Table of Contents

• 1: Foreword
• 2: Understanding Weaning
• • 1: What weaning’s all about
  • 2: Weaning truths and myths
  • 3: Creating a healthy diet
  • 4: Special diets
  • 5: Allergy concerns
  • 6: Is your baby ready for weaning?
  • 7: Offering new foods
• 3: First tastes: Stage One – around 6 months
• • 1: Getting started: what you’ll need
  • 2: Which foods should I choose?
  • 3: Best first foods
  • 4: Preparing your baby’s meals
  • 5: The very first spoonful
  • 6: The next few weeks
  • 7: Your baby’s response
  • 8: Introducing finger foods
  • 9: First vegetable puree
  • 10: Roasted butternut squash or pumpkin
  • 11: Baked Sweet Potatoes
  • 12: Trio of root vegetables
  • 13: Carrot, sweet potato, and apple
  • 14: Butternut squash and apple
  • 15: Butternut squash and pear
  • 16: Apple puree
  • 17: Pear puree
  • 18: No cook purees
  • 19: Mango purees
  • 20: Menu planners
• 4: Exploring new tastes and textures: Stage Two – 6 to 9 months
• • 1: Getting it right from the beginning: introducing new foods
  • 2: The best new foods
  • 3: Foods to avoid
  • 4: Lumps, chunks, and learning to chew
  • 5: Foods for little fingers
  • 6: Annabel’s top 10 weaning tips
  • 7: Sweet potato with broccoli and peas
  • 8: Pumpkin and pea puree
  • 9: Potato, carrot, and sweetcorn
  • 10: Cheesy leek, sweet potato, and cauliflower
  • 11: Lentil puree with sweet potato
  • 12: Tomato and butternut squash pasta
  • 13: Salon and corn chowder
  • 14: Poached salmon with carrots and peas
  • 15: Annabel’s tasty salmon
  • 16: Cod with butternut squash and cheese sauce
  • 17: Spinach and cod puree
  • 18: Mild chicken and apricot curry
  • 19: Chicken with sweet potato, peas, and basil
  • 20: Beginner’s beef casserole
  • 21: Beginner’s beef casserole
  • 22: Beef casserole with sweet potato and apple
  • 23: Apple and blackberry compote
  • 25: Apple and pear with apricots
  • 26: Apple and plum with blue berries
  • 27: Pear and plum compote
  • 28: Menu planner
• 5: Creating a varied diet: Stage Three – 10 to 12 months
• • 1: A balanced diet at 10 to 12 months
  • 2: Moving on to new textures
  • 3: Successful self-feeding
  • 4: Family food
  • 5: Out and about
  • 6: Tomato and basil pasta sauce
  • 7: Cherub’s couscous
  • 8: Pasta `Risotto’
  • 9: Chicken Bolognese
  • 10: Annabel’s tasty Bolognese
  • 11: Cheesy rice balls
  • 12: Annabel’s chicken burgers
  • 13: Mini meatballs
  • 14: Fish fingers
  • 15: Mini sandwiches to share
  • 16: French bread mini pizza
  • 17: Cheese and apple quesadilla
  • 18: Tropical banana lolly
  • 19: Blueberry and banana lolly
  • 20: Banana muffins
  • 21: Oat cooks
  • 22: Menu planner
• 6: Resources
• 7: Index
• 8: Acknowledgements

About the Author

Annabel Karmel is a bestselling author and respected authority on child nutrition and cookery

Annabel Karmel is a leading children's author who has written several bestselling books including DK's Feeding Your Baby and Toddler.

As the busy working mother of three children, Annabel has had first-hand experience of the difficulties in feeding young children. She is firmly of the belief that children are less likely to become fussy eaters if they are used to a good selection of fresh foods from an early age.

Annabel writes for a wide range of magazines and newspapers and appears regularly on television. She resides in London with her 3 children.