2 baby food questions ...

bdakerman

If you make your baby food what have you been making? This is what I have made and will make soon ---

1) butternut squash

2) sweet potatoes

3) avocado

4) peas

5) green beans

5) green squash

6) carrots (making this wkend)

7) will start fruit nxt wk (bananas, peaches, apricot, apples)

 

Also, what does your LOs day look like for food? Not counting nursing this is what my Son eats --- its the same thing --- I need to get ideas for other things. I tried to give him happybaby puffs today but it seems like he is not ready. And, I tried a lil juice in a sippy cup - not interested.  

Breakfast, lunch and dinner - butternut squash (or sweet potatoes alone or mixed with a green veggie or cereal)

CocoP2008

I've made sweet potatoes, bananas, avocado, carrots and blueberries. I'm going to attempt beans sometime, but I guess they are harder to puree.

Right now we do:

Breakfast - cereal and fruit

Lunch - fruit and veggie

Dinner - cereal and veggie

Check out wholesomebabyfood.com. It's a great website for instructions on making baby food, freezing, thawing and gives an example of a weekly menu.

MrsSR

I've made bananas, peas, sweet potatoes, avocado... I've bought pears and carrots.

I've read that you shouldn't make your own carrots.  Something about nitrates???

And for the pears, they are on the "dirty dozen" list and I couldn't find any organic pears, so I bought organic baby food pears.

 

Mrs.Cford

MrsSR:

I've made bananas, peas, sweet potatoes, avocado... I've bought pears and carrots.

I've read that you shouldn't make your own carrots.  Something about nitrates???

And for the pears, they are on the "dirty dozen" list and I couldn't find any organic pears, so I bought organic baby food pears.

 

It is fine to make your own carrots just dump the cooking water and use boiled water if needed to puree

cookieinva

My DS also has had (and liked): broccoli, spinach, cauliflower, corn, asparagus, tomato (only small amounts mixed with other foods). He prefers veggies to fruit so I haven't done as much fruit but I noticed you didn't mention mango and that is one he likes alone or mixed with other fruits. We also now do yogurt, pasta, rice, some meat, puffs, yogurt melts, etc. I'm guessing you're not ready to try those yet but maybe soon. Here's what his meals look like:

Breakfast: half a yobaby yogurt (I know it has added sugars but we've tried other brands and he does't like them), a dozen or so Cheerios (he likes "chewing" Cheerios more than eating baby cereal)

Lunch: 2-3 cubes of veggies (yesterday 1 squash mixed with 1 spinach followed by 1 cauliflower), a few puffs or a cube of fruit

Dinner: 2-3 cubes of veggies and sometimes protein (make it different from lunch veggies; yesterday was 2 cubes of carrots mixed with a little fish followed by 1 cube of corn), a rice cracker or 2, some puffs, yogurt melts