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Better Baby Food: Your Essential Guide to Nutrition, Feeding & Cooking for Your Baby & Toddler [Hardcover]

Daina Kalnins BSc RD CNSD (Author), Joanne Saab BSc RD (Author), Joanne Saab (Author), Daina Kalnins (Author)
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May 5, 2001

Everyone wants their children to have the best possible diet, particularly in those all-important first years of life. But parents (especially new parents) aren't nutritional experts. So how do they know if their babies and toddlers are getting all the nourishment they need?

Now, with Better Baby Food, there's a complete, authoritative guide that takes the guesswork out feeding young children -- from birth to 24 months and beyond.

Developed with the world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children, this book provides the most up-to-date, expert advice available, with easy-to-read information about every aspect of feeding young children -- from breast and bottle feeding through to the introduction of solid foods. Each page is packed with tips, recommendations and common-sense guidelines for parents, including important topics such as food safety and allergies, teething and tooth care, digestive problems, essential vitamins and minerals, snacking, homemade vs. commercially prepared foods, feeding while traveling, as well as vegetarian diets.

But that's not all. In addition to its wealth of nutritional information, this book features over 220 easy-to-prepare recipes, organized by meal and recommended age range. Each recipe provides a full nutrient analysis, and has been baby- and toddler-tested to ensure maximum flavor appeal. Start the day with Baby's Fruit Smoothie or Apple Breakfast Bars. At midday try dishes such as Lunchtime Pasta and Bean Casserole or Crustless Cheese 'n Carrot Quiche and, for dinner, Fiesta Tomato Surprise or Chicken and Peach Salad. These recipes are so imaginative and delicious, you'll want to make them for your own dinner table!

Every year, 4 million babies are born in North America, creating a huge market of new parents, all of whom are looking for anything that will make their sleep-deprived lives easier. With its combination of comprehensive nutritional information and fast-and-easy recipes, Better Baby Food is the ideal resource.



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How much are adult tastes in food formed by the quality of baby food? Infants raised on the recipes included in Better Baby Food already have the advantage of a mother or father with sufficient time and equipment resources to make homemade food instead of purchasing those little jars. But even if a parent can't cook all of a baby's meals, some homemade foods in baby's diet are sure to satisfy both parent and child. Daina Kalnins and Joanne Saab start with information on general infant nutrition, breastfeeding, and formulas before addressing baby's first solid foods. Sectioning recipes into breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts, they give recipes for foods for each developmental stage from six months through 18 months and beyond. As baby matures, foods become suitable for adults, too, offering treats such as shepherd's pie and ratatouille. Truly pampered tots even get a fully seasoned risotto minus only the wine. Measurements appear in American and metric measures, and recipes carry brief nutritional analyses. Mark Knoblauch
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Excellent and ideal source for parents... It is definitely recommended for personal use and a great book for public libraries. (Kavita Mundle E-Streams 20020401)

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Robert Rose (May 5, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0778800326
  • ISBN-13: 978-0778800323
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,992,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but Not Very Helpful for the Beginning Eater...., July 24, 2001
I bought this book hoping to get some good advice and/or structure as to what exact foods my son should start eating once he was 4-6 months old. I was very disappointed that there was only one chapter that dealt with this and even there it doesn't give you any advice as to what fruit/veggie you should start with once the time is right. I'll keep it for the recipies I can use later but a more accurate title would be "Better Toddler Food" because it seems to focus on the 1 year old and up food arena with the recipies, etc that take up the vast majority of space in the book.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for new moms, May 17, 2001
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I am a new mom and purchased this book to help me better understand how to feed my infant daughter. This book is laid out very well and is easy to read. There is a question and answer section for each stage of development as well as information on avoiding allergies, etc. Also, there are some recipes listed for those of you who want to make some of your child's food from scratch. I would definitely recommend this book if you would like a clear cut program for how to feed your child from infancy through toddler years. It is laid out very clearly with step by step guidelines to follow. The authors offer good suggestions and are very knowledgable about childhood nutrition.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars You Can Do Better for Your Baby, March 9, 2002
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I was fascinated by this highly-rated book written by registered dieticians with the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. What I discovered upon reading the book is why the children are so sick. While I was expecting recipes for healthy foods to get my daughter off to a good start, I found instead saturated fat and sugar-laden meals. A recipe for baked beans, recommended for 12 to 18-month-olds, calls for molasses, brown sugar and eight strips of bacon! Better that you should take your child to a fast-food restaurant.

If you are really interested in raising a healthy child, try "Super Baby Food" by Ruth Yaron. Not only are the recipes full of nutrition, but the book also includes tips for making child-friendly cleaning products and other projects.

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MOTHERS FACE MANY CHALLENGES IN CARING FOR A newborn. Read the first page
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