With unending gratitude, I would like to first thank all the Wholesome Baby Food website visitors who over the past eight years have shared with me their praise, criticism, encouragement, and enthusiasm, which continue to inspire and humble me: this book is for all of you. Thank you to “Gramma Jay Jay” and “Poppy” Dextraze, whose love and support have saved me and carried me through good times and bad; to Diana Baroni, my editor at Grand Central, who believed that this book could indeed transcend the website and who hung in there during times of turbulence; to Naomi Rosenberg and Andrew Rosen, two of the finest pediatricians I have been fortunate to know and have as physicians. They approach their patients with open hearts, open minds, and open ears, knowing that good health is not just about medicine. Thank you to Kris Howe, Melina Gosselin, Nancy O’Leary, and Jenn Driscoll, who long ago at a play date thought I should create a website, and to Tracy Lawman, who may have grown tired of hearing about my writing but continued to support me and meet me for Friday coffee.