Starting Solids

Starting solids is a big milestone in your baby’s life. If you are anything like I was you will want guidance on how and when to go about it.

The following books have been written by some leading authors in baby cook books and will be able to answer some if not all of your questions on starting solid foods with your baby.

Find out what the experts say is the right time to start baby food.

Look up some great homemade baby food recipes.

Feeding Your Baby and Toddler
Annabel Karmel

If you would like to have just one book about feeding your baby and toddler this book comes highly recommended. It has a chapter on weaning your baby which includes starting solids and recipes for exploring tastes. It also has recipes for 9 months up to 7 year olds. It includes menu planners and family meals recipes.

2004, Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

Top 100 Baby Purees Top 100 Baby Purees
Annabel Karmel
This is a great book to read when you have no idea what to give your baby when you first start to wean. It is full of recipes and advice divided into age group and stages.
2005, Ebury Press

First Food: Preparing Food for Babies and Toddlers
Sara Lewis

If you are looking for a book that will help you make tasty and nutritious homemade baby food then this is the book for you. With recipes set out in developmental stages and advice on topics such as freezing food it is a helpful guide to weaning your baby.

2000, Southwater

Weaning: Which Foods to Introduce and When
Sara Lewis and "Practical Parenting"

This book was written in association with Britain’s most read parenting magazine ‘Practical Parenting’. It will help answer many of your questions about weaning such as ‘can I reheat food?’

2006, Hamlyn

First Foods and Weaning (National Childbirth Trust Guides)
Ravinder Lilly

Written by a nutritionist and mother of two this book answers the question ‘When will I know my baby is ready to start solids’. It also covers many other topics regarding weaning along with simple recipes.

2002, Thorsons

BabySteps Complete Natural Feeding System

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