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Britty685 · May 2010

I have been debating with myself about making my own baby food. How many are planning on doing this? Any comments, questions, or angry exhortations?

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elizabeth429 · May 2010

I make all of DD's food, and honestly, it's not that hard at all. Just steam and mash. Many things don't even need to be cooked, can just be mashed. I make her food one day a week and then freeze it in cubes, and then just reheat the rest of the week.

Also, she eats what we do much of the time. If we're having baked potatoes, I'll mash some up for her, or mash whatever veggie we're having for dinner. I have a Ninja food processor and I absolutely LOVE it! I also have a baby food recipe book for more ideas of different combos.

SpartanChick88 · May 2010

I only work part time out of the house, and part time at home. I figure that, as long as I'm cooking for us, how hard can it really be to mash an extra sweet potato or puree plums? Plus it will eliminate all the extra preservatives that come in baby food. I'm not all crazy natural organic or anything, I just want to give her the best start she can get.

Britty685 · May 2010

freezing in ice cube trays is a GREAT idea. I was wondering how I would know how much baby ate. I really should go buy a book and read more about it. What is the name of the recipe book that you are using?

chelsealush · May 2010

Haha, when I added my vote both doing and not doing were at 48.6% with the remainder on the fence.?

I voted I am.

triplea1819 · May 2010

Kredd88:
I only work part time out of the house, and part time at home. I figure that, as long as I'm cooking for us, how hard can it really be to mash an extra sweet potato or puree plums? Plus it will eliminate all the extra preservatives that come in baby food. I'm not all crazy natural organic or anything, I just want to give her the best start she can get.

if you look at the ingredients, there are no preservatives. It is just food mixed with water.. jar food, if you read the ingredients and buy the right stuff can be just as good as what you make at home, just more convenient.

katana · May 2010

I did for DS, but I don't think I will do as much this time. Meat for sure, because jarred meat grosses me out, but I don't think I will bother with fruits and veggies.

Giggity19 · May 2010

I have a Ninja too, which will be great for pureeing. I also registered for some freezer food savers that have lids, though ice cube trays will do the same.

Staribeth · May 2010

MH is the one who suggested we do it. We love our kitchenaid food processor and registered for freezing trays and labels. It just seems like it will fit in very easily to our lifestyle so we plan on doing it. However, like all baby related plans, I am willing to adapt if needed!

nfarrell · May 2010

We did for dd and I think we will for this one too. It takes no time at all

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suzstar · May 2010

I'm so picky about the crap that goes into MY food I think I may have to do this. My hubby likes the idea too - save money because we can must get stuff and make our own and make it in bulk.

Dobie_Mama · May 2010

Definitely doing it. I made all of DD's food and it was super easy & cheap. I used this site as my go-to:

https://wholesomebabyfood.com/

Teach84 · May 2010

I think I will make at least some of the food, if not all

Temp984666312503071 · May 2010

I have a Beaba Babycook and I make about 50% of my daughters food. I enjoy doing it and try to make it when possible, but I also work full time and am just plain busy sometimes. Those busy times I rely on Gerber organic stuff.

I wouldn't say I have saved any money by making her food. I just enjoy doing it .

KSME924 · May 2010

I've found this site which seems very helpful. It has baby food making instructions but it also shows how much money you can save doing it.

SweetPeanis · May 2010

I made all of my daughters baby food and I will make all of the baby food for this one too. It's not as hard as some may think. I worked full time and still managed to make a ton. And the best part is that I really enjoyed it plus it saved me money.

trizzie · May 2010

I did it for DS and I will do it again. It was so easy and SO much cheaper! Plus, I swear that is the reason DS was so open to trying new foods (at least until he hit 2!)

bulldog_mama23 · May 2010

Dobie_Mama:

Definitely doing it. I made all of DD's food and it was super easy & cheap. I used this site as my go-to:

https://wholesomebabyfood.com/

This. I love making all of DD's food and it really is so easy! I just make it all one day a week and freeze it in trays. Then, I store the frozen food in labled ziplock freezer bags.

nosoup4u · May 2010

we ended up doing mainly baby-led weaning (basically, you give babies giant hunks of food that are too big to fit in their mouths, and let them explore/eat it). I also roasted and/or freeze fruits and veggies for later. He really didn't eat much for a looong time, and once he was big enough, we would just feed him whatever we were eating, so it hasn't ever been much of a hassle.

https://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/blw/engels.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_led_weaning

chewychigozie · May 2010

I will be making baby food.

