Reddit reviews Super Baby Food

My stomach is as weak as they come but my son’s stomach is ironclad. I would focus on providing a well rounded diet high in healthy fats, protein, fruits and vegetables without regard for the FODMAP and just pay attention to how food affects him.

See if you can get this book from your library - I used it to help guide good food choices. https://www.amazon.com/Super-Baby-Food-Ruth-Yaron/dp/0965260321

I second the in-home licensed daycare. I couldn't be more pleased with the person we found for our daughter and it was probably half the price of the institutional daycare centers. We ended up paying $150/week for one child (7am-5pm, California). Besides being cheaper I found she got great personalized attention and found that our daughter was probably much better behaved and socialized than some of our friends' children (who went to a more expensive institutional daycare or no daycare at all). Make sure its a licensed daycare and get references. Ours can recommended from a trusted coworker, and luckily we have a family member that works for CPS that did a background check for us as well. You should be thorough checking out anyone that you're going to trust your child(ren) with.

The only other money saving tips I make sure to pass on to my friends with kids are:

1. Breastfeed for as long as possible. Not only is it better for the baby(ies), formula is damn expensive. Take advantage of a lactation consultant if at all possible. For me, insurance covered the first visit and I found it really helpful.
   
   
2. Make your own baby food. I got the book Super Baby Food and it was great. It let me know at what age it was appropriate to introduce various foods and how best to prepare fresh fruits and vegetables for freezing and reheating. I would spend a weekend making all kinds of pureed food, freeze them in ice cube trays, then have homemade baby food for the rest of the week. It was much cheaper than buying jar after jar of baby food and I was sure that she was getting healthy food. An immersion blender and the "Magic Bullet" were great tools for this. Both were available at Costco for cheap (if you have a membership or friends/family with a membership and can ask for them as gifts)

Buy the Purple Book baby food cookbook and a manual food grinder. I can't really cook and never a single jar of baby food.

EDIT: Link to the baby food cookbook:

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Baby-Food-Ruth-Yaron/dp/0965260321

Note: I'm a terrible cook and get confused by complicated recipes. So, this is the first place for any type of recipe. I would say, save money by skipping other baby books and get this instead.