Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Super Baby Food
Book Review: A Very Valuable Resource
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a real "information hound" and seek very complete resources. This book is better than my wildest dreams for a baby-food-and-beyond reference! It has enabled me to make ALL of my baby's food, as well as guiding me through the maze of nutritional information. I recommend this book to every new mother I know!Book Review: A Wonderful Book
Summary: 5 Stars
My son is just starting to eat bayfood. I have found this book to be very helpful and easy to understand. It has a lot of useful information including how to tell if foods are ripe. The cooking and storing directions are very easy and they don't waste a lot of time on unneeded steps. I highly recommend this book!Book Review: A Wonderful Way to Feed Baby
Summary: 5 Stars
Super Baby Food is the most versatile book dealing with how to feed your baby that I've found. Many people realize how important good eating habits are, and that they're formed with the first foods we eat.It's a great book for healthy, nutritional, whole grain foods, even vegetarian foods. My baby loves the recipes in this book!
Book Review: A big help!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a first time mom, I wanted to feed my child healthy food, but I was pretty clueless. Ruth's book has been great. My daughter has been sick 4 times in her 14 months of life (1 was a milk allergy, 1 was a cauliflower allergy, 1 was something Daddy gave all of us, so only 1 cold of her own!) I owe it all to Ruth for showing me what was healthy. There are some things that I think are a little over the top, but you don't have to agree with everything she says. It's just a great guideline, with lots of helpful tips. I'll be using it again for my next child.Book Review: A bit over the top, but worth it for the detail
Summary: 4 Stars
First I have to comment on this: "Fourth, she gives age guidelines for certain foods that I don't understand. For example, she says baby should be 7 months before eating pureed peas or carrots. Well then how come commercial baby food companies offer carrots and peas as a stage one food? Perhaps she sees commercial carrots as poisonous, but I know several babies who ate carrots before 7 months and lived to see their next birthday. Also, there were foods mentioned like tofu, kelp, and other bizarre items that I would never even think to give a baby. Maybe some people would find that information valuable but I think most babies would be content with "standard" foods"
The reason she says 7 months for carrots is because carrots can be high in nitrates, thus dangerous for a baby. Maybe they sterilize the processed food a certain way before they jar it, reducing not only the nitrates but the nutritional value as well. She is warning you. Take it or leave it. As for peas, believe it or not, they are on the list for possible highly allergenic foods. Appropriate for her to warn you about that. Also, just because YOU wouldn't give your baby kelp, doesn't mean that others don't understand the nutritional value in it. I just think you came down a bit hard on her for something she has obviously researched and you have not. />Anyway, I found this book WAY too detailed. But, take the parts you like and leave the rest. I have yet to find a book even closely comparitive to this one which explains, in detail, the nutritional value of foods and what foods are the richest in certain nutrients. Her section on vegetables alone are worth purchasing the book for. While she has a McGuyver'esqueness about the book (she reuses all her freezer bags a billion times), it can be amusing and maybe helpful to some. All in all, I would borrow it from a library or buy it second hand. Also, her bfing information is WAY out of date and incorrect.