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Summary: Also Disappointed
Review: I was misled by previous reviews and agree the recipes are too "natural". It took me two weeks to find out what tahini is (the main ingredient in the author's "Super Cereal")!
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Summary: Lots of information
Review: The layout of the book was a little confusing to read cover to cover, better to read the sections you need at a time. It contains an overwhelming amount of information, but I love the recipe index broken down by foods. I refered to that continually when making my son's baby food.
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Summary: Good guide, but TMI!
Review: I use this book daily and I do make all my 8 1/2 month old son's food with it. We are vegetarians. The fruit and veggie guides, charts, making homemade cereal information, recipes etc are all really good information.However this book is wordy and has a lot of condescending and extraneous information (how to wash your hands, don't feed your "precious baby" artificial vanilla, One of the most ridiculous toys I have seen blah blah blah, meat is dangerous (I don't have any meat at my house, but the tone just got to me) Not everyone reading this book has an IQ of 10. This book is also vegetarian, so if you eat a lot of meat at your house, this may not be for you! I really do like this book. Mine is worn worn worn. But I may have liked it a little more if it was 1/2 as long.
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Summary: Excellent info, author's philosophy may not be for all
Review: I can understand why some people will not like this book. The author is a vegetarian, a little germ-phobic, and a bit preachy about the dangers of non-organic and pesticide-free food. That being said, I have found this book to be a tremendous resource. I am a first time mom and, though I read all the books about breastfeeding, I never really thought about what comes next. I needed someone to lay out for me what was appropriate to feed an infant and at what age, etc. I was also interested in saving money by making baby food myself. This book is great for that. The section that explains how to prepare specific fruits and veggies is worth the price alone. There are also some great money-saving tips throughout. It's too confusing to read several books that all say slightly different things. Sometimes you just need to pick one and go with it. This is the one I picked and I'm glad I did!
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Summary: A lot of clutter in the book
Review: I own this and Karmel's "First Meals." I find this book to be restricting because: 1) it has a lot of "clutter," or information I don't want in my baby food book, such as a section on "Arts and Crafts"; 2) it has little to offer for babies younger than 6-months old, and even then it "allows" few foods until your baby is about 8 or 9 months old (my 16-pound 4-month old obviously didn't read the books that say he isn't ready for food!); 3) I find the organization of the book somewhat confusing and usually have to refer to the index to find what I want. In the whole book, I pretty much only use the section called, "Specific Fruits and Vegetables" (can you guess what information is entailed by that title???)--it offers an alphabeticaly listing of all fruits and veggies and discussing how to pick, store and cook them. For anyone who is new at this, I would recommend you buy this book for that section alone. But I do find her age recommendations to be a bit restricting and I don't follow them very faithfully (based upon recommendations by my pediatrician).
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Summary: super ideas
Review: This book I would highly recommend reading for the first time mother who is very interested in learning to make your own baby food. I like how it tells you per month what your baby can and cannot have. There are recipes in the back of the book also to make for your baby. I was surprised at what they can eat first, and what you should wait on. For example, I thought cooked carrots was one food you started on. The book tells you to wait till 7 months. This is a book you go back to and read often.
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Summary: Overzealous attempt at guide for feeding your baby
Review: This book is annoying to read -- way too many superlatives to describe everything (super this and super that...). Aside from the style, the book is not a practical guide for someone who is interested in feeding their baby nutritious foods but who also has other responsibilities (job, etc.). Some of the food suggestions are amazing - I wouldn't eat them, so why would I feed it to my baby! Why can't anyone write something that offers practical guidelines on what to feed your baby/toddler?
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Summary: lots of good information
Review: i thought this book had lots of good information, but presented haphazardly. lots and lots of money-saving tips, but so many that a particular one read earlier is hard to find when using the book as a reference. recommend using a highlighter pen or post-it notes.
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Summary: ...never judge a book by its cover, just by its psycho autho
Review: I borrowed this book from the library before purchasing it because its title and description were interesting and the review positive. However, when someone calls herself and expert in nutrition, recommending dessicated liver and brewer's yeast in what she calls her "super porridge" (nothing more than rice or other grain ground and cooked in water) I expect a nutrition expert with a school/university degree and experience, not a mom with a case study of 2. (And she always refer to the ONE who never got sick. So not even a case study of 2). Her diet is highly allergenic to some kids and there is NOTHING in this book that a good nutritionist or pediatrician can tell you, plus, there IS something called "Rice cereal" that has vitamins AND iron so I don't have to give my baby dessicated liver and yeast!
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Summary: Excellent Parent Resource
Review: Ruth Yaron has put together one great, easy to read book about feeding your children (and family) healthy, economical meals. This book was a daily reference for me during my son's first year. This book makes you feel like your families' dietician with a very easy to read, quick reference format. She uses humor and real life situations to make this "cookbook" come alive. I have recommended it to everyone I know with children and have given it as baby shower gifts. Outstanding!
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