How do you heat baby food?

dmhrn13 · April 2013

I make DD's baby food. I store them in BPA free plastic, glass or saran wrap if I use the ice cube tray. I've been heating it like I do BM, microwave some water & place it in there. That is taking forever! And it doesn't get hot enough. I'm afraid microwaving it will kill the nutrients. Such a small amount to do it on the stove. What do you guys do?

danieliza1127 · April 2013

I freeze into ice cube trays and then I pop out a couple and microwave them for 30 seconds. I've never heard that it kills nutrients but I've never researched that either, it just never occurred to me.

cautionwillburneyes · April 2013

I store my homemade food in Honey Suckle 4 oz baby food storage bags. I freeze them flat so that they are pretty thin. To thaw I run them under hot water or put them in a cup of hot water. They thaw quickly and then I squeeze them int

ellebee2 · April 2013

I usually do what you do... but if it isn't working, I boil some water and add a tiny bit of boiled water to the puree. Or warm some pumped breastmilk and add that. That usually does the trick.

allardr · April 2013

I just serve everything cold she doesn't seem bothered. To dethaw I sit it in a bowl of warm water so it might be luke warm but never hot.

Now that she's moving to more stage 2 combo food though I found some recipes that'll definitely not b

Sunfish22 · April 2013

danieliza1127:
I freeze into ice cube trays and then I pop out a couple and microwave them for 30 seconds. I've never he

dunlapbriggs · April 2013

I pull mine out of the freezer and put in the fridge so they are thawed the next morning. I usually mix with a little of warmed bottle or use the defrost