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1,2,3, Cook For Me: Over 300 Easy and Healthy Recipes for Babies and Toddlers

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Karin Knight's remarkable book is not just for babies. Her sound nutritional advice and delicious recipes are for everyone of any age. One of the most important things she's done is to distinguish between true food allergies (relatively rare) and food intolerances, something that many parents need advice on. The 5 sections of "1,2,3, Cook for Me," provide parents with essential knowledge about a child's nutritional needs from birth to 24 months and beyond, which foods are okay and which to avoid depending on the child's age, the benefits of making homemade food for your baby, a month-by-month feeding guide, and a toddler's month-by-month guide with recipes the whole family can enjoy. I wish we had this book when our own two sons were born. Now, our grandchildren are benefiting from Mrs. Knight's wisdom.

The guidelines my pediatrician gave me when my baby started solids were very vague and basically only listed the amount of fruits, vegetables, and cereal she should eat each day. Feeling confused, I turned to this book and found excellent guidance and menus. I love how there are suggestions as to how to make the meal for adults. The recipes are creative, healthy, and delicious. It is an excellent book for infants as well as toddlers.

Gave it to our daughter and she's dong a different recipe everyday and our granddaughter eats everyone!!!!!

Before I purchased this, I checked out this book and a few Annabel Karmel volumes from the library. This is the one I ended up buying. The Karmel books had some good recipes, but they were on average, much more elaborate. This book includes a lot of health information, and the recipes are more practical and include combining foods I already have in my kitchen in ways I hadn't thought of before. it has made it a breeze to feed my 11 month old without buying all the over-priced baby food I bought for my older son.

This is the best toddler cookbook out there. The recipies are very easy and fast, and the food is healthy and tastes great. My one-year old son loves everything I make out of this book, and my husband and I enjoy it as well. Takes the fear out of figuring out what to cook for my baby!

For me, the beauty of this book is that it's in a friendly, easy-to-follow format. Each month has tips on what to serve, simple recipes, and advice on using the same ingredients for grown-up meals. The ingredients are fairly common so it fits in well with what the rest of the family is eating. I used other recipe books with my first child and I find that this is the easiest book to use. Stress-free nutrition - and my baby loves every bite.

This book is a great option for those of you who want to make your own baby food. It takes you month by month through the child's life and offers suggestions for healthy family eating.
The portions are not super clear and the cooking times are sometimes way off, but otherwise this book is great.

1,2,3, Cook for Me is my favorite gift to families of new babies. They will enjoy this book not only in their children's early years, but for years to come, as it is filled with delicious recipes for all ages. I use this for our family of two teenaged boys.

I've just purchased my sixth copy of this wonderful cookbook to give as a gift to a new mom and dad. The recipes are simple to follow and delicious - not just for babies and toddlers - and the advice is wise and gracious, without being preachy or precious as are so many books for new parents. My "baby" is in her twenties now, but some of the recipes have become standby's for me. I regularly treat myself on winter nights to the marvellous split-pea or roasted tomato soups from these pages. You can't go wrong with this one.

The book contains a great collection of recipes. My 18 month daughter absolutely adores everything we cook based on this book.