On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:24:46 GMT, "Melissa" wrote:

I'm in the process of reading Super Baby Food and I have several questions
for you all because I want to know if the diet is (a) realistic and (b)
worthwhile.

First off, have any of you done this diet? If so, was it worth it or should
I pull out the best ideas from the book and use my own judgement.

I bought the book when our youngest was under a year and loved it. I certainly
didn't follow everything the author said to the letter, but I thought the book
definitely helped me feed DD#2 better. I don't see much wrong with jarred baby
food, but I had the time to make stuff from scratch and it was sort of fun, and
this way saved a load of money.

My main issue with the book, so far, is that although she goes on (and on
and on) about organic and fresh, she seems to gear everything towards a
formula fed baby who starts solids at four months.

This was my biggest gripe about the book. I got really ticked at how she went on
and on (oh, yeah, and on and on!) about buying organic, blah, blah, blah, but
then was so wishy-washy about a baby having formula. I even wrote to the author
via her web page and asked for an explanation about that, but never got an
answer. It seems to me that it was just a way to make sure not to offend the
folks that use formula so that they'd buy her book.

I'm thinking supplements are supplements so
whether they're in a store bought cereal or added to my own cereal, rice
cereal is rice cereal. Am I wrong here or am I missing something?

I can't stand store-bought rice cereal. It's so bland! Even mixed with
breastmilk, it's not appealing at all. I made DD#2 the rice cereal from the
recipe in the book and she *loved* it. She'd eat that happily on its own, but
she really went crazy for it when I mashed in a banana. I would grind up a bag
of the organic rice and store it in a container in the fridge, then every three
days or so, cook up a batch, put it in little containers and heat each serving
in the microwave as needed. It was really almost as easy as making the stuff
from the box.

TIA. I want to do what's best for DD and do plan to make most of her food
myself, but I also don't want to get psycho about this stuff and want
mealtimes to be fun and relaxing.

I think there are some really great recipes in that book. I certainly am not one
to follow anything 100% -- instead, I take what I like and discard the rest. The
one thing that really didn't sit well with me (besides the easy acceptance of
formula use) was the whole kids-don't-need-meat thing. Maybe they don't.
However, our family eats meat and so that was something I went "pffft" to and
moved on.


Tracy

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We child proofed our home 3 years ago
and they're still getting in!
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