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(More customer reviews)I was already well into the BLW process when we bought this book, but as an avid BLW evangelist, I had to have it anyway, for the lending library, at the very least.
I wish I could take my original BLW book back and get just this one instead. The first several chapters are, in essence, a re-hashing of the original BLW book, but explained in a much simpler way, laid out more nicely, and with visual aids (charts, graphs, and -- of course -- completely adorable pictures of babies). It does offer some nice bullet-pointed lists absent from the original book that are tremendously useful -- things like "What to Expect," "Keeping Mealtimes Safe," "Common Allergens," and the like, as well as charts of relevant feeding skills by age. Also, this book offers nice long lists of actual suggestions of a variety of first and second foods, which the original book did not.
Truthfully, it just looks nicer and reads more easily than the original book.
As for the recipe section, I think it's quite useful. I'm a fairly good cook and menu planner, and part of the point of going the BLW route was so that the baby could quickly transition to eating basically what we (the adults) were eating. However, I know that I found myself befuddled after having the baby in how to suddenly cook as a Mom. In the old days, I could spend all afternoon preparing complex and leisurely meals... the transition to quick, one-pot cookery was not a graceful (or particularly tasty) one for me, and trying to develop meals based on how quickly I could eat them with only one free hand was tricky, to say the least. It took me several months to really find my rhythm in the kitchen again, and I suspect this cookbook might've helped. Simple, nutritious, cross-cultural recipes that are written lightly, as loose frameworks and templates so the cook can tweak as needed... it's a simple, inspiration-stirring bunch of dishes.
The recipes are not ethnocentric -- Thai, Japanese, Moroccan, British, American, French, and Italian recipes are all represented. As, for us, part of the appeal of BLW was raising a child who enjoyed a wide variety of flavors and ingredients, it's great to see that inclusiveness represented.
I appreciated the book's quiet support of long-term breastfeeding, though formula-feeding parents need not fear... the book's language and message is applicable to anyone who fed their baby on cue from the beginning, regardless of whether they were on the breast or the bottle.
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In Baby-Led Weaning, public health nurse and mom Gill Rapley and journalist Tracey Murkett introduced a commonsense, easy, and enjoyable approach to feeding your child-skipping purees and allowing your baby to participate in family meals right from their first introduction to solid foods.
Now, The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook offers comprehensive recipes and meal plans to follow so that the entire family can help your little one grow into a happy and confident eater!
Full of healthy and delicious meals that the whole family will enjoy, and with photos throughout, The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook also includes:
simple advice on which foods to start with
essential at-a-glance information on nutrition and food safety
ideas for quick snacks and lunches as well as desserts and family dinners
anecdotes and quotes from parents who follow baby-led weaning
The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook will give parents the confidence to create exciting and enjoyable mealtimes that will encourage little ones to develop food skills at their own pace.
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