Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition
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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 behaviors, and everything from baby-led weaning to sippy cups
and 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!
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.