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Super Baby Food: Your Com-
plete Guide to What, When,
and How to Feed Your Baby and
Toddler, 3rd ed. 2013. Yaron R. FJ
Roberts Publishing, 20 Blythe Dr,
Peckville, PA 18452. Softcover book,
541 pp, $19.95, ISBN: 978-0-965260-
32-9.
Completely revised and updated
.partners with parents to create the
perfect, nutritionally superior bite for
their babies and toddlers .—FJ Roberts
Publishing
Increasingly, parents are moving
away from commercially prepared
baby foods and opting to introduce
unprocessed freshly prepared foods
as babies' first foods. Super Baby Food
provides a contemporary guide for
feeding during early childhood that
helps parents accomplish this goal.
Written at an accessible level, this
comprehensive book provides clear
guidance on when to introduce
specific foods and how to select and
prepare fresh fruits, vegetables, whole
grains, and protein-based foods
appropriate for each stage of develop-
ment. Preparing your own baby food
can seem overwhelming, but Super
Baby Food provides many time- and
money-saving tips that make it easier
to commit to the ‘‘green’’ lifestyle.
As a new mother, I find myself refer-
ring to the book weekly for tips on what
new foods can be introduced. One
major advantage of preparing my own
foods has been the increased variety
of foods that I can offer my infant
beyond what is offered in the ba-by
food aisle of the grocery store. Quite
frankly, the freshly prepared foods
smell and taste much better than the
processed varieties we have tried.
Super Baby Food also contains
extensive information on ‘‘green’’
living (eg, homemade household
products, growing your own foods)
that I personally found to be non-
essential from a nutrition perspective,
but this information would likely
appeal to others wanting to adopt a
complete lifestyle approach. As a
nutrition professional, I wanted to
the information presented in the text.
In all, the book is an excellent
introductory-level resource for new
parents. I suspect that most new par-
ents would not read the book cover
to cover, but rather use it as a refer-
ence. This book does not serve as a
substitute for Child of Mine: Feeding
With Love and Good Sense, by Ellyn Sat-
ter, widely regarded as a critical guide
to child nutrition. Child of Mine pro-
vides a research-based description of
the behavioral aspects of feeding chil-
dren that sets the foundation for
developing a healthy relationship
with food. In contrast, Super Baby
Food acts as a supplemental resource
for parents desiring to improve the
quality and freshness of foods for their
children.
Overall, Super Baby Food is a great
resource for parents looking for an
easy guide to a more natural approach
to feeding their children.
Jennifer Lucarelli, PhD, School of Health
Sciences, Oakland University, 2200 N
Squirrel Rd, Rochester, MI 48309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2014.05.003
Cite this article as Lucarelli J. Super
Baby Food: Your Complete Guide to
What, When, and How to Feed
Your Baby and Toddler, 3rd ed [New
Resources for Nutrition Educators]. J
Nutr Educ Behav. 2014;46:456.e1.

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