Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater by Nimali Fernando, Melanie Potock

Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater

by Nimali Fernando and Melanie Potock

How to Raise a Healthy, Adventurous Eater (in a Chicken-Nugget World). Paediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on his or her food journey for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In 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: Advice tailored to every stage from new-born through school-age; Real-life stories of parents and kids they have helped; Wisdom from cultures across the globe on how to feed kids; Helpful insights on the sensory system, difficult mealtime behaviours, and everything from baby-led weaning to Sippy cups; And seven "passport stamps" for good parenting: joyful, compassionate, brave, patient, consistent, proactive, and mindful. Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater shows the way to lead your baby, toddler, or young child on the path to adventurous eating. Grab your passport and go.

Reviewed by ibeforem on

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I read this because I have an extraordinarily picky 4 year old, but honestly not much of it stuck with me. It was a lot about what happens in the specialist's office when they help children there, and nothing new for me at home that I hadn't already read about.

Do yourself a favor and pick up Ellyn Satter's book instead.

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