[.ca] Better Baby Food: Your Essential Guide to Nutrition, ... (ISBN 077880030X)

Shame on Registered Dieticians:
I took this book out from the library, hoping for a few good ideas for what to feed my baby. I couldn't believe the amount of sugar recommended in everything from applesauce (every other baby cookbook I've seen uses only apples, sometimes with a little cinnamon) to sweet potatoes (add maple syrup!?) and squash. I'm trying to avoid sugar, white flour and milk products with my daughter and could hardly find a recipe that did not contain these ingredients. I find it appalling and frustrating that those in health professions have such little sense for what constitutes good nutrition. I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering what I've been fed in hospitals in the past.

I wouldn't feed this stuff to my child!:
I am extremely disappointed with this book. I agree with the previous reviewers who noted that the recipes are not healthy at all. They are full of white flour, sugar, butter, oil, etc. I also noticed a lot of the recipes for 12-18 month old babies include garlic and onions. What baby likes garlic and onions? I also have the Super Baby Food book and highly recommend it for TRULY healthy recipes for your baby.

Quick, Easy & Nutritious:
This is an excellent book for easy starter meals for baby's just getting their teeth and toddlers. The recipes are quick to make and simple and most contain ingrediants already found in your kitchen. They provide a nice variation in a child's diet and some adults may enjoy the recipes as well.

I wish this book was available when I was raising my kids!:
When I was raising babies I was completely unprepared for what to feed them, how much to feed them, and when to introduce new healthy foods. A few years ago I purchased this book when searching for a baby gift for a friend. Now I buy both the Better Baby Food and Better Food for Kids for all my friends and relatives having babies. Everyone loves this gift!! I even purchased a copy for myself and still find the recipes great for teenagers and just the presentation makes the recipes look so simple. I also like checking the nutritional value and feel better knowing what goes into each recipe. These books are incredible and I will continue to purchase them.

Excellent cookbook!:
What I love so much about this book is that it introduces so many foods in many different ways. I served one of the spinach recipes with leftover Swiss Chalet chicken and fries but all my two year old wanted was more spinach. And yes there was cheese (some people read "fat") in the recipe which I see people commenting about but think of all the vitamins and minerals she was getting from it? Any cookbook that can get a two year old to happily eat spinach, pad thai and stew is excellent in my opinion. I'm all for eating a wide variety of all types of foods (even including SOME fat and sugar) and avoiding processed packaged food as much as possible. That is exactly what this books gives you the tools to do.