The Science of Mom

The Science of Mom

Author: Alice Callahan

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2021-11-23

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1421442000

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Now updated! The new edition of this best-selling guide uses science to tackle some of the most important decisions facing new parents—from sleep training and vaccinations to breastfeeding and baby food. Is cosleeping safe? How important is breastfeeding? Are food allergies preventable? Should we be worried about the aluminum in vaccines? Searching for answers to these tough parenting questions can yield a deluge of conflicting advice. In this revised and expanded edition of The Science of Mom, Alice Callahan, a science writer whose work appears in the New York Times and the Washington Post, recognizes that families must make their own decisions and gives parents the tools to evaluate the evidence for themselves. Sharing the latest scientific research on raising healthy babies, she covers topics like the microbiome, attachment, vaccine safety, pacifiers, allergies, increasing breast milk production, and choosing an infant formula.


The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids

The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids

Author: Jill Castle

Publisher: Nourished Child Press

Published: 2018-09-04

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781732591806

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Your baby's food journey begins with his first bite. In fact, starting solids is a milestone that sets your child's future foundation of health. Yet, starting solids is one of the most confusing and daunting tasks of new parents. Never before has there been more food options, feeding methods and scientific recommendations -- all of which can lead to confusion, doubt, and even fear. What are the best first foods? What can my baby eat, how do I prevent food allergies, and what should I avoid giving my child? When can my child start solids and how do I help her try new food? How can I help make the eating experience nurturing, positive and nourishing? The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids answers all your questions, from critical nutrients and their optimal food sources to best feeding practices for self-regulated eating, and more. This guide will give you the step-by-step guidance you need to progressively introduce a variety of flavors, textures, and eating experiences so that your baby enjoys eating, while hitting all the age-appropriate milestones and nutritional requirements throughout the first year. By the end of this book, you will be a Smart Mom, knowing what to feed your baby, how to do it, where you're heading with your child, and why the first year of eating is very important to your baby's health, growth, intellect and relationship with food.


What to Expect When Starting Solids with Your Baby

What to Expect When Starting Solids with Your Baby

Author: Aurora Brooks

Publisher: BabyDreamers.net

Published: 101-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1991098286

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What to Expect When Starting Solids with Your Baby is a comprehensive guide that will help you navigate the exciting journey of introducing solid foods to your little one. From when to start to dealing with common challenges, this book covers it all. With a table of contents that is organized for easy reference, you can quickly find the information you need. The book begins by addressing the question of when to start introducing solids. It provides guidance on how to determine if your baby is ready and offers tips on how to make the transition smooth and successful. Choosing the first foods can be overwhelming, but this book breaks it down for you. It discusses the best options for your baby's first foods and provides suggestions on how to prepare and introduce them. As your baby progresses, the book guides you through the texture progression and introduces you to common allergenic foods. It also offers feeding techniques and tips on introducing utensils and encouraging self-feeding. Mealtime routines and the integration of solid foods into breastfeeding or formula feeding are also covered in detail. The book provides insights on creating a positive mealtime environment and dealing with rejection. It emphasizes the importance of offering a variety of foods and teaches you how to recognize signs of allergies or digestive issues. Transitioning to table foods is another milestone that this book addresses. It offers guidance on introducing common family foods and offering finger foods. It also discusses the importance of continuing breastfeeding or formula feeding and provides information on frequency and ensuring adequate nutrition. Common challenges such as constipation and mealtime mess are addressed, along with solutions to overcome them. The book also highlights the importance of celebrating milestones and consulting with a pediatrician for any concerns or questions you may have. To make it even more helpful, the book includes a section of frequently asked questions, covering a wide range of topics related to starting solids with your baby. With its practical advice and expert guidance, What to Expect When Starting Solids with Your Baby is a must-have resource for any parent embarking on this exciting journey. Get your copy today and ensure a smooth and enjoyable transition to solid foods for your little one. And as a bonus, you'll receive How To Be A Super Mom 100% FREE! This title is a short read. A Short Read is a type of book that is designed to be read in one quick sitting. These no fluff books are perfect for people who want an overview about a subject in a short period of time. Table of Contents What to Expect When Starting Solids with Your Baby When to Start Choosing the First Foods Introducing Single Foods Texture Progression Common Allergenic Foods Feeding Techniques Introducing Utensils Encouraging Self-Feeding Mealtime Routines Integrating Solid Foods into Breastfeeding or Formula Feeding Mealtime Environment Dealing with Rejection Offering a Variety of Foods Persistence and Patience Signs of Allergies or Digestive Issues Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance Common Digestive Issues Transitioning to Table Foods Introducing Common Family Foods Offering Finger Foods Continuing Breastfeeding or Formula Feeding Breastfeeding and Bottle Feeding Frequency Ensuring Adequate Nutrition Common Challenges and Solutions Constipation Mealtime Mess Celebrating Milestones Consulting with a Pediatrician Frequently Asked Questions