JoannaJes · May 2010

DS hated all baby food. All of it. We went straight from only formula, until he was about 9 months old and started finger foods.

I actually liked it this way, and DS is a really good eater now. Kind of a baby-led weaning approach.

elizabeth429 · May 2010

Britty685:
freezing in ice cube trays is a GREAT idea. I was wondering how I would know how much baby ate. I really should go buy a book and read more about it. What is the name of the recipe book that you are using?

Sorry, I posted and ran! We went to dinner. The book I use is called Tope 100 Baby Purees by Annabel Karmel.

wife1014 · May 2010

Kredd88:
I only work part time out of the house, and part time at home. I figure that, as long as I'm cooking for us, how hard can it really be to mash an extra sweet potato or puree plums? Plus it will eliminate all the extra preservatives that come in baby food. I'm not all crazy natural organic or anything, I just want to give her the best start she can get.

There aren't any preservatives in jarred baby food! Homemade baby food is not giving her any better of a start than Gerber organics jarred. Your breastmilk may, but not the food.

That being said, I made some of DD's food and we used some jarred. I am thinking of getting a Beaba this time, so will try to make more. I think using my cuisinart was a pain in the butt, so I really didn't enjoy it as much as I thought. I am also not 100% convinced I saved enough money to make up for the time it spent steaming/roasting, pureeing, then cleaning all the dishes. The Beaba looks like it will be less time consuming. I will add I did enjoy making some great combinations which couldn't have been bought in the store and it was nice to give her protein (I refused to use jarred meats)!

brideon082104 · May 2010

I made nearly all of my DD's baby food when she started solids. It was really simple, you really just need a good food processor. I would do big batches so that I'd have enough in the freezer for 7-10 days, so maybe it would take 1-2 hours one night? No big deal at all. Much cheaper than bottled stuff, smells MUCH better than bottled stuff and you know what goes into your LO's food.

Britty685 · May 2010

Bought an inexpensive Kindle book off of Amazon.com called "The Basic Baby Food Cookbook". Has some recipes that seem simple enough. I am even more interested now that I know I can make TONS of babyfood and freeze them. The book states that the food can be kept in the freezer for 6 months with Fruits/Veggies, and 1-2 mo. for meats and poultry.

So I don't feel like I will be having to cook ALL the time. I can stock up, although I think 6 months is a long time to store baby food (even frozen)

YAY! One more decision made ahead of time!! Big Smile

Jaimers375 · May 2010

We made DS's food most of the time. We provided food to his day care so we did send in jars, but I'm sure we could have done the stuff we made. They're on purees for such a short period that it was really easy to make enough for him. I recommend the book Super Baby Foods, it's a great book about feeding your LO basically from birth to the toddler years. Great toddler recipes and time-lines about when they should be eating certain foods.

Mrs.Rose · May 2010

I am really late, but I recommend getting baby cubes to freeze the food it. I still puree fruit to mix with yogurt and prepare finger foods in bulk and freeze them in these. Super easy to pull out a serving of veggies, defrost and serve. And you don't have to mess with transferring the food out of ice cube trays into baggies.

https://www.diapers.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?productid=12598

sorry its not clicky - I have no idea how to do that on a mac!

EASwimmer · May 2010

I made 100% of DS food and will do it again as well. He ate 2 jars of Gerber and threw up. I made all his food, pureed them with the Kitchenaid food processor and froze them in ice cubes trays. I then transferred them into ziploc bags. I sent half of it to MIL since we watches DS. It was soo easy and fun. I would spend a Sunday afternoon making food for a couple weeks in advance. Me and my friends actually had baby food making parties. We all would bring bring bags of veggies and fruits and have a big variety that we went home with!

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