First, I LOVE the sample menu section. It has encouraged me to give my daughter a much more varied diet! There are a lot of creative ideas in there!

The nutrition information covers all the basics without going into information overload.

There is also a food diary, describing what her daughter ate at what age. This is, in my opinion, the weakest section of the book.

By contrast, the Lair book recipes called for ingredients that you could only get at a natural foods store or macrobiotic grocery, and most of the recipes are really for ADULTS, not babies. There's just a little note at the bottom that says (for example) "reserve some of the beans and mash for a baby."

The Baby Cookbook uses food available at a regular store, and has recipes that can be served for baby and everyone else (after about age 9 months, when you're past the very plain food). As a stay-at-home mom, I like the snack recipes that make one adult and one child serving to share.

I wish the recipes specified what age to serve them to baby. Instead, you have to page back to the sample menus and the what-to-introduce-when charts to figure out if the recipe is right for your child's age.


Full of great information...   January 7, 1999
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

...just what I needed 5 years ago when I started feeding my 1st son. The information about nutrition, allergens, and when to introduce food was invaluable and neatly gathered in one place, The recipes were very interesting, some basic, some regional (California), some ethnic (Scandinavian). We just about wore out our copy before passing it along, and have purchased several copies as gifts. Now we're getting a new copy for our new baby. I cannot recommend this book highly enough - it's in the top 2 or 3 of it's category, and the one I find most usable.


The recipes are not for an everyday mom like me!   November 23, 1998
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I found that in order to create some of the recipes listed in the book I would have to make a special trip to the market. I found the recipes eccentric and not at all what I was looking for. I was expecting a book that contained healthy, easy recipes for an everyday mom like me!


just what I needed!   May 13, 1997
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Raising a baby is enough of a challenge -- this book, given to me by my pediatrician, really saved my life! Quite readable too! Great job Ms. Knight!