What to Expect the First Year

What to Expect the First Year

Author: Heidi Murkoff

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2008-10-08

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 0761148310

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Some things about babies, happily, will never change. They still arrive warm, cuddly, soft, and smelling impossibly sweet. But how moms and dads care for their brand-new bundles of baby joy has changed—and now, so has the new-baby bible. Announcing the completely revised third edition of What to Expect the First Year. With over 10.5 million copies in print, First Year is the world’s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies don’t come with, but should. And now, it’s better than ever. Every parent’s must-have/go-to is completely updated. Keeping the trademark month-by-month format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easier-to-read, faster-to-flip-through, and new-family-friendlier than ever—packed with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before. Illustrations are new, too. Among the changes: Baby care fundamentals—crib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplements—are revised to reflect the most recent guidelines. Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going. Hot-button topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning (elimination communication), baby-led weaning, and green parenting (from cloth diapers to non-toxic furniture). An all-new chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through today’s dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear. Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time (TVs, tablets, apps, computers), and “For Parents” boxes that focus on mom’s and dad’s needs. Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible.


The Pediatrician's Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers

The Pediatrician's Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers

Author: Anthony Porto, M.D.

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1607749017

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A comprehensive manual for feeding babies and toddlers during the crucial first years of life, written by a team of medical experts who are also parents. All Your Questions about Feeding, Answered. The choices of when, how, and what to feed your baby can be overwhelming. With The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers, you have the expertise of a team of pediatric medical and nutritional experts—who also happen to be parents—in a comprehensive manual that takes the guesswork out of feeding. This first-of-its-kind guide provides practical, easy-to-follow advice to help you navigate the nutrition issues, medical conditions, and parenting concerns that accompany feeding. With recipes, parenting stories, and recommendations based on the latest pediatric guidelines, this book will allow you to approach mealtime with confidence so you can spend more time enjoying your new family.


Baby-Led Weaning, Completely Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition: The Essential Guide - How to Introduce Solid Foods and Help Your Baby to Grow Up a Happy and Confident Eater (Tenth Anniversary) (The Authoritative Baby-Led Weaning Series)

Baby-Led Weaning, Completely Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition: The Essential Guide - How to Introduce Solid Foods and Help Your Baby to Grow Up a Happy and Confident Eater (Tenth Anniversary) (The Authoritative Baby-Led Weaning Series)

Author: Tracey Murkett

Publisher: The Experiment, LLC

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1615195599

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From the founders of Baby-Led Weaning: This is the authoritative guide to starting solid foods at your child’s pace—as they start the transition away from breastmilk or formula as early as 6 months—with no stress, no fuss, and no mush! Ten years ago, Baby-Led Weaning ended the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed purées. In fact, at about six months, most babies are ready to discover solid food for themselves. Today, baby-led weaning (BLW) is a global phenomenon—and this tenth anniversary edition of the definitive guide explains all its benefits: Baby participates in family meals right from the start, and learns to love a variety of foods. Nutritious milk feedings continue while Baby transitions to solids at his or her own pace. By self-feeding, Baby develops hand-eye coordination, chewing skills—and confidence! Plus, this edition is updated with the latest research on allergy prevention and feeding Baby safely, a guide to using BLW at daycare, and much more. Here is everything you need to know about teaching your child healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.


Inventing Baby Food

Inventing Baby Food

Author: Amy Bentley

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0520283457

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Food consumption is a significant and complex social activity—and what a society chooses to feed its children reveals much about its tastes and ideas regarding health. In this groundbreaking historical work, Amy Bentley explores how the invention of commercial baby food shaped American notions of infancy and influenced the evolution of parental and pediatric care. Until the late nineteenth century, infants were almost exclusively fed breast milk. But over the course of a few short decades, Americans began feeding their babies formula and solid foods, frequently as early as a few weeks after birth. By the 1950s, commercial baby food had become emblematic of all things modern in postwar America. Little jars of baby food were thought to resolve a multitude of problems in the domestic sphere: they reduced parental anxieties about nutrition and health; they made caretakers feel empowered; and they offered women entering the workforce an irresistible convenience. But these baby food products laden with sugar, salt, and starch also became a gateway to the industrialized diet that blossomed during this period. Today, baby food continues to be shaped by medical, commercial, and parenting trends. Baby food producers now contend with health and nutrition problems as well as the rise of alternative food movements. All of this matters because, as the author suggests, it’s during infancy that American palates become acclimated to tastes and textures, including those of highly processed, minimally nutritious, and calorie-dense industrial food products.


On Becoming Baby Wise

On Becoming Baby Wise

Author: Gary Ezzo

Publisher: Parent-Wise Solutions, Incorporated

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780971453203

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"Discover the positive prescription for curing sleepless nights and fussy babies. Recommended by doctors across the country." - Back cover.


Baby-led Weaning

Baby-led Weaning

Author: Teresa Pitman

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780228100652

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"Around 6 months, most babies are developmentally ready to self-feed. The philosophy behind baby-led weaning is to offer your baby healthy finger foods and let her determine how much or how little she wants to eat. The baby-led method has been proven to: Encourage healthy eating habits; Discourage pickiness; Help children learn to listen to their bodies; Build confident eaters... Baby-Led Weaning features at-a-glance nutrition and food tips as well as specific chapters on special diets and allergies."--