National Childbirth Trust Guides Series

First Foods answers all your questions about weaning your baby and how to provide a good variety of the right foods. Written by a qualified nutritionist and mother of two, it includes a wide range of simple recipes as well as time-saving tips and ways to prevent fussy eating.

This handy guide is a fully revised and updated edition of First Foods (1998) and covers everything a new parent needs to know:
* The importance of diet and what is nutritious and most likeable for your baby - what is good for adults is not necessarily good for babies
* While this book is not about weaning, it actively encourages mothers to continue giving breast or formula milk to their babies together with solids
* How to know when your baby is ready to move to solids
* Vegetarian babies and those with special dietary needs
* Tips on food safety and basic hygiene
* Tips from other parents
* At a glance weaning calendar and basic recipes.

Toddler Foods

by Ravinder Lilly and Sue Hook

Published 1 February 2000

What is a healthy diet for a toddler? The latest health advice for adults - low fat, high fibre - is completely wrong for a young child leading to the recent news in the media of "muesli-belt malnutrition". So toddlers need foods which are high in fat and low in fibre. They burn up a phenomenal amount of calories and need high carbohydrate meals - little and often. The volume gives advice to parents of fussy eaters and tips on "toddler passions": - foods they love including avocado pear, pasta, fruit, rice and baked potatoes. Another key issue the book explores is about sugar and additives in packaged foods with a strong warning to parents. Baby foods are controlled by government guidelines - not so toddler foods.