Safe & Simple Food Allergy Prevention

Safe & Simple Food Allergy Prevention Synopsis

Starting with your baby's first bite, reduce the risk of food allergies and make mealtimes easy and fun with dietitian-approved tips and 80 family-friendly recipes.

How you feed your baby during infancy can lower the risk that they will develop food allergies as they grow. Starting solids with simple, wholesome finger foods and offering baby-friendly versions of common allergens like peanuts and eggs early and often helps encourage self-feeding, early motor skills, and lifelong adventurous eating.

From the author of Simple & Safe Baby-Led Weaning, this accessible, practical guide to starting solids will empower you to safely introduce top allergens, navigate existing food allergies and intolerances, engage your baby in family meals, and build a balanced baby meal from recipes the whole family will enjoy. 

With easy-to-follow tips from pediatric dietitian and infant feeding expert Malina Linkas Malkani, this comprehensive handbook includes:

• A flexible 9-day road map for safely introducing top allergens
• Practical advice for navigating food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivities
• 8 weeks of meal plans to help ensure your baby is exposed to top allergens frequently
• 80 nutritious recipes to make meal prep simple and satisfy the whole family
• Guidance on balancing finger foods, purees, and breast milk and/or formula 
• Tips to encourage your baby's oral motor development, palate expansion, caregiver bonding, fine motor skill advancement, and more

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