Weaning Made Simple

by Annabel Karmel

The up-to-date weaning companion from the UK's no. 1 children's cookery author and weaning expert, Annabel Karmel MBE.When is my baby ready for first foods?Which foods should I try first?How do I introduce the critical nutrients?What do I need to know about allergies?An exciting journey of food discovery awaits your baby, yet this can often feel like an overwhelming and confusing time. With Weaning Made Simple, it's easy to find the right approach for your little one - and for you. Packed with the latest advice and one hundred nutritious recipes, this is the must-have essential guide to feeding your baby, from the UK's no. l children's cookery author and weaning expert. Weaning Made Simple features helpful lists and guides, meal planners, portion guidance, actual-size finger food illustrations and easy-to-follow information on everything from starting out and reducing milk feeds, to critical nutrients, allergies and special diets. From purees and finger foods to joining-in family mealtimes, Weaning Made Simple gives you everything you need to know to introduce your baby to a lifetime of happy, healthy eating.

Genres: Parenting

383 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 23, 2020

Reviews

[Keriann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to Netgally and the publisher for sending this to me for review.

I requested this book as I had just started on my weaning journey with my baby and was struggling a bit, I had another weaning book from this author which I found really helpful but this one came recommenced so I thought I would give it a go.

Like I said I was struggling with weaning and was really anxious about it and in ways this book didn't help that, it spoke about all all the different vitamins babies need and what impact it can have on baby in the long term if they didn't get enough of them, this really triggered my anxiety and made me feel worse about weaning, I understand that listing the vitamins and how they can help with development and your babies growth/wellbeing/health is important but to list the things that can happen when baby doesn't have these seemed to me to be a bit scare mongering!

There was some really helpful tips in here though on simple things such as how to cut certain fruit and veg for baby which was something that I always worried about and which first finger foods to introduce, this helped me to introduce these things to my little girl with a bit more ease. There were some good recipes in here however I found a lot of them contained dairy products and there was no mention of what alternative to use or how which is something I have seen in other weaning books and really appreciated with having a baby with a milk allergy, also I found most of the recipes contained for me at least thing that are difficult to source in my little town supermarket and would have liked some simpler recipes, although I have to say the five veg Bolognese was a winner.

Overall I feel this book may be helpful to some parents but in my opinion better weaning books are out there and are more helpful so I wouldn't rush to recommend this one,

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up at the library. I liked that it has a meal plan and recipes. I found it pretty unrealistic about what a BF baby's feeding schedule might look like and how to introduce solids along BFing. There's also no information on potential challenges that may arise. In all, I've learned more from following Solid Starts on Instagram about the weaning process but will save the meal plan and recipes which are usefulntools.

[Grace Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super helpful and reassuring for anyone for is weaning for the first time.

[Sally Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and lots of recipes to try. There's even a suggested weaning plan to follow. I borrowed this book from the library but it is so good that I intend to buy a copy.