副食品之書籍推薦－w/ Carolina A-Suat

Annabel Karmel's New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner

在學習要怎麼幫阿雪準備副食品時，只買了兩本書，

其中要推薦的這本書，是一本很完整的工具書，

介紹寶寶所需的營養、該避免的食材、每個階段的餵食重點、用餐（含餵奶）的規劃、食譜及餐點保存等。

CHAPTER ONE The best first foods for your baby

在這章節裡，說明了斷奶餵食時的注意事項：餵母奶或配方奶還是很重要要的；營養素及食材；易引發過敏的高風險食材跟介紹的時機；烹調方式；怎麼使用每階段的用餐規劃（Meal Planner）。

Solids are introduced to add bulk a baby's diet, and to introduce new tastes, textures and aromas; they also help the baby to practise using the muscles in his mouth. But giving a baby too much solid food too early may lead to constipation, and provide fewers nutrients than he needs. It would be very difficult for a baby to get the equivalent amount of nutrients from the small amount of solids he will consume as he gets from his milk.

In subsequent chapters, there are meal planners to follow or use as a guide. Adapt the charts according to what is in season and what you are preparing for your family. From nine months, you should be able to cook for your baby for lunch and tea for your own supper, provided you do not add salt to your baby's portion.

Meal Planners in CHAPTER TWO, THREE, and FOUR

第二、第三跟第四章節把餵食分成了三個階段：第一階段斷奶餵食（first-stage weaning）、第二階段斷奶餵食（second-stage weaning）及九到十二個月（nine to twelbe months）。每個階段餵食的重點及食譜之外，最重要的是相當有參考價值的用餐規劃，介紹寶寶食用副食品跟餵奶的分配，跟大概所需的量。實際情形當然是跟書上介紹的有差距，但給了我幫阿雪在訂作息及用餐習慣有了很好的目標，而且讓我在協助阿雪學習吞嚥跟咀嚼階段，有了該怎麼拿捏的觀念。