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  • Hmmm...The Bump News section has an article on store-bought food being better for Baby than homemade. We registered for a Baeba Babycook Pro. Expensive? Yes, but completely worth it if we actually use it! That being said, as a soon-to-be working mom, I would definitely prefer the convenience of store-bought food over making it myself, but I always assumed homemade is way better for baby. Anyone know of any other research on this?
  • @MrsVoorhees it's not Pepper Jack, but a good Horseradish Cheddar has a nice kick to it if you like the flavor. I think Boars Head makes a good one (last time I bought it was before I was pregnant, however - so I could be wrong!) Either way - you gotta check the label to make sure it's not flavored artificially - otherwise it's not nearly as good.
  • @AnnaS930 RE:  Tim Hortons.   They closed all the Maine stores and a good deal of all the stores Syracuse and East here in New York as well.   They had a new company buy them out and that company put in a new policy on stores from Ohio to Maine that they had to meet certain levels.   Apparently there was only one or two across the Syracuse border line that cut it so they just closed all of them as the one or two wouldn't be worth the price to ship goods their way.   It was a huge thing here when they went through and shut everything down as they gave no notice to anyone...the employees or the franchise owners.   They just walked in, locked the doors, and told all the employees to leave. :(
  • PSUBecky23PSUBecky23 member
    edited July 2016

    @Sbrown721 I cannot for the life of me fathom how mass produced processed food would be better than homemade food. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it and it's perfectly safe (and there are many brands that are purely vegetable/fruit and water) but if you have plans to make it yourself, then go for it. I made the majority of my daughter's food just using the food processor that I already had. Hoping this time to just do baby led weaning.

    Just read the article - confused because food before one is just for fun and the majority of baby's nutrition until age one is still supposed to come from breastmilk/formula, so I don't get why the nutritional standards matter.

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    Reese born 3/23/13
    Due 9/14/16

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  • drmh22drmh22 member
    edited July 2016
    @Sbrown721 I have no idea why store bought would be better than homemade. I've done homemade almost exclusively and it's super easy. I'm so so not a 'homemade' type person, but I tried a few things at the beginning and never stopped. I did a combo of BLW and purées. I still make different mixtures and freeze them in ice cube trays because she's now refusing most meat and veggies, so I have to hide it. I like know exactly what goes in it. though I will add that most brands are just the fruit and veggies, no additives.

    ETA: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
  • @PSUBecky23 I'm glad I wasn't the only one confused by the article. I haven't had a chance to go researching elsewhere on this matter...homemade definitely seems to be the healthier way to go.
  • @Sbrown721 - Agreed with @PSUBecky23 - I made a good portion of my son's food (though store bought pouches were also amazing for traveling and quick/easy/CLEAN foods as well). I really enjoyed making baby food, and because it was just for fun I wasn't too worried about veggies losing nutrients, etc (If that's their concern) it was  more about introducing textures/flavors to his little palate. We also mixed in a bit of baby led weaning in that we gave him some larger chunks of things along with some purees and just winged it.  If you want to make food, definitely do it. A few vegetables makes lots of servings, I was able to make up a week or two of food during a morning baby nap on a Saturday or Sunday.

    @LakeR2014 - That's really too bad about TimHorton's, a few had closed in the past year, I didn't realize that the final closings were so sudden. In its place is my favorite local sub/pizza shop, so I wasn't terribly disappointed (also a Dunkin 1/4 mile away), but I do feel bad for those who were left unemployed!
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  • I just looked at my August schedule. Outside of working 40 hours a week, I have birthing classes every Monday night, an infant CPR class, two breastfeeding classes, a meeting with the maternity care coordinator, two OB appointments and a baby shower. I don't know how I'm going to survive!!
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


  • @drmh22 I'm obsessed with it!!!! Looks great
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  • @AmMcc12 baby's already filled up your schedule and he's not even here yet! At least it'll make time fly by.
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  • @AmMcc12 - It could be tiring, but August is going to fly by! I'm working on filling mine up right now so that it does the same!
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  • @drmh22 I LOVE it! I do not think it looks obnoxious at all, super cool.
  • @Sbrown721 aw how sweet!!!!!! Happy birthday!
  • @AlwaysAunyNeverMom and @AnnaS930 I'm hoping the busy month makes it go fast. I still have two months left!!
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


  • Megan324 said:
    Did I mention that every weekend from here on out I am booked until baby??
    5 baby showers in a row, then moving, then wedding, then baby! Ah!

    ETA: only 3 are mine, book ended are my SIL and a cousin.
    I'm trying to achieve this as well!!  My husband works a lot of weekends, so trying to book them up with adventures and/or family visits!!  Yay!!
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  • @seitzy3 - I'm sorry, what?!?! I'm a little ragey today.....ok, everyday lately. But I seriously would have had to smack someone. Preferably the person touching my belly, but anyone close by would have sufficed at that point.
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  • @seitzy3
    that sounds AWFUL.
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  • AnnaS930 said:
    Megan324 said:
    Did I mention that every weekend from here on out I am booked until baby??
    5 baby showers in a row, then moving, then wedding, then baby! Ah!

    ETA: only 3 are mine, book ended are my SIL and a cousin.
    I'm trying to achieve this as well!!  My husband works a lot of weekends, so trying to book them up with adventures and/or family visits!!  Yay!!
    Stuck in a quote box for no reason..

    Time is going to flyyyyyyyyy!
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  • RedMarRedMar member
    @Sbrown721 yayyyyyy how sweet of them and happy birthday!!!!
  • Happy Birthday!!! @Sbrown721

    @seitzy3 That is really creepy, I don't know that I would have been able to handle that.  Did they realize it was awkward at that point, or were they totally oblivious?



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  • @Steephers123 nope. It started off as one hand then she went right with a two hander and did a little rub, or more like a jiggle thing? I don't know it was so freaking awkward I didn't know what to do. I sort of stepped back a little and luckily D was heading straight for the ocean so I just said I needed to catch up with her. 

    DD #1 3/26/13
    Mo/Mo twins MMC 3/31/14  o:)
    DD #2 3/31/15
    DD #3 8/25/16
  • @seitzy3 EW! That's so off putting! I definitely would have said something rude mostly along the lines of "Please don't touch me."

    What gives any person the courage to go up to a total stranger and touch them in a normally "off limits" touch zone just because they're pregnant? This baby is not public property! Nor is the tummy it's growing in. BACK OFF! 

    Ugh. I've got the heebie geebies now.
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  • seitzy3 said:
    Today was the first day I had a stranger touch my belly. and it was when I was in my bikini. Stranger hand + bare belly = uncomfortable silence. 
    https://youtu.be/Bpq8PHcAb6Y 

    Sorry about the language but it's the first thing that came to mind. 
  • RedMarRedMar member
    I was looking for the same thing @drmh22  but I have a 2yo boy and a soon to be daughter (that is weird to say but so exciting!) anyone have any suggestions for this?
  • drmh22drmh22 member
    @RedMar I feel like Etsy is going to be our best option. I'm having a hard time for girls, I can't imagine that you'll have much luck for a boy and girl. 
  • seitzy3seitzy3 member
    edited July 2016
    hmmm what about baby gap? @drmh22 my girls are exactly two years apart and I think I have a few matching outfits for them from there


    edit: I'm also adding old navy to the list. They usually have the same clothes from 3 months to 4 years. 

    DD #1 3/26/13
    Mo/Mo twins MMC 3/31/14  o:)
    DD #2 3/31/15
    DD #3 8/25/16
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