This title shows how and when to start your baby on solid
foods, with detailed information on the best and safest high
chair, spoons, bibs, and other feeding equipment. It
describes which foods to introduce to your baby during each
month of his first year, with details on proper food
consistency, amount, and temperature. It also shows how much
you can expect your baby to eat and drink during the months
of her first year with information on her digestive system
at each age. It provides interesting details on your baby's
physical, emotional, intellectual, and psychological
development as it applies to self-feeding and mealtimes; and
also shows how you can increase your baby's or toddler's
self-esteem and self-confidence during mealtimes. It lets
you know the age you can expect your baby to start finger
feeding, drinking from a cup, eating table foods, and
self-feeding with a spoon and fork. If you choose to make
home-made baby food, this book will give you the knowledge
and confidence to make your own healthy and safe home-made
baby vegetables, fruits, cereals, meats, and other Super
Baby Foods. There is extensive information on food
allergies; foods considered choking hazards; foods likely to
cause digestive problems in young babies; and, safety
precautions to prevent burns and poisoning. This title
offers thousands of money-saving and time-saving child care
and kitchen tips. It tells how to make meals fun! It also
offers food decorating; cute cake patterns; toddler party
snacks and favours; and, many other entertaining ideas! It
includes more than 350 quick, easy, delicious, nutritious,
and sometimes entertaining recipes for babies and toddlers,
including imitation home-made recipes for: Pop Tarts, Grape
Nuts and other breakfast cereals, instant breakfast drinks,
hot chocolate mix, Shake-N-Bake, Pam, Fruit Roll-Ups,
Stove-top Stuffing Mix, home-made vanilla extract, Hamburger
Helper, and more. There is so much cheaper and healthier (no
preservatives needed!) to make for your toddler and family!
This title also provides recipes for home-made play dough,
finger paints and brush paints, bubbles for blowing, and
dozens more children's arts and crafts recipes and ideas. It
presents ideas for Halloween, Christmas, Easter, birthday
parties, and home-made toddler toys and gifts. It contains
all about nutrition and your baby, including nutrient tables
of all major vitamins and minerals with convenient
baby-sized portions to help you be sure that your baby is
getting proper nourishment. It shows how to save money by
making home-made yogurt, fruit leather, and how to grow
sprouts, fruit plants, and herbs in your kitchen for fun and
food. There are easy, economical recipes for home-made baby
accessories, such as baby wipes, diaper cream, and many
more. This title includes baby-safe and
environmentally-friendly recipes for household cleaning
products, such as baby-safe drain cleaners, furniture
polish, window cleaners, and more. These recipes cost only
pennies to make and are so safe that most are actually
edible! There are tips for removing crayon, spit-up, and
urine stains from baby clothes, carpets, and furniture. This
book is the most complete and well-researched baby food book
on the market today. It is cleverly designed for the busy
parent to read only a small part each month as your baby grows.