Feeding Your Baby and Toddler - Annabel Karmel

My daughter Ellie is nearly 5 months old, so I felt it was time to start thinking about the joys of introducing her to solid foods. Being a first time mum and wanting to do things right, I decided to buy a book to give me some hints and tips, so I made a trip to my local WH Smith store. I was astounded by the amount of books to choose from on the themes of weaning and baby / toddler feeding. To be honest, I didn't really know where to start or which book to choose. I chose the Annabel Karmel book because it seemed to have a good variety of different information and the kind of things that I needed to know. The book also had lots of ...  Read the complete review

Annabel Karmel is a well known cookery author for children and a trained Cordon Bleu cook. I have often seen her recipes for babies and toddlers in parent and child magazines, which promted me to buy this particular book. I wanted to get some sound advice and some different ideas on what to feed my baby once he was starting solids and beyond. I purchased this book from WHSmith in 2002. It was £12.99 and worth every penny, in my opinion. This book really stood out for me, when I was looking for a comprehensive guide to feeding my son. It has a bright cover , depicting a child enjoying his food, some food photos, and the title couldn't be ...  Read the complete review

My son has now reached the stage where regular milk feeds are just not enough for him. He can sit up pretty well, his hands are always putting random objects into his mouth and he has an alarming interest in my mugs of coffee. All this, apparently, points to him being ready to start on solids - one of the most exciting milestones in a baby's first year! So we have started on baby rice and purees, and I am eager to learn more about nutritious food that I can prepare over the coming weeks and months. I had seen many Annabel Karmel articles in magazines and on websites, and seen her on television programmes such as This Morning, where it was plain to see that she ...  Read the complete review

Annabel Karmel is one of the top babies and children's Nutrition experts, she has numerous books out on how to wean your baby, dealing with fussy eaters, right through to books about feeding the whole family. What this women does not know is not worth knowing, in my eyes she is a saint. I am a really big Annabel Karmel fan, as she has helped my son become one of the best little eaters there is (he will eat everything and anything). Annabel Karmel's Feeding your Baby and Toddler was brought for me when i was pregnant and I have been using this like my bible ever since. The book is hardback with a picuture of a baby on the font being ...  Read the complete review

This book is an ideal first read for anyone facing the daunting task of weaning babies and feeding toddlers. It has good basic information on foods and divides recipes in to age ranges beginning at 4-6 months and ending with 3-5 years. The recipes are lovely, although I would have liked more vegetarian options. Some items are more suited to parties or gatherings of several children, as they are time consuming to prepare for just one child. An example of this is the Chicken Sausage Snails which uses three tiny strips of carrot, a tiny amount of shredded cabbage and four peas for decoration. In this instance, it would be ideal if the whole family ate the ...  Read the complete review