Comments on: First Meals

By: YIVAN CHEN

YIVAN CHEN — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:35:51 +0000

I try some of the receipts for my twins. They don’t like it. I know that you should not feed baby under 12 months, leeks, onion, heavy butter cooking. If you follow the book, your baby may endup with choking hazard. Please watch out. Don’t buy this book. The receipt is not good for the baby. They are not suppose to eat those food.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:19:04 +0000

I agree with “A reader from Boston” for the same reasons. Ms. Karmel is living in a fantasy world. My kid eats fruits, vegetables, and grains, but she won’t touch this stuff. She’s just over two years old and she won’t come near the stuff Karmel expects a one-year old to eat. I was pretty dubious about it just reading the recipes but gave them a try. So anyone who wants my copy cheap please drop me a line.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: M.B.

M.B. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:24:13 +0000

This is a great book. We have used this heavily and have NEVER bought prepackaged, odd-colored, jarred or other food for our child. Get this book and make the food. It is easy. Your baby will thrive.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: E. A Kelsey

E. A Kelsey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:36:22 +0000

First of all, I bought the book Superfoods as well ( that one has the same basic recipes, but with gorgeous illustrations) and my review for that book will be the same.

The plus side to both books is that Annabel Karmel is very creative. I mean very. She makes food so presentable to children ( esp toddlers)and very fun to make ( if you have the time). She even gives some accurate nutritional info about the importance of garlic, ginger, and other herbs/spices in a person’s diet ( however, she fails to mention that some children have stomach problems after ingesting garlic).

Where she goes WAY off is with her general nutritional information. For example, she recommends microwaving foods ad says it is not harmful. FALSE It depletes anything that it cooks of all nutrients. She goes on to mention the importance of including beef, pork, and poultry in a infants diet. In the China Study, which is the most comprehensive study ever done on nutrition in both America and abroad, it was discovered over 27 years of research that all meat ( excluding fish) and dairy are the main ( yes MAIN) contributers to cancer and a host of other problems that are affecting society. On top of that, most meat ( even if it says ‘free range’) has horrific hormones added to it, and the cattle/pigs/poultry eat poor quality, genetically modified ( on cheap farms) grass and corn. As far as providing adequate protein, calcium, and iron for our little ones, there are plenty of fortified cereals for infants, and veggies such as broccoli have lots of absorbable protein and calcium ( and spinach is a great source of iron).

Even if you could care less about the impact that our consumption of meat and animal biproducts has on the environment, think about your child eating meat that came from an unhealthy, abused and hormone laden animal that has been eating ground animal waste ( no joke). It is not a pretty or healthy picture.

Please do your research before giving your children meat and dairy, and be sure to find out if your child has any allergies to soy or wheat.

Books I recommend for you begin your research:

The China Study

Vegetarian Mother and Baby

Super Baby Food

The Petit Appetit Cookbook

Fast Food Nation

Quantum Wellness

Skinny Bitch ( a humorous book for moms that has excellent and well researched health info)

Simply Natural Baby Food

Rating: 2 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:46:47 +0000

The Hard cover layout of this book makes it impractical to use in the kitchen where you need to.
Rating: 1 / 5