Super Baby Food

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Summary: difficult to follow
Review: Poorly written, even the recipes are littered with unrelated "tips" making them difficult to follow at times. I'm I busy mom, I need something concise and to the point.

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Summary: I Loved It
Review: I checked thisd book out from the library and checked out Amazon to buy it. I must say, I was surprised by all of the bad reviews! I can see where it would appeal to more "AP" types like myself, but it is still overall a very informative book. There are a few issues (such as the nuts) that you may wish to ignore. If you are easily offended or defensive about more mainstream parenting, this is STILL the book for you because you will learn alot! She is very pro-organic produce (yay!), and very anti-junk food (again, what's wrong with that??). To be honest, I did Not make the baby cereal, but she also suggests ORGANIC BROWN RICE cereal made by Earth's Best that IS enriched with Iron, and after my son broke out in a rash from the refoned white popular baby cereal, this worked out as the perfect solution. He loves it AND his organic mashed bananas. I plan on starting sweet potatoes next. Again, prepare for a very "granola" type of info, and even if you do NOT agree with certain tactics or ideas, you can learn alot from this book. Parenting and providing for your child in a healthy, natural way is NOT about following books, after all. It's about INSTINCTUAL parenting.

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Summary: An excellent guide to the lost art of homemade baby food ma
Review: I was given this book by a friend when I was pregnant, and it's been in my kitchen ever since. Yaron's book lays out a great plan for introducing healthy eating to infants, including many super healthy foods often ignored by baby food makers, such as avocados, okra, parsley, leafy greens, etc. I have been seeing a nutritionist since I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and she is thrilled that my baby eats so many veggies! Super Porridge is also a great cereal full of whole grains (she has a great section on why whole grains are superior to processed, refined grains), and adding legumes as she suggests is a great way to balance out protein and carbohydrates! Other reviews I have read suggest discounting Yaron's entire book because of some suggestions with which they do not agree. While I myself do not subscribe to every last detail of the Super Baby Food diet (I feed my baby much less fruit and starch than she suggests and do not believe soy is healthy food for anyone, at the discretion of my nutritionist), her book has still been extremely helpful in guiding a caring mom through the lost art of homemade baby food making. Scattered through the book is Yaron's plea to "check with your pediatrician first." This is mind, I would highly recommend this book to any parent looking for healthy alternatives to processed, overpriced, jarred baby food who is willing to work with one's pediatrician/nutritionist in making healthy eating decisions, which we should be doing anyway.

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Summary: Just plain bad
Review: First let me start by saying that I'm glad that I borrowed this book from the library and didn't actually pay for it.
Like many of the other reviewers here, I disliked this book for the following reasons:
1. It's poorly organized- it jumps around too much and goes off on tangents. I found that I had to constantly flip back and forth because the information is scattered around among all her "tips".
2. She's paranoid about way too many things. I like to think of myself as safety conscious but I'm not going to stop ironing my clothes (as she suggests because it's too dangerous to do in a house with a baby) or feed my baby tofu because chicken might have salmonella.
3. Despite the fact that she's paranoid about things like meat, ironing and all kinds of bacteria she's not afraid of vitamin supplements, antibacterial soaps & bleach for disinfecting (the first two I happen to find suspect.)
4. She has way too many weird money saving tips in there - like tie-dying stained onesies or buying puff paint (in undesirable colors because they'd be on sale) to paint on the babies socks for traction. I shudder to think of how her kids were dressed in the name of saving money (Dad's old t-shirts knotted at the waist perhaps?)
If you want a real money saving tip- don't buy the book. The internet has tons of information on making baby food - without all the hang-ups.



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Summary: Great book, but take it with a grain of salt!
Review: I have been using this book to make baby food for my seven month old for the last month. I love the chapters each month telling you what foods can be introduced and the best chapter is the one where all fruits and veggies are listed with info on how to pick it at the grocery store, at what age it can be introduced, and how to prepare it. HOWEVER, I think her condescending attitude about anyone who eats meat or carbonated beverages, should be left out of this book. I also agree with other reviewers about nuts and other allergenic foods, though she DOES mention that you should not home prepare carrots and spinach until 7 months because of the nitrites (my doctor said 12 months). The organization is poor- much of what she writes is repetetive and VERY wordy, with too many rambling sentences about her personal opinions. I also think her SUPER PORRIDGE is useless for the young infant- the whole point of cereal is to supply iron which you would have to give via supplement if you don't buy commercial cereal.

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Summary: Having a super baby comes naturally
Review: I'll admit it. I don't own this book. I checked it out at the library rather than buy it, because of mixed reviews. Once I had it in hand, I found that, for the most part, I didn't need this book because it was what I was already doing with my baby. Creating food for your baby at home is a relatively simple concept.

This is a book for a certain type of person, though. When Ruth Yaron makes comments like the one about not giving carbonated beverages to your baby "or any other living thing" it makes me cheer (and chuckle), while it may make others feel judged. Also, every third sentence in this book is "check with your pediatrician" and she obviously expects that parents will do just that.

While the non-food topics seem to bother many reviewers, this is one of my favourite areas of the book. Take what is useful to you and leave the rest.

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Summary: I don't get it...
Review: I've never written a review before but I feel that parents should save their money from this book. It's very confusing and I couldn't find any actual recipes. It lists a bunch of foods and then how they can be cooked and stored but my toddler doesn't eat pureed food anymore.

The only thing I found useful was the ages that children should start eating foods. There were also some cute ideas for activities but a little too time consuming for a working mom. I mean really, who's going to make their own crayons?

I wasn't expecting a extemist naturalist cookbook. I just wanted some ideas on what to feed a picky toddler.

Also the "Super Porridge" that's so raved about. It's brown rice! Infants need iron and if you cook brown rice and puree it at home. It lacks the nutritional additives of purchased baby cereal. I don't know. This book was just not for me.

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Summary: Not Useful
Review: This is the first review that I have written for a book and I do not have time to go into detail but...

As a mother of twins I must say that I can't stand this book! Who in the world has time to prepare these special recipes for their babies? What is it with this "super porridge" - is there any proof that making this stuff is better than giving oatmeal or cream of wheat with fruits etc.? All her claims on the superiority of her food seems to be based on observation of how healthy her kid is.

We have been giving our kids modified table foods - I propose that I am feeding our kids better and in an easier fashion than all the freezing and proportioning of foods described in this crazy book.

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Summary: Wonderful Reference!!
Review: I LOVE this book!! It is the most complete resource I have come across! Yaron includes an entire section on how to choose, store, prepare, and at what age to start feeding almost any type of fruit and veggie. That was the most helpful part of the book! She also outlines what you caan feed your baby month by month. This was also a very useful tool! She is a little long winded, but still I will use this book for a long time to come!! Definately a must for your book shelf!

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Summary: Super Baby Food
Review: What a great book! Easy to use reference for your child's age. After reading the book we have started making our own organic baby food and it is so easy and CHEAP! I thought this would be much more expensive but we make a weeks worth of food for about $4.00 and we are feeding our child organically with no pesticides or preservatives added in processing. Take the time to read the book and start feeding your baby the way God intended---naturally!