn more about child nutrition and feeding kids. She also pens a blog and is the voice behind The Nourished Child podcast. Jill has been published in peer-reviewed journals, textbooks, consumer books, cookbooks, websites, and other blogs. She is a national and international speaker, focused on topics related to childhood nutrition, including feeding, picky eating, youth sports nutrition, and childhood obesity. She's regularly quoted in popular print and online publications as a leading childhood nutrition expert. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and family. For more about Jill, go to www.JillCastle.com.

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