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Baby Bites
Bridget Swinney tells parents everything they need to know about feeding babies and toddlers all in one book. This nutritional guide and recipe book includes information on breastfeeding, formula-feeding, purees, and table foods. Baby Bites is the most comprehensive baby nutritional book on the market, delivering practical nutrition tips and great recipes just like Swinney’s two previous books, Eating Expectantly and Healthy Food for Healthy Kids .
Finally, it's all in one book! Parents used to need an entire bookshelf to feed one baby and now everything you need to know about feeding your infant and toddler is available in one book. This unique book -- part nutritional guide, part recipe book -- helps parents understand their baby's nutritional needs and prepare tasty food that encourages healthy eating habits. This helpful guide
-Detailed information on both breastfeeding and formula-feeding
-A chapter explaining how a baby's digestion works, including tips for dealing with digestive challenges like illness, allergies, intolerances, and reflux
-Steps parents can take to keep their baby's food safe
-Tips to help caregivers maintain baby's healthy diet when parents return to work
-"Nutrition 101" for parents -- everything they need to know about a baby's nutritional needs
-Advice on starting solid foods, including recognizing readiness, introducing new foods and textures, and keeping mealtimes positive
-How to make your own baby food
-Comprehensive information and advice organized by stages of a baby's development
-Nutrition and feeding strategies for parents
-Recipe ideas for finger and table foods your toddler will love
Finally, it's all in one book! Parents used to need an entire bookshelf to feed one baby and now everything you need to know about feeding your infant and toddler is available in one book. This unique book -- part nutritional guide, part recipe book -- helps parents understand their baby's nutritional needs and prepare tasty food that encourages healthy eating habits. This helpful guide
-Detailed information on both breastfeeding and formula-feeding
-A chapter explaining how a baby's digestion works, including tips for dealing with digestive challenges like illness, allergies, intolerances, and reflux
-Steps parents can take to keep their baby's food safe
-Tips to help caregivers maintain baby's healthy diet when parents return to work
-"Nutrition 101" for parents -- everything they need to know about a baby's nutritional needs
-Advice on starting solid foods, including recognizing readiness, introducing new foods and textures, and keeping mealtimes positive
-How to make your own baby food
-Comprehensive information and advice organized by stages of a baby's development
-Nutrition and feeding strategies for parents
-Recipe ideas for finger and table foods your toddler will love
500 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2007
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September 3, 2015
This book really covers it all - from breastfeeding problems like latching and clogged milk duct to the different types of formula and bottles. I felt no judgement with whatever my feeding choice for baby was - just factual information that is truly helpful! Advice on how to introduce solids and baby allergies were priceless - it is like having your seasoned girlfriend right there answering all your feeding questions. This is really a must have book for new moms!!
*I received a copy for review purposes/opinions are my own
*I received a copy for review purposes/opinions are my own
August 20, 2012
My little guy will eat anything, but I never know exactly what I should or shouldn’t be feeding him. Just because he will eat it, does it mean he should? I’m always wondering how I can pack the best nutritional punch into each meal and snack. The book “Baby Bites” has helped me answer many of these questions.
I recently had the opportunity to review Baby Bites by Bridget Swinney, MS, RD. I would recommend this book to any parent of a newborn or toddler. If you struggle trying to figure out what to feed your child, this book is definitely for you. It has 160 great recipes and hundreds of practical feeding and safety tips for parents.
It covers a wide range of topics from breast feeding and formula feeding, starting solids, storing foods and even the importance of eating together at the table as a family. I love how the author is non-judgemental. Her advice is straight forward and simple.
The book takes you step by step through feeding your child as he (or she) ages. Starting with nursing/formula feeding and progressing onto to regular table foods. The recipes are simple and easy to follow. My son loves the French Toast with Blueberry Syrup found in the book.
The recipes use basic pantry staples that even I had in my cupboard. Most recently my daughter has acquired a taste for avocados so we made the Avocado and Chicken recipe found in the book. My daughter wouldn’t eat it, but my son was game to try! I tried it myself and it was pretty good. The recipes aren’t fussy which is great since my husband didn’t follow the recipe exactly, he eye-balled the measurements based on the amount of ingredients we had on hand.
The book offers many new and old tips on how to feed your little one. It’s divided into easy to read sections and has helped me understand my baby’s eating habits and nutritional needs and has helped me find ways to encourage healthy eating habits. Baby Bites is well worth the small investment. Even if you are buying it late in the game it still has lots of great ideas for everyone!
Disclosure: I received the products mentioned above for this review. No monetary compensation was received by me. This is my completely honest opinion above and may differ from yours.
I recently had the opportunity to review Baby Bites by Bridget Swinney, MS, RD. I would recommend this book to any parent of a newborn or toddler. If you struggle trying to figure out what to feed your child, this book is definitely for you. It has 160 great recipes and hundreds of practical feeding and safety tips for parents.
It covers a wide range of topics from breast feeding and formula feeding, starting solids, storing foods and even the importance of eating together at the table as a family. I love how the author is non-judgemental. Her advice is straight forward and simple.
The book takes you step by step through feeding your child as he (or she) ages. Starting with nursing/formula feeding and progressing onto to regular table foods. The recipes are simple and easy to follow. My son loves the French Toast with Blueberry Syrup found in the book.
The recipes use basic pantry staples that even I had in my cupboard. Most recently my daughter has acquired a taste for avocados so we made the Avocado and Chicken recipe found in the book. My daughter wouldn’t eat it, but my son was game to try! I tried it myself and it was pretty good. The recipes aren’t fussy which is great since my husband didn’t follow the recipe exactly, he eye-balled the measurements based on the amount of ingredients we had on hand.
The book offers many new and old tips on how to feed your little one. It’s divided into easy to read sections and has helped me understand my baby’s eating habits and nutritional needs and has helped me find ways to encourage healthy eating habits. Baby Bites is well worth the small investment. Even if you are buying it late in the game it still has lots of great ideas for everyone!
Disclosure: I received the products mentioned above for this review. No monetary compensation was received by me. This is my completely honest opinion above and may differ from yours.
December 6, 2008
I really enjoyed this book. I had it on my shelf for a while because I stupidly thought it was just a recipe book for baby food. One day I opened it up and realized it was actually so much more. It discusses breastfeeding and pumping (and problems associated with that) but the most useful stuff is when you get to solids. It explains which foods to introduce first and how you should introduce them. She has weekly and monthly schedules for foods and explains which foods you should try to avoid because of nitrates. She also offers recipes for making your own baby foods.
On another site I read some criticism that if you're using formula you might be turned off by the "rah rah breastfeeding" points at the beginning and I can certainly see that side of it. So that being said, if you're struggling with the first few months of breastfeeding and you don't care to read too much about the whole breastmilk vs. formula debate, skip over all of that until you get to the solids part.
On another site I read some criticism that if you're using formula you might be turned off by the "rah rah breastfeeding" points at the beginning and I can certainly see that side of it. So that being said, if you're struggling with the first few months of breastfeeding and you don't care to read too much about the whole breastmilk vs. formula debate, skip over all of that until you get to the solids part.
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