Can anyone reccommend a good weaning book?

[milkmummy1]

Am weaning my baby next month and dont know anything about it! can anyone reccomend a good book i can buy?
Big thanks

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Anything by Annabel Karmel is really good.

No it's not.

lol naughty moondog.

google or search on here for baby led weaning (blw) for an alternative.

moondog.

What's so funny?

I liked Rose Elliot's "Mother, Baby & Toddler" book (veggie) but probably because it contained my sort of cooking anyway.

Ah Fossil, you have inadvertently stumbled on one of the ancient mumsnet dichotomies:

There's breast v bottle, wohm v sahm, cloth v disposable... and purees v blw. Tis all in jest I'm sure

"My Child Won't Eat!: How to prevent and solve the problem" by Carlos Gonzales. Bit of a crap title but excellent book about the ideas behind weaning, solids & babies appetites. Well worth the read.

Poor old Annabel Karmel. She's not so bad - I am blwing and have used some of her finger food ideas.

'Optimum Nutrition for Babies and Toddlers' - some lovely recipes in there, though I will admit to substituting some of the ubiquitous wholemeal stuff for white even though that is apparently Very Bad.

Aitch's blog is excellent too - www.babyledweaning.com

I know all the stuff about 'just give them whatever you're having minus the salt', but sad as I am I quite like making stuff specially too.

Sorry, my recommendation was more in terms of meals to provide later. For the initial stages of weaning, do look into the baby-led approach as well as whatever the hv throws at you. I regret starting weaning at 16 weeks and if doing it again, would wait until 26 weeks. Enjoy it.