Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119867 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Synopsis
This volume is split into two parts. Part one - "Nutrition and Babycare" shows how to create a well-balanced and varied vegetarian diet that gives you and your baby all the essential nutrients you need to be healthy. Rose describes what this means in terms of a day's eating, she also looks at how you need to vary your basic diet in preparation for conception, during pregnancy and when breast-feeding your baby. Part two of the book contains a tasty, nutritious recipe section to put all Rose's good advice into practice. Taken from her own experience of having had three children and now five grandchildren, Rose offers practical parenting advice at each stage of your child's development - everything from how to make night feeds easier, to how to cope with your child's temper tantrums.

Customer Reviews

Excellent advice and support - and not just food
I found this book absolutely fabulous! It was a real life saver for me when I was having problems breast feeding my new baby. It encouraged me to continue and had all the problems that I was going through so I didn't feel alone. I am now happily breast feeding my baby after 8 months. Of course the book is not only about breast feeding. I also found the recipes very good and the nutritional advice essential. This book is a must for all vegetarian mums and mums-to-be. Well done Rose.

Great resource through pregnancy and the early years
I bought this whilst having my veggie pregnancy in part to quieten the calls from family as to the impending medical catastrophe that would ensue without me being nutritnally aware (ie needing a few meat pies and chicken livers to sustain the babe that is). I found it after searching for something written by someone in the know rather than faced with the usual it was really reasuring and gives plenty of data and input on meal menues etc to take the work out of it. Theres sections leading through weaning onto toddlers and even ideas on play and toys. A calming and really useful book I'd recomend and do often to all veggie mums to be - not least to leave in the kitchen if the mother in law comes to "help".

useful
I disagree with the review below on the child rearing parts of this book which I found very down to earth and sensible. As a mother of three I read this when pregnant with my first child and thought both the recipes (lots suggestions for adapting for toddlers) and other child rearing info useful. Rose Elliot suggests keeping toys in bottom drawers and accessible places and things you don't want broken out of reach - much bettr than not adapting your house and trying to say "no" to a difficult two year old I would have thought.