Great Expectations: Best Food for Your Baby & Toddler

The definitive guide to infant and toddler feeding—from first foods to meals your child will love
 
To ensure that baby gets the best, most wholesome, and natural food possible, go homemade! The newest entry in the acclaimed Great Expectations series focuses on easy preparation of nutritious baby and toddler meals at home—from the first finger-foods to more than 130 delicious kid-tested recipes that will lay the foundation for a lifetime of healthy eating.
The book teaches parents how to select the right food, set up a pantry (with a guide to key kitchen equipment), establish smart eating routines, and introduce a wide variety of tastes and textures. It also explores today’s most pressing nutrition issues: Should you buy only organic food? Is it healthy to restrict a toddler's calorie intake? Is a vegetarian diet good for a very young child? Additional resources include information on breastfeeding and food allergies, as well as a comprehensive listing of whole foods companies and products that make healthy eating faster and easier.

Jeanette Bessinger is a Board Certified Holistic Health Counselor and owner of Balance for Life LLC www.balanceforlifellc.com. An award-winning lifestyle and nutrition educator, Jeannette developed a nutrition- and cooking-based obesity prevention program for Head Start with a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics. With a grant from the Rhode Island Department of Health, she helped design a citywide obesity prevention/intervention plan for families. She is a nutrition and healthy-lifestyle consultant for various hospital and public school wellness initiatives, and recipe designer for Organically Good, New England's first 100% organic market and café, and thehealthypantry.com.

 

Tracee Yablon-Brenner is a Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Holistic Health Counselor. She is the founder of Nutrition is Healing www.nutritionishealing.com. She completed her internship in dietetics at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, and is A.D.A.-trained in childhood and adolescent weight management. Tracee is a member of the American Dietetic Association and Pediatric Practice Group, the American Botanical Society, the Haworth School Wellness Committee, and Action For Healthy Kids.