Altmann Tanya Remer - What to feed your baby: a pediatricians guide to the eleven essential foods to guarantee veggie-loving, no-fuss, healthy-eating kids

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Food, glorious food! Dr. Tanya is an experienced pediatrician and mom and she knows exactly how to get your baby to eat well and happily. What to Feed Your Baby provides easy, fun, and tasty advice!

Harvey Karp, M.D., F.A.A.P., author of The Happiest Toddler on the Block and The Happiest Baby on the Block

Read it, do it, and watch your baby feel it. Writing from the experienced plate of a mother and pediatrician, Dr. Tanya helps parents shape young tastes toward lifelong healthy eating habits.

William Sears, M.D., author of The Baby Book

What to Feed Your Baby is the perfect mash-up: equal parts parenting handbook, developmental primer, cookbook, and personal experience. While Dr. Tanyas advice is focused on kids, the book is packed with great nutrition information for the entire family.

Cara Natterson, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You 1: The Body Book for Younger Girls

As a pediatrician I spend more time answering questions about feeding than any other topic. Dr. Tanya Altmann provides real-world advice on how to feed infants and children a healthy diet to ensure their optimal growth and development. As a doctor Im going to be referring a lot of parents to this book, and as a dad Im going to be trying out some of Dr. Tanyas tips in my own home!

David L. Hill, M.D., F.A.A.P., author of Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro

What to Feed Your Baby offers practical and tasty ways to build a foundation of healthy eating habits for the entire family. A must-read for all parents!

Ari Brown, M.D., pediatrician and author of the Baby 411 book series

Healthy living starts with healthy eating, and the earlier we can teach our kids to eat well, the more likely they will grow up loving nutritious food. Dr. Tanya gives parents all the information they need to create healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Harley Pasternak, M.S.c., New York Times bestselling author of The Body Reset Diet

Feeding your baby and toddler and all that encompassesnutrition, eating behaviors, allergiescan be tricky business, bringing many a parent to her knees. Dr. Tanya Altmann has hit a homerun with What to Feed Your Baby. Answering even the questions you didnt know you had, it will be your go-to resource for navigating this often challenging aspect of child raising.

Betsy Brown Braun, child development and behavior specialist and author of Just Tell Me What to Say

Few things are as important to parents as teaching their children to eat right. Dr. Tanya Altmanns new book is packed with important information. Its a great read for worried parents, and everyoneno matter how much they already knowwill be able to open this book and learn something new.

Dina Rose, Ph.D., author of Its Not About the Broccoli: Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating

Dr. Tanya helps parents make sense of early childhood nutrition and the newest feeding guidelines, and she teaches how to help children have a healthy relationship with food. I love the chapter on raising vegetarian and vegan kids, and I will have this informative, fun book within reach at all times!

Dr. Jenn Berman Mann, author of SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years and host of VH1 Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn

What to Feed Your Baby whips together equal portions of facts and kid-friendly recipes for parents hoping to raise healthy eaters. Dr. Tanyas recommendations and list of Eleven Foundation Foods provide an easy-to-follow guide for parents looking for advice and feeding schedules to help even the pickiest kids. This is a must-have book for every familys dinner table!

Jennifer Shu, M.D., coauthor of Heading Home with Your Newborn and Food Fights

This book is dedicated to my Papa, Dr. George Collen,

the best role model for healthy eating.

Photograph by Dana Patrick Photography

Cover design by Connie Gabbert

TANYA ALTMANN, M.D., FAAP, is a practicing pediatrician who founded Calabasas Pediatrics and an assistant clinical professor at Mattel Childrens Hospital at UCLA. She also is an American Academy of Pediatrics spokesperson. Dr. Tanya is the author of Mommy Calls and editor-in-chief of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child.

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This book contains advice and information relating to health care for children. It is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement rather than replace regular care by your childs pediatrician. Since every child is different, you should consult your childs pediatrician on questions specific to your child.

While certain sections of the book contain advice for dealing with emergencies when a doctor is not available, it is recommended that you seek your childs pediatricians advice whenever possible and that you consult with him or her before embarking on any medical program or treatment.

WHAT TO FEED YOUR BABY. Copyright 2016 by Tanya Altmann. All recipes copyright 2016 Beth Saltz and Nutrition in the Kitchen, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Remer Altmann, Tanya, author.

Title: What to feed your baby : a pediatricians guide to the eleven essential foods to guarantee veggie-loving, no-fuss, healthy-eating kids / Tanya Altmann.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : HarperOne, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015033614 | ISBN 9780062404947 (paperback) | ISBN 9780062404930 (e-book)

EPub Edition March 2016 ISBN 9780062404930

Version 03182016

Subjects: LCSH: InfantsNutrition. | Food habits. | BISAC: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.