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Ending Your Baby's Food Refusal

An Approach to Understanding and Managing Feeding Struggles in the Under Fives
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"Don't worry, just keep doing what you're doing!" "She just won't eat anything, I mean anything, unless it's white!" "No one believes my baby won't drink!" "All babies drink, they say, but mine doesn't! What's wrong with me?" Managing feeding problems in babies is an area fraught with anxiety, not only for parents but also for anyone involved in their care. It's hard to survive the battle of endless days with your baby refusing all meals or feeds, let alone see any hope of change. The anxiety and worry about your child's growth and eating habits often means you're forced to keep doing the same things, hoping for a better result. The most overwhelming report I hear from mothers is that of having been reassured that the baby is healthy and growing well, so, "Don't worry, just keep doing what you're doing." Your baby is only looking good because of all your work and effort. In responding to your worries about your baby's feeding, it is not enough to offer reassurance alone, or simply to tell you what you should do! Ending Your Baby's Food Refusal is not about what your baby should eat, but how to change your approach to food and feeding. This book explores why babies may not be feeding or eating well at each stage of development, based on the Ages and Stages of the Australian Child Health Record, and offers an approach to help your baby or child change behaviour. Some sections cover short stages (the younger ages, 0-2 weeks) and others more widespread (12-18 months). You can go to the most relevant section.

Author Biography:

Michele Meehan, a paediatric, maternal and child-health nurse has been employed as the clinical nurse consultant at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne for over 29 years. In working with babies and their parents in the hospital, her work developed from advising mothers about their sick baby's feeding to an increasing interest in understanding why some babies have more difficulty in establishing normal routines of feeding, eating, sleeping and comforting than others. Michele's involvement with the Infant Mental Health Group at Royal Children's Hospital was from its inception in 1988, and this now reflects in all her work. In 2008 Michele completed her master's in Health Science (Parent and Infant Mental Health) at Melbourne University, with a minor thesis entitled, "He Won't Eat! Development of a model for treatment of infant feeding refusal." She has presented at international forums and is frequently called on to be a speaker at national nursing and health care conferences. In 2014, Michele established a clinical nurse consultation practice called Parenting Matters. (parenting-matters.com.au) Her clinics have direct contact with the families of referred babies, to assess, advise, manage and follow-up feeding and eating concerns.
Release date Australia
July 13th, 2021
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
176
Dimensions
152x229x16
ISBN-13
9780228858560
Product ID
35207715

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