February 2013 Moms
Drea926
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Should I bother?
Drea926
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DS started solids a few weeks ago with just a little cereal. Next week I'd like to start with veggies - I'm thinking sweet potato. So here's my question -
In theory, I'd love to make my own. My SIL gifted me her baby food mill and I also have an cuisinart food processor (which I feel may do the trick faster, I don't know). How time consuming is making your own food? For the summer it won't be a problem but in September when I go back to teaching, I know I'm going to lean towards buying baby food out of sheer convenience and time. I'd rather play with DS when I can, rather than pureeing away! So should I bother making my own if in a couple months I'll probably end up just buying it at the store? :P
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Re: Should I bother?
I just started making it last week, but honestly I feel like it's SO worth it. I go back to teaching in September too and don't think it'll be bad at all. Just last night I made avocado AND banana, washed dishes twice, transferred already-frozen purees to plastic bags... all in 30 minutes after she went to bed. Depending on the food you make and how much, you can easily make WEEKS worth of food in very little time. Obviously certain foods you have to cook first and they take longer, but I don't think it's bad. I made sweet potatoes first, and just peeled, boiled and blended them. From just two sweet potatoes I got 15 2oz servings. Last night from 4 bananas I got 15 2oz servings and from three avocados I got 13 2oz servings.
Plus, they taste great since it's just the original food, plus water!
I wasn't sure I'd like it at first, but now that I've done it, it's way easier and less time consuming than I originally thought. I'm definitely pro-homemade purees now
ETA: I HATE cooking too btw! So for me to like doing this is pretty amazing lol
As her food intake grew, I simply just made extras of whatever food I was making and would pure it. I would send those to daycare the following day or give them to her at home.
I finally gave up and just used store bought food. It wasn't because I didn't have the time, I was just too lazy to get more creative with my foods. There are many organic brands out there now that had a variety of fruits, veggies, and mixes of the two.
Haha! You are definitely selling it well! I actually really like to cook - so maybe I will give it a whirl! I hadn't really thought about being able to yield so much at a time - so that's pretty great!
When I made dd's foods, I always kept a few jars for when I for lazy, so it never felt like a chore to make my own. I would make a batch when I made dinner. So if I cooked peas, I would make some extra, pur?e them, and then freeze some. I felt like making batches on its own felt like more work, but that is me. My dd never napped well, so I didn't have a ton of free time.
This is exactly how I feel. In fact I was planning to post on this. I'll have very little time in my day once I go back to work and DH and I routinely skip dinner altogether so I think I'll end up buying in the long run. I'd have to buy a food processor or something similar and can't it only stay frozen for a few weeks?
If you do decide to buy these are organic and not very expensive. You can buy them on amazon or at Whole Foods:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0030VBQGS/ref=mp_s_a_1_28?qid=1373294906&sr=8-28&pi=SL75u
It's at least worth a shot! I really like the savings too (I'm a sucker for savings lol). I mean, two sweet potatoes, 4 bananas and 3 avocados... I could find that much money floating around in my car lol
I made it with DS1. I taught too.
I just made large batches on the weekends, froze in ice cube trays, then dumped in baggies. It wasn't a big deal at all. Took maybe an hour and a half of my time. I have that steamer that blends in the same container though, so I just turned it on and walked away. The only issue I had was daycare. I had to have a doctor's note to use homemade food and breastmilk and they weren't happy about my not providing tons of food - they were convinced he was going to starve. He didn't. 
Hmmm...but I used the baby one with another child who already ate all those things, so it would be the same. Don't they come apart to put through the dishwasher to remove old food??
They were saying that it was something more than food that washing couldn't remove... somehow the allergen stayed behind... I wish I could find the article. It didn't make much sense to me, so I never paid it much mind, just thought I'd see if anyone else had heard...