This complete resource for parents & health professionals provides babies and young children with the most up-to-date & practical advice on feeding and nutrition!
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The book :
- covers a wide range of practical situations & topics (70 chapters with 8 sections).
- easy to read and understand with step by step detailed information
- reassuring answers to practical daily questions & concerns in each individual chapter
- an adjunct to health professionals & streamlines the exchange of information between parent-health care professional
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Some of the Topics Include :
Breastfeeding: techniques, issues/ solutions (mastitis, sore and cracked nipples, insufficient & overabundant milk supply, engorgement, nursing strike, drugs/diet, and breastfeeding), weaning and more.
Bottle Feeding: techniques, types and forms of formula, preparation, administration, amount, & frequency, and more.
Solid Foods: how, when, and which to introduce, how to start and ease acceptance, clues for readiness, along with detailed chapters on cup or spoon use, vegetables, fruits, meat and alternatives, cereals, eggs, dairy foods, cow’s milk, texture & table foods, finger foods, store bought and homemade food preparation with sample age appropriate menus, recipes, and more.
Growth Characteristics: growth charts, failure to thrive, obesity, food groups, nutritional assessment, portion size and activity level, and more.
Food Allergy: identification/diagnosis, and management.
Behavioural Feeding Disorders: picky eaters, toddler difficulties, managing food refusal, and more.
Feeding & Nutrition Related Health Aspects: stool characteristics, constipation, crying & feeding formula or breastfeeding, hiccups, burping, pacifier use, and more.
Specialty Chapters: iron deficiency, vegetarians, vitamins, oral health & nutrition, oral thrush, gastro esophageal reflux, water and drinks, nutrition at a glance with an age-by-age guide to feeding babies and toddlers;
And much, much more! |
