Feeding Baby Green (eBook)

ALAN GREENE, M.D., is a beloved practicing pediatrician, leading authority, and spokesperson for the green baby movement. He is the author of Raising Baby Green, winner of the Nautilus Book Awards Gold Medal for "Best Parenting Book of the Year." Dr. Greene teaches at Stanford University School of Medicine. Visit his Web site at www.DrGreene.com.

Foreword By Frances Moore Lappé And Anna Lappé vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Today's Greener World 1

PART 1 How Nutritional Intelligence Benefits Your Family

CHAPTER 1 The Journey Toward Feeding Baby Green 7

CHAPTER 2 What You Need to Know About Nutritional Intelligence Before You Begin 27

PART 2 Pregnancy

CHAPTER 3 Early Pregnancy and Before (First Ten Weeks) 49

CHAPTER 4 Middle and Late Pregnancy (Second and Third Trimesters) 75

PART 3 Babies

CHAPTER 5 Newborns 109

CHAPTER 6 The First Months (About Two Weeks to Four Months) 129

CHAPTER 7 Starting Solids (About Four Months to Nine Months) 153

PART 4 From Babies to Toddlers (and Beyond)

CHAPTER 8 Becoming a Toddler (About Nine Months Through Eighteen Months) 185

CHAPTER 9 Toddlers (About Eighteen Months Through Two Years) 209

CHAPTER 10 A Glimpse Ahead (About Two Years Through Eight Years) 231

Epilogue: Learning To Love Great Food 253

Biodiversity Checklist 255

Notes 259

The Author 281

Index 283

?Babies are built from food,? writes Greene (Raising Baby Green) inthis straightforward manual for eco-conscious parents. Most of thenutritional advice here will not be new to parents; it?s notspecific to parents who are choosing organic or sustainable food.The strength of the book is in its personality. Greene shares hisown childhood eating habits and takes a nonjudgmental approach,offering specific brand suggestions for organic baby formulasknowing that some mothers need that option. Parents of picky eaterswill especially appreciate the tips for engaging toddlers in newflavors and aromas. Verdict This title will stand out among theproliferation of organic cookbooks for babies and toddlers, as itcapably tackles the why (we feed our kids healthy food) and how (toget them to eat it). ?Library Journal Xpress Review(Oct 2010)