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Making Your Own Baby Food?

I'm just curious about how much trouble you feel like it is? My gift from DH's family was a Beaba baby food maker and recipe book from William Sonoma. honestly, I have never expressed an interest in making my own baby food and am not sure if I should keep the gift -- it was not inexpensive and it is possible that I may be going back to work around the time when we start solids (ie, I can't imagine I will have time to still nurse/pump, feed DH and I, keep the house clean AND make baby food :) ). I'm kinda ok with good old fashioned Gerber, but the idea of DIY-ing would be kind of cool if it wasn't a huge headache. I know that some baby foods have nutrients added and I wonder if my baby would be missing out on those? We will probably not be doing tons of organic -- it's just too $$ right now.

Re: Making Your Own Baby Food?

  • I know a lot of moms that have made it and swear it's easy as pie. Have you watched the video for the food maker? It sold me...it looked so easy!

    Good luck with whatever you decide. ?

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  • I make my own baby food and really like it.  It's WAY cheaper than buying gerber or any other brand.  I also like that I know exactly what she is getting, nothing added (like preservatives, dyes, sugars, etc.).  There are some good additives in cereals so I buy those sometimes.

    DH and I take one afternoon a month or 6 weeks and make a huge batch of food.  We buy a bag of apples, pears or whatever we are in the mood for and cut, peel, steam in a pot with a steamer insert then pop it in the blender or food processor, then into ice cube trays to freeze.  Our one day of work will usually feed her for a month or so.  Now at 9 months I'm not doing so much of it, I give her a lot of fresh fruit (cut up or in her mesh feeder) and I've been making meat dishes in the crockpot with lots of veggies for her. 

    I think the biggest problem with that machine would be only making small amounts of food, you'd have to do it more often.  If it was me, I wouldnt' buy the machine, but if it was a gift, I might use it but only once or twice.  If you haven't been to www.wholesomebabyfood.com  it's the best resource.

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  • It is really easy to do and knowing that I am not giving DS a bunch of processed food makes me feel better. I did a different veggie or fruit each time, made lots, froze in ice cube trays and put in the deep freeze. I bought some organic, some local, and some was what DH grew in the garden. Also made whatever veggie was on sale. I have tasted some of the stuff in jars and it was gross tasted nothing like the food it was supposed to be. The homemade stuff tastes like carrots, sweet potatoes, pears, etc.

    Here is a site that has some good info;

    https://wholesomebabyfood.com/babyfirstfoods.htm

  • It's actually very very easy and I love doing it. I don't think you really need the beaba baby food maker though. It has bpa in it if you're worried about those things. If not, no big deal. My personal thoughts on it are that you feed actual purees for so short of a time that it's not really worth the expensive foodmaker. A steam bag and blender or food processor will do just fine. With that said, making babyfood isn't any problem at all. I worked full time and just made a few batches at the same time while making dinner in the evening. Babyfood doesn't really have vitamins added but when you reach stage 2 foods they do add salt, sugar and other things you don't really want your baby to eat. Also in order to be shelf stable, the fruits and veggies are cooked at higher temps which leaches out some of the good vitamins but if you choose jarred babyfood you're kid is going to turn out just fine too. It's really just a personal preference either way.
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