Meg Faure

Allergies are increasing at a rapid rate and the team of experts behind Allergy Sense are here to break them down for families, ensuring people have up to date, and scientifically vetted, information. A lack of easily accessible and accurate information about particular allergies can exacerbate the anxiety of discovering a new food allergy or your child’s food allergy. Protecting your health, or your child’s health while also maintaining a level of ‘normality’ as a family can become an all-consuming focus. The authors of this book, an allergy specialist, a paediatric dietitian and an occupational therapist collaborate to unpack the difficulties in identifying specific allergies, prevent picky eating in children and guide you to live and eat as a family within the context of this challenge. As well as explaining the background and offering solutions Allergy Sense includes 70 delicious recipes for all the family to try at home. Chapters include: 1. Demystifying allergies 2. Is my child allergic? 3. Emotions and the sensory world 4. A look at ages and stages 5. Adjusting to a new reality 6. Living and thriving with allergies 7. Recipes and meal plans 8. Breakfasts 9. Family meals 10. Lunch boxes and snacks 11. Desserts and parties 12. Allergy action plan

Weaning Sense demystifies the weaning world helping you grow healthy tummies and happy babies (and mums) in no time! Packed full of delicious recipes, this book will help you feel less stressed and more informed when it comes to introducing your baby to solid food. Offering a weaning solution from expert authors based on your baby's sensory personality, this book helps you learn how to tap into your baby's cues on weaning and, using current research, gives you an easy-to-use, real food solution. As every baby is an individual, this book teaches you how to be mindful of your own baby's needs and advocates a collaborative baby-parent approach to help you know when is the best time to start weaning and what is the best technique to introduce them to solids. Chapters include:1. COLLAB weaning2. Cues3. Own person4. Led by science5. Age appropriate6. Baby friendly7. How to guide8. Ready stage, 4–6 months9. Steady stage, 6–10 months10. Go! stage, 10 months – toddler11. Recipes

Pregnancy is a journey like no other. It is the start of a new human life. It is also the birth of a mother who, over nine months, changes in every possible way - physically, emotionally and socially. It is a pivotal period in the life of a family. A sensible pregnancy is a carefully considered pregnancy - providing your child with the ultimate start in life and shaping his potential. Your nutrition, wellbeing and emotions during this wonderful time play a large role in defining the rest of your baby's life. The experience must also be safe and containing for you. Birth - your baby's entry into our world - is a profoundly significant moment in life and one you don't get to repeat. Being empowered with knowledge, understanding your choices and being active in the process will make this a sensational birth. Ultimately it does not matter how your baby is born; what matters is how you feel about your baby's birth and that it is safe. Reading Pregnancy Sense will reduce the anxiety that may stem from the unknown and help you make your choices with insight and flexibility. This is the secret to a sensible pregnancy and a sensational birth. Meg Faure (OT), Jacky Searle (obstetrician) and Heather Wood (midwife) feel privileged to join you on this journey.