Jill Castle - Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High Chair to High School

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Fear not! This rational, practical, and joyful book gives parents the knowledge and tools to feed their families confidently and fearlessly.

Michelle May, MD, author, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat

So many experts, books, magazines, and busybodies seem determined to convince parents that they cant do anything right. Heres a book that silences the din of Youre doing it wrong! and makes raising healthy eaters easy.

Lenore Skenazy, author, Free-Range Kids

In this book on infant and child nutrition, two well-trained, experienced nutritionists bring an evidence-based approach to the WHAT , HOW , and WHY of feeding to make infant and child nutrition an enjoyable pastime for parents who are concerned about their childs diet and their overall health. Fearless Feeding is an excellent guide for parents concerned about an appropriate approach to feeding their children.

Allan Walker, MD, director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School

At last! A book that offers parents a clear road map to what should be a natural and instinctive endeavor: feeding ones child. It will be a pleasure to recommend this book as a solid resource for helping children build a healthy, long-standing, and perhaps lifesaving relationship with food.

Nancy Beveridge, MD, pediatrician, Nashville, Tennessee

You no longer can use the excuse My child didnt come with an owners manual when it comes to finicky eaters. Castle and Jacobsen have created the quintessential one just for you and your child.

David Grotto, RD, LDN, author, The Best Things You Can Eat: For Everything from Aches to Zzzz, the Definitive Guide to the Nutrition-Packed Foods that Energize, Heal, and Help You Look Great

This sanity-saving resource will help parents gain confidence in the kitchen and at the dinner table and even help them face the biggest challenges like coping with picky eaters, weight problems, and food allergies. Every parent should have a copy of this book in their kitchen!

Aviva Goldfarb, cookbook author and founder of the family-dinner planning service, The Six OClock Scramble

In todays frenzied food world, families want wise counselnot just on WHAT to feed their children, but HOW to feed them as well. Fearless Feeding accomplishes both with reassuring, practical, easy-to-digest advice for children of all ages.

Dayle Hayes, MS, RD, president, Nutrition for the Future

Fearless Feeding takes a relaxed and reassuring approach to the often difficult task of nourishing children. As the mother of three, I appreciate how the authors blend their professional know-how and parental wisdom to provide parents with a valuable resource for guilt-free feeding.

Elizabeth M. Ward, MS, RD, author, MyPlate for Moms, How to Feed Yourself & Your Family Better

Jill Castle and Maryann Jacobsen leave no stone unturned as they expertly guide families toward better eating. This dynamic duo of family nutrition has written the go-to book for parents eager to understand the science behind good nutrition. For parents of toddlers, teens, and all ages between, mealtimes just got a whole lot easier!

Liz Weiss, MS, RD, coauthor, No Whine with Dinner, and cofounder, MealMakeoverMoms.com

Fearless Feeding is not only a must-read for parents but also for pediatric health providers. The WHAT , WHY , and HOW approach allows providers to assess each area and helps parents address nutrition concerns and problems. Most books on feeding do not address adolescents; however, Fearless Feeding does an excellent job in providing ways to improve adolescent eating habits.

Bonnie A. Spear, PhD, RD, professor, pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Cover design: Jason Fryer

Copyright 2013 by Jill Castle and Maryann Jacobsen. All rights reserved.

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jill castle

I dedicate this to my husband, Jon, who believed in me long before I did. Thank you for your tireless support, patience, and loveI feel it every day.

And to my children, Gracie, Madeline, Caroline, and Ben: thank you for letting me feed, love, and parent youyouve been a blessing and true joy in my life.

maryann jacobsen

This is dedicated to my dad, Miljan Rade Tomovich, who taught me to work hard and dream bigand whom I miss dearly. And to all my family, but especially my husband, Dan, and children, Anna and David, whose support, love, and encouragement made this possible.

Foreword

A ll parents know the anxiety of coming home with their first baby and panicking as the baby loses half a pound in the first day. Our anxiety about feeding our children starts the day theyre born, and leads us to feel like superstars if we can get them to eat and get their weight up. I dont think this early feeling of the more food, the better ever quite leaves us until its too late.