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The Everything Baby's First Food Book: Tasty, Nutritious Meals and Snacks That Even the Pickiest Child Will Love-From Birth to Age 3 (Everything (Parenting))

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This is a good book and has only one chapter that interests me (The one on making homemade baby food). The other chapters contain info on breastfeeding, formula feeding, etc. This information is redundant because I purchased two books (What to Expect When You're Expecting, and What To Expect The First Year) that included most of the same info.

From the title, I thought I was getting lots of suggestions about foods to prepare for the beginning eater to toddler. I have rasied all my own children and now my children and their friends are having their first babies. I remembered how I poured over baby "cook books" to learn how to prepare good, simple, tasty and inexpensive food for my children. I want to give the same resources to new mothers. This book looks like it will give you lots of ideas but it contains much of the same material you find in "the first (second etc) year of your child's life" which is a wonderful series. Sorry but I was not impressed.

As a new mom this book is good for basics but light on details. I found
myself having to buy other books once my son was ready for solids.
I also felt the information jumped around a lot; it would have been nice to have it organized more month to month rather than topic to topic.
Not a bad choice but don't expect to be your only book on food.
Good luck!

I regret buying this book, since it promised to cover different topics, providing lots of different meals ideas, and it is mostly theoretical and has almost no recipes. If you need theory buy this book, but common sense, obvious theory. If you want ideas for your babies meals look for something else.

I recommend this book. It has all the basic stuff about feeding and nutrition as well as great, simple recipes, time line for when you should intreduce new foods to your baby and other useful hints.

This book is a must for all first time mothers and fathers. It gives detailed information on how to feed your baby from birth to toddler with excellent examples and food product information. My husband and I especially found the alternatives to junk food section very helpful. We want to feed our daughter healthy food, and now we know the healthy altenatives to junk food. Also, this book gives examples on how to pack healthy lunches and snacks. Bravo!!!

I came across this book while visiting with friends who kept this book handy on their kitchen counter. Over the course of two weeks I was able to browse and review the book. I found it to be a good collection of basic recipes for babies and toddlers. Other reviewers stated it was basic, redundant, etc. Not a bad thing, really-- I am ordering it now as a source for ideas and no nonsense recipes. For any parent who wants to feed their baby something homemade, but worries that they will have sufficient time or creativity--this book is a perfect start. Note: I will also be purchasing "Mommy Made" as a companion, as I felt that MM takes baby cooking to a more sophisticated, original level that Everything was lacking.

In an ideal format for new parents, Janet Tarlov's The Everything Baby's First Food Book clearly and carefully provides reliable, "user friendly" information on a wide variety of relevant issues including breast-feeding vs. bottle feeding; identifying food allergies; avoiding foods that can make baby uncomfortable or sick; how to deal with a baby who refuses to eat; deciphering nutrition labels; feeding baby on trips or in restaurants; and much, much more. The Everything Baby's First Food Book is an invaluable, highly recommended compendium of advice and instruction for parents seeking to feed their baby from birth through the toddler years with a healthy, nutritious, and tasty diet at home or on the go.