Weaning Made Easy: All you need to know about spoon feeding and baby-led weaning – get the best of both worlds

by Rana Conway

Weaning Made Easy Recipes is full of tasty recipes and family meal ideas to suit all babies, toddlers and approaches – from traditional purees to baby-led weaning. Whether you find that your baby loves being spoon-fed, only wants to feed themselves, or you want to try a mixture of both, Weaning Made Easy Recipes provides you with a range of fresh home-cooked recipes that include mashed meals, weaning recipes with pasta, finger foods and family favourites, to make mealtimes enjoyable for everyone.


Whether you’re a first-time parent, trying to find weaning recipes for your 6 month old or a busy mum of three, Weaning Made Easy Recipes takes the stress out of weaning, bringing you:


150 healthy and simple dishes
Food charts of what foods to introduce and when
Weekly meal planners for a varied and balanced diet
Clear dos and don’ts and FAQs for each age
Recipes suitable for food allergies or intolerances

As well as tasty and healthy recipes author Rana Conway provides clear and simple advice in this brand new weaning book through each stage, and covers common problems you may encounter, such as introducing lumpier food or how to deal with fussy eaters.


Rana is a registered public health nutritionist, specialising in healthy eating during pregnancy and childhood for over 20 years. She has created each dish to contain the nutrients your baby needs for healthy growth and development, helping ensure your child gets a balanced diet.

Genres: Parenting

244 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2011

Reviews

[Preili Pipar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lk 192

[Anna Hamilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly great information. Good examples of how to either spoon feed, baby lead wean or combine the both ....but the sample menus. My. God. If any baby at 7 months is eating....salmon kedgeree I'll fall off my seat. What even is salmon kedgeree?

Other than that, it is weaning made easy. I suppose.

[Kadri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Piisavalt kasulik, et selle lugemine sellele kulutatud aega väärt oli. Vist.
Mõte sellest, et lapse söögitool pärast söögiaega dušinurka tõsta ja seal puhtaks teha oli piisavalt hea, et hakata kahetsema puidust söögitooli ostmist.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of purees and blw. Pros and cons of each. A little weighed toward doing both.

[Cassi Legat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, informative but definitely has some bias. Backed up by some guidlines etc, but not much linking to or quoting of any real research.

[Vanessa Rosado · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy, science based info, practical

[Asha Carlos · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an informative book for parents who are in a cross road, if they are going to use the traditional method of introducing pureed food (spoon-fed) or the new method of baby-led weaning to introduce solids to their baby. Separated into three parts, part one considers the basics of weaning, when to start and what your baby can and can't eat while part two goes through the different stages of weaning from the first tastes of solids to when baby is eating just like you. Part three on the other hand, provides practical advice on handling problems such as fussy eaters, allergies, constipation, anaemia, premature babies and offers guidance for vegetarian babies.

[Ellie M · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've browsed through this and tried a number of the recipes and I'm impressed. The recipes are suitable for all the family and the book doesn't preach either the BLW way or the spoon feeding way as best. Trying a mix of both so it's the perfect book.

[Lindley Walter-smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

My pick for the the best weaning book I've read, certainly the most balanced and least dogmatic, and bonus points for having an actually helpful chapter on v*gan babies.

[Natalie]

I'll rate this one once I've weaned someone!

[Taron · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sensible approach that I actually used when weaning my son.

[Paul Moran · Rating 2 out of 5]

2% useful information.
All filler no killer.