The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook
ISBN: 9781615190492
Published: 2012-04-03
Price: $15.95
Paperback: 192 pp.
Subject: Parenting
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The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook
130 Recipes That Will Help Your Baby Learn to Eat Solid Foods—And That the Whole Family Will Enjoy
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Forget baby purées and spoon-feeding—there’s an easier, more natural way to introduce your little one to solid foods. By about six months, when babies can sit up unassisted, grab things, and munch on them, they are ready to join the family at the kitchen table and discover real, solid food for themselves.

Baby-led weaning sets the stage for healthy eating habits in the years ahead by helping babies learn to feed themselves, to gauge appetite, and to love a variety of nutritious foods. Now, with The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook, cooking family meals that your little one can share will be a cinch. Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett—coauthors of Baby-Led Weaning, the book that started the movement—collect 130 recipes perfectly suited for baby-led weaning, as well as:

• Straightforward advice on which foods to start with
• Essential at-a-glance information on nutrition and food safety
• Healthy ideas for quick snacks, delicious desserts, and meals for the whole family
• Anecdotes and quotes from parents who follow baby-led weaning
• Tips on minimizing the mess, keeping food the right size for little hands, and more!

The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook will give you the recipes and the confidence to create exciting, enjoyable mealtimes that encourage little ones to develop at their own pace.

“This engaging resource features lots of recipes to encourage baby independence during weaning and should match the popularity of the previous guide.”
Library Journal

Errata
Some references to baking powder were accidentally omitted from the first printing of The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook hardcover and paperback editions. The Dumplings (page 146) should include 1 teaspoon baking powder, and the Fruit Crumble (page 154) should include 2 teaspoons baking powder. Additionally, these recipes do not specify when to add the baking powder: Banana Muffins (page 165), Carrot Muffins (page 166), Morning Glory Muffins (page 168), Banana Cake (page 172), and Spanish Apple Cake (page 173). In all the recipes noted here, please mix or sift the baking powder into the flour.

Gill Rapley, the pioneering champion of baby-led weaning, worked as a public health nurse for over twenty years and has also been a midwife, lactation consultant, and voluntary breastfeeding counselor. She is currently pursuing a PhD in infant feeding.


Tracey Murkett is a voluntary mother-to-mother breastfeeding helper and coauthor with Gill Rapley of Baby-Led Weaning and The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook.