HOW TO INTRODUCE SOLIDS TO MY BABY: 13 GREAT BOOKS ON COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING

He Beginning of complementary feeding is a great challenge for parents, since there are often doubts about how to proceed in this regard, what foods to offer our baby, what to do in case of food allergies or what method to choose to start at this stage. Each family has their preferences, and although the help of the pediatrician is essential to begin this new phase of the development of our children, the books are also very useful.

Therefore, today we propose a compilation of titles on feeding in infants and young children. Some treat in a general and informative way the complementary feeding, others provide recipes and culinary advice to prepare tasty meals, and others will help you to begin in the BLW method, recommended by the AEP.

My child doesn't eat me

We begin our recommendations with this great book by pediatrician Carlos González, one of the indispensable titles when it begins with the introduction of complementary feeding. What happens if my baby eats little? Will it be feeding well? What guidelines should I follow if my child is incompetent?

A fantastic book that helps parents better understand their children's nutritional needs, and dramatizes the problem of lack of appetite.

Available on Amazon for 6.60 euros.

It makes me ball

This is another one of the indispensable books for all parents worried about feeding their children from the beginning. With this guide, the renowned nutritionist, Julio Basulto, offers us tips for children to eat healthy, instilling from the beginning a pattern of healthy diet.

In addition, it answers the main questions we ask ourselves when we start with complementary feeding, such as: What to do when our child eats less than we would like? Should we delay the incorporation of potentially allergenic foods? How to prevent childhood obesity?

Available on Amazon for 9.45 euros.

The child already eats alone

This book, written by food expert Gill Rapley, is perfect and essential for parents who decide to apply the BLW method when it's time to start with the complementary feeding of the baby.

It is an easy-to-read guide that includes practical tips for introducing solids into the baby's diet safely, while enjoying the food.

Available on Amazon for 26.60 euros.

Baby Led Weaning: Recipes for Everyone

Its about a book written from the perspective and experience of a new mother He decided to choose to feed his daughter following the BLW method, and share his recipes with everyone.

In its pages you will find a selection of daily recipes for the whole family, simple and explained step by step, to conquer the palate of babies that start in complementary feeding.

Available on Amazon in e-book format for 2.99 euros.

Baby-led weaning: 70 recipes for your child to eat alone

Another great book specially designed for those families who opt for the BLW method. With this guide, its author Begoña Prats explains in a pleasant way how to help our baby discover the food, offering advice and recipes to start a healthy relationship with each new food.

Available on Amazon for 17 euros.

Learn to eat alone

The dietitian and nutritionist, Lidia Folgar, presents this manual with scientific, reliable and very complete information about the complementary feeding of the baby, and specifically, about the Baby-Led Weaning approach.

In addition, the author offers practical recommendations to avoid possible risks, and ideas of healthy recipes adapted to babies who begin to eat following this method of self-regulated feeding.

Available on Amazon for 17 euros.

All about the baby-led weaning

With this book, nutritionists Leslie Schilling and Wendy Jo Peterson we offer an overview on the BLW, with instructions to get started and simple recipes for the child to come into safe and healthy contact with food.

Available on Amazon for 18.05 euros.

Well-fed children: healthy and nutritious menus

This book is dedicated to the feeding of the baby from six months of age and until the beginning of the school stage. In its pages, the professor of Pediatrics at the University of Valencia, Gloria Cabezuelo, explains how a child's diet should be so that it can grow and develop properly, in addition to preventing future diseases associated with poor diet.

It is a complete guide on the needs, the type of food and the amount that children should take at each age. It also includes menus, simple recipes and real case studies of problems related to feeding children.

Available on Amazon for 14.25 euros.

The feeding plan for babies and children

Book with suggestions, tools and tips to instill children, from an early age, about healthy eating habits that last a lifetime. It also includes quick, nutritious and appetizing recipes for the little ones since they start in the complementary feeding, and until the first years of life.

Available on Amazon for 16.05 euros.

Baby feeding from 0 to 24 months

This complete guide of the Susaeta publishing house covers all aspects related to child feeding, from birth to two years old, also including some general tips, ideas and recipes for baby feeding.

It is written by British author Annabel Karmel, well known in her country for her books on nutrition and cooking for children.

Available on Amazon for 11.35 euros.

Nutrition and healthy eating for the baby from 0 to 3 years old

It is mainly a recipe book for babies and young children, with detailed nutritional information on all the ingredients used to maintain a healthy, varied and balanced diet.

In addition, the guide offers explanations and advice on how to introduce new foods into the child's daily diet, as well as a specific section to talk about the main eating disorders in childhood, such as allergies and intolerances.

Available on Amazon for 11.35 euros.

Supplementary feeding

This book is part of the Health & Go collection, specializing in healthy lifestyle habits. It is written by nutritionists Nathaly Marcus and Tania Araujo, who focus on answering all the questions that arise from parents about when and how to start introducing food into the diet of our nursing baby.

Available on Amazon in e-book format for 3.49 euros.

How to talk about food and health to children

And although this book that we propose to you does not explicitly address the issue of complementary feeding in babies, we consider it advisable for all those parents concerned about feeding their children from the beginning, and at any stage of their childhood, since it offers guidelines and tips to start the child in a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Written by Dr. Javier Aranceta, President of the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition, the book covers the basic issues related to nutrition, incorporating resources to help parents as graphics, tables to visualize the main concepts, bibliography and electronic resources to expand The topics of greatest interest.

Available on Amazon for 18.52 euros.

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