Mommy Made and Daddy Too: Home Cooking for a Healthy Baby & Toddler

Customer Reviews

Excellent Information - A must have book!

This book contains an excellent chart on food introduction and how to prepare them. It also addresses various concerns that Mom's and Dad's may have regarding allergies, serving sizes, breast feeding (the book states on page 65 that breastfeeding is recommended for the first year of life), and other concerns. A food guide is included and examples of how much protein, iron, etc. can be found in foods. There are examples of food combinations for babies and the recipes for older babies sound great. For anyone needing information on when to introduce certain food, how to prepare them and recipes for older tots, this is the book to have! It is filled with excellent information and is an easy and enjoyable reading book. This will become a definate baby shower gift in the future.

Easy and excellent

Just wanted to give my 2 cents. These reviews really help me. I carefully read the reviews for this book and I am glad I bought this book. I found it very easy. Most of the baby purees are probably common knowledge anyway, but I needed someone to spell it out for me and this book does. It has lots of good recipes for older babies and toddlers. Our family would eat several of the toddler recipes. I recommend it to everyone. Making my own baby food has been a wonderful experience. I find that it doesn't take much time. I will cook for about 3 hours on a weekend and it will last for 2 to 3 weeks and my baby is getting fresh preservative free food. The only reason I do this is because I didn't want my child to be a picky eater and I heard this helps him learn to appreciate real food. The book gives explicit instructions on everything from cooking to freezing, etc. I highly recommend it. Thanks.

Wonderful resource and inspiration.

Mommy Made *and Daddy too! is just what a cookbook for families should be. If you are an omnivorous family, this is a fantastic resource for you. Unlike many healthy food cookbooks for families, it does not preach hard-core vegetarianism and offers several tips on preparing meats for babies. It includes extensive nutrition information that explains not only the USRDA for different vitamins and minerals, but what those vities and minerals do for the body. Additionally, they give dietary recommendations for babies and toddlers who are feeling under the weather (a better and more flexible version of the B.R.A.T.T. diet) and suggested menu items for children with allergies or aversions to certain ingredients. This is all alongside a very easy-to-follow plan for introducing first solids to babies and easy-to-prepare foods for every age thereafter. The ingredients are not odd or difficult to find. I would wager you that you could find all the ingredients listed in nearly every grocery store in North America.
Most importantly, the recipes are wonderful. While some of the recipes are indeed ones that you could easily figure out by yourself (as one reviewer stated) there is a very good reason for including them in this book. Sometimes you forget the simple things. Having instructions on how to prepare simple purees bound between these covers right next to the recipes for older babies and toddlers and adults reminds you how easy it is to prepare these foods. When you're tempted to go for an easy out and purchase a bunch of jarred baby foods, open up this book and you will remember that it takes nearly the same amount of time to prepare your baby's food alongside your dinner as it would to pop open a jar of pureed bananas. ...And I think everyone agrees that homemade fresh and frozen food tastes so much better than store bought prepared foods.
This book shows that you don't require a culinary arts degree to make fantastic food for your family. It's both an inspiration to those of us who have already introduced several children to solids and a great first resource for those just starting on the parenthood road. I highly recommend this book.