Product Description

Annabel Karmel is known and trusted by millions of parents for her unrivalled advice on feeding babies and children. In association with Great Ormond Street Hospital, she puts her wide expertise and knowledge to use in a broader parenting arena, providing a comprehensive planner for you and your baby. Divided into clear, easy-to-find sections for pregnancy, 0-3 months, 4-6 months, 7-9 months and 10-12 months, Complete First Year Planner provides your optimum diet for pregnancy and ensures a healthy, happy, stress-free first year for you and your baby. With clear charts and tip boxes throughout, this is the book no parent can be without; packed with essential, at-a-glance planners, indispensable advice on feeding and superb recipes, crucial information on the practicalities, effective techniques to deal with crying and sleeping and easy methods to encourage your child's development.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4189 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 276 pages

Review
'She's a miracle woman', Jools Oliver .'the new mum's Delia Smith...Karmel's book is a good, jargon-free read with honest advice on care from pregnancy to your baby's first birthday (there are fab recipes too)', She .'a down-to-earth guide to all aspects of pregnancy, birth and babycare, for new parents during that critical first year...Annabel Karmel is THE leading expert', Prima Baby

Guardian
‘The Delia Smith of cooking for children’

Jools Oliver
"I used a book by Annabel Karmel. She's a miracle woman"

Customer Reviews

Poorly written (or edited)
I was highly unimpressed by this book, because of the poor editing. It cannot even decide (from one page to the next) what constitutes a serving of vegetables.

Generally good advice
I bought this book when my little boy was approaching 4 months and wish I had bought it earlier, as some of the information on the early stages would have been useful. I would have liked a little more information regarding how much food to give a developing baby, and when to decrease milk etc, and some of the information about which foods to give and when is slightly conflicting in various chapters (probably due to updating along with Department of Health guidelines) but otherwise I found this an unpatronising and easy to dip into reference guide.

Buy this book
I have so many books on Baby's first year but this is the best. It summarises what is important, gives practical tips and wonderful checklists. I am very impressed by this book. The author has managed to cover all you need to know in an easy to read way. The book is structured in 5 main topics "Practicalities", "Sleeping", "Crying", "Developing" and "Feeding". All topics are separated per age; 0-3 months, 4-6 months, 7-9 months and 10-12 months. In addition there are recipes for during pregnancy and weaning as well as guidance on what to look out for when buying baby equipment. Each chapter also contains a perfect summary on your baby's development for that particular age.
I feel so confident having this book and use it as a reference daily.