Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron is a wonderful resource for new mommies (and older mommies as well)! Thanks to Jerilyn for recommending it to me!
I borrowed it conveniently from my local library and found it extremely useful. I do not necessarily agree that you have to start incorporating solids at 6 months (I prefer to wait as long as possible, giving them the full benefit of mommy’s milk), but this book provides very good ideas for gradually incorporating solids at whatever age. To tell you the truth, I was very overwhelmed when I started Karis on solids, and this book has been a lifesaver. The author comes from a healthy viewpoint (encouraging readers to feed babies organic food as much as possible), and gives tips for making cereals and all baby foods very nutritious by incorporating ground nuts/seeds, and other boosters.
This book will carry you from beginning solids to toddler-hood with an abundance of recipes, meal planning, cooking, storage, heating, and safety instructions. I think I am just going to have to buy it myself! I learned so much for increasing nutrition in our diet as well!
This book was great. I was blessed to receive it from a friend when we were talking about making baby food. Like you, I did not agree with everything, but this book is absolutely a power house of information! I only wish I had come across this WAY before I started introducing my daughter to solid foods so I could start giving homemade baby food from the beginning. I initially started on her some store-bought, and she has kind of turned her nose up at some of the homemade.
My son has severe allergies and this book was quite helpful for me especially with the nutritional information and healthy recipes. I loved it!