Brain Food for Your Baby - by Leah Bodenbach (Paperback)

About the Book

Boost your baby's brain health and microbiome with healthy, delicious, homemade first foods! Complete nutrition guide and organic baby food cookbook made explicitly for baby's gut health. As parents, you possess great powers to help foster the growth of a healthy baby, starting with nourishing foods. In Brain Food for Your Baby, holistic health coach and registered nurse Leah Bodenbach offers a step-by-step nutritional guide to baby's first foods along with 125 easy, brain-boosting, gut-healthy recipes for every age and stage. And the biggest perk of all is that you'll be making your own homemade baby food, so you'll know each and every ingredient your baby is eating.

Book Synopsis

The complete first-time parent's guide for nutrition and organic cooking that baby will love.

For new parents, it can be overwhelming to figure out what's best for your baby, especially when it comes to starting solids. Holistic health coach and registered nurse Leah Bodenbach helps you navigate the choices (and pressures!) in feeding first foods. In her book, All-Organic Baby Food Cookbook, she offers a step-by-step guide to building your baby's nutritional foundation--including understanding your baby's gut health and nutrient needs for a healthy brain, body, and bones--so that you can tackle the first year of solids with confidence!

More than just a cookbook, this book has new parents covered with:

• Organic food 101: How to shop organic on a budget, decipher the labels, and other low-toxin living tips

• Food allergies and intolerances: Foods to avoid during the first year as well as advice on introducing new foods and common allergens

• 125 nutrient-dense recipes: Easy and tasty recipes that follow your baby's growth, from bone broth and single-ingredient purees to toddler snacks and family meals everyone can enjoy

• Hybrid feeding approach: Includes baby-led weaning recipes to develop baby's motor skills, regulate their appetite, and encourage self-feeding

• Ages and stages: Nutritional and developmental guidance that follows your baby's growing needs, including which foods to introduce and when

• First-time parent advice: Tips and tricks as well as common mistakes to avoid in achieving feeding success

With All-Organic Baby Food Cookbook, you'll help your baby develop an adventurous palate as well as a healthy relationship with food.

About the Author

Leah Bodenbach, RN, BSN, is a nurse, holistic health coach, and founder of Blooming Motherhood. She specializes in reducing the risk of allergies and chronic health issues through babies' first foods. She is passionate about teaching moms to nourish their little ones with intentional foods, as well as how to integrate holistic and modern medicine into their own daily rhythm. Leah resides in Springfield, Missouri, with her husband, Trenton, and their two children, Elowen and Aldrik.