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Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition
Avoid Picky Eating, Identify Feeding Problems, and Inspire Adventurous Eating, from Birth to School-Age
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This handbook is ideal for parents and caregivers seeking expert guidance to foster healthy eating habits and positive mealtimes from infancy through school age.
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See moreNow updated in a second edition—the category-leading guide to parenting adventurous eaters
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Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on their food journey—for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In this updated, second edition of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, they explain how to expand your family's food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes, with:
- The latest research and advice tailored to every stage from newborn through school-age.
- New guidance on pacifiers, thumb-sucking, feeding concerns, and barriers to eating well.
- Helpful insights on the sensory system, difficult mealtime behaviours, and everything from baby-led weaning to sippy cups.
- Seven "passport stamps" for modern parenting: joyful, compassionate, brave, patient, consistent, proactive, and mindful.
Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater shows the way to lead your child on the path to adventurous eating. Grab your passport and go!
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Stephanie S. Smith, psychologist and mother of three, praises Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater for its innovative, practical, and enjoyable approach to managing children's eating habits. She highlights its value for parents at all stages and recommends it as a thoughtful gift for new parents.
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ISBN: 9781615198757
Publisher: The Experiment LLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 March 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: The Experiment LLC
Edition: Second
Illustration: 35 illustrations
Contributors:
- Foreword by Nancy E. Roman
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 409g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP, is an international speaker to teens on the topic of feeding babies. Melanie has coached over a thousand parents on how to raise healthy, happy eaters right from the start and has over twenty years of clinical experience helping children with pediatric feeding disorders. She is the coauthor of the award-winning Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater and author of Adventures in Veggieland and Responsive Feeding (forthcoming). Melanie s advice has been shared in a variety of television and print media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN.com, and Parents magazine. She lives in Colorado.
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