Raw Baby - The Weaning Guide for a Natural Start
By Jessica Fenton
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A message from the author; Jessica Fenton
I am so excited to introduce you to my third ebook; Raw Baby - The Weaning Guide for a Natural Start. I have wanted to write a weaning guide for parents and carers long before I even became pregnant with my own baby. As a former nanny, I saw for myself how much confusion there is out there when the time comes to introducing your child to solid food.
If you are vegetarian, vegan or raw vegan, then weaning your child in line with your ideals and values may cause you to feel even more confused and unsure when trying to seek outside advice. Health Visitors and other health care professionals provide a much needed support service to parents. However, when it comes to advising on the infant diet, they are not always the best source to turn to. Parents are often given the same general diet information, without taking into account the families individual needs and wants.
Raw Baby is essentially an ebook that refers to weaning a child onto a plant based diet for optimum health and wellbeing. I detail our own experiences of weaning our son Leo from an exclusive diet of Breast and Raw Almond/Hemp Milk to a vegan diet high in natural living foods.
This ebook is full of personal, anecdotal advice and information from our own experiences. I speak about what happened when I took Leo to see an NHS Dietician and explained that we are raising a high raw, vegan child under health and ethical grounds. I also cover much ground that no other author or nutritional professional has ever written about.
Raw Baby is a must read for parents, carers and parents-to-be who are about to or are in the process of weaning a child. This ebook will also be an invaluable reference guide for those wishing to wean onto a vegan, high raw, living foods diet. Equally, it proves to be a great read for those following a standard UK diet and want ideas and advice on incorporating natural, whole foods into your child's daily meals.
With over 150 pages and over 20 suitable raw food recipes for weaning your baby!
Table of Contents
Note from the author
Introduction
Section 1 - Raising a raw baby, our personal experience
Organic raw vegan white, eco, green wedding
Our vegan values
Creating a super healthy baby from before conception
The pregnancy
Getting labour started
Establishing breast feeding
Breast feeding a toddler
Food in our family
Organic and bio dynamic foods
Overall health
Supplementation
What happened when I went to see a NHS Dietician
Leo’s weight in the first year
Leo’s length in the first year
Natural Parenting
My Top Ten Tips for Parents
Section 2 - The Raw Baby Weaning Plan
The power of Raw Foods
So why is raw food so good for babies?
But I thought gently cooking my child’s food makes it easier for my baby to digest?
Juicing
Blending
Organic farming
Biodynamic farming
Using your baby’s diet as an opportunity for a cleanse
Totally raw or a mixed plant based diet with cooked food too?
3 Reasons why you shouldn’t feed your baby only raw foods
Baby Led Weaning
The family meal time
When to wean
How often
What plant foods are suitable for my baby
Weaning chart
How to start feeding solids
Your baby’s first foods
Sample weaning plan for the first week of weaning
The second week of weaning
Sample weaning plan for the second week of weaning
The third week of weaning
Sample weaning plan for the third week of weaning
The fourth week of weaning
Sample weaning plan for the fourth week of weaning
The fifth week onwards
Common foods to avoid when weaning
Food allergies
Allergic reactions
Sitting comfortably
Drinking cups
Drinks
Solids and sleeping through the night
Choking
Sweet tooth baby
The ‘fussy’ eater
What about milk?
I want to do it (finger food)
Lumps and bumps
Supplementation
Dinner Time! Shopping list for before you start
Ensuring your baby gets the best nutrition
A word about assimilation
The common nutritional concerns
Section 3 - Quick and easy raw food weaning recipes
Bibliography
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eBooks are the most environmentally friendly format for authors to share their work. Paper isn’t needlessly wasted as you have the choice of printing the entire ebook, printing only the sections you need (like the recipes) or not printing it at all and alternatively referring to it directly from your computer. It’s great to know that you have the choice of saving trees and therefore the planet by having your own printing options.