Baby Food

Posted on January 31, 2006

Did you know that the typical ice cube tray holds about one ounce of food? Or that one pear makes roughly 4 ounces of pureed food? You wouldn’t believe all the baby food tidbits I could spew at you these days.

When I was pregnant with my son I heard about homemade baby food and started to look into it. I read a lot about it online, and researched books on the subject, trying to pick the right one for us. I heard a lot of good things about Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron, but I also heard a lot of not-so-good things about it too. Better Baby Food by Daina Kalnins was also recommended, and since I own the follow up book (Better Food for Kids) I thought that would be the one. I checked it out in the book store, and it was alright. Not as good as I would have liked, but still a good book.

But when I went to order it, I located a new book that had a very high rating on Amazon.com. Blender Baby Food by Nicole Young is the book I ended up buying, because it most closely seemed to be what I wanted.

So far, so good. Will isn’t a big fan of sweet pototoes or butternut squash, but we keep trying nonetheless. He does love pears and likes apples though. I like that the book tells you exatcly how to prepare single item foods - it seemed like a lot of books just glazed over first foods with a few general and brief paragraphs. I would definately recommend it to anyone looking for clear direction to prepare your child’s first meals.

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