Baby Food Book.

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Howdy all,

Why give our son nasty canned and bottled food with too much salt, I want him to have what is best. I am new at this cooking for kids thing so, any advise on a good book?

I am looking for something that will not only tell me what to cook, but how I am supposed to strain food, what stuff I will need to get, and what not to feed him. I ask because I see so many books suggesting things that I know are not good. i.e. fresh strawberry surprize with whole milk, for a 9 month old. No milk or strawberries will go toward my son until he is atleast a year old.

I am thinking about this book:
The Basic Baby Food Cookbook: Complete beginner guide to making baby food at home

Thanks for your help.
 
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I am new at this cooking for kids thing so, any advise on a good book?
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I have no advice on a good book for you. :o My dear mother-in-law gave me 2 or 3 such books, and I never used them.

My husband cooks ( :extrahappy: ), and when we feed the babies solid food, we just mash the food that’s already on our plates with a fork, and give baby food from our fingertips (or encourage them to pick it up themselves). I’ve also been known to slightly pre-chew meats and tougher foods. We delay solids until 1 year of age, though.
 
One thing I do sometimes is just take a banana and mash it with some breastmilk, or an avocado, etc and do the same. I like using single ingredients mashed with breastmilk when they are first learning to eat. Basically I just prepare it as we go, so it may not be that helpful if you are looking to prepare in batches. I do use baby food in jars as long as it doesn’t have certain things (eg no sugar added etc).
 
Forgot to say;

We are sort of delaying solids as well, he is 6m and his main food is from ma-ma. We are letting him experiment with solids, but everything will be at his pace and nothing will be forced.
 
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We are sort of delaying solids as well, he is 6m and his main food is from ma-ma.
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We are letting him experiment with solids, but everything will be at his pace and nothing will be forced.
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This is great! My little guy is 7 months old, and he insists on grabbing graham crackers out of our hands and taking a few bites. :rolleyes: 😃 I don’t really consider this “starting solids” though. My daughter was 15 months old before she ate solid food on a regular basis (more than once or twice a week). Going slowly and letting them set the pace is so easy.
 
I suggest Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron. She has some ideas that are a little out there, but most of the book is very informative and useful, including information about how to prepare any and every fresh vegetable or fruit.
amazon.com/Super-Baby-Food-Ruth-Yaron/dp/0965260313/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219258774&sr=8-1

Also, Whole Foods for Babies and Toddlers by Margaret Kenda is helpful and has some good ideas for feeding mom and dad too.
amazon.com/Whole-Foods-Babies-Toddlers-Margaret/dp/0912500859/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219259004&sr=1-1
 
Same as Truly, we just took what we were eathing, mashed it with a fork as needed and let DS eat what we were eating.

I have the most non-picky eater on earth, he will try anything, was requesting sushi when he was in grade school.
 
SUPER BABY FOOD!!!

I LOVE that book. None of my three children (soon to be four) have ever had a single mouthful of commercial baby food, since I’ve only ever used that program. AND with baby no. one, I was working full time, so it’s totally something that isn’t so time consuming you have to be uber-organized martha Stewart to make work.

None of my children have ever had a major illness, and I attribute part of that to the nutrition they got from the diet. In fact, I can count on two hands and still have fingers left over the number of times we’ve ever been to the doctor for the kids.

When I worked outside the home, I would take one Sunday a month to cook for the whole month. It took maybe 4 hours (in and out of the kitchen), and then I had a month’s supply of food I never had to think about again.

I can’t say enough good things about that book. 👍
 
I am a home daycare provider and make homemade baby food for the children in my care. The website previously mentioned “www.wholesomebabyfood.com” is awesome. Making this food is so very easy, I have stored up at least 6 months worth of food so far by purchasing it at our local Farmer’s Market while it’s in season and taking a couple hours out each Saturday to make and freeze the food.

I did feed my daughter purchased food and I have to tell you, what a difference in the homemade stuff, it actually smells like the food that it’s meant to be! 😃
 
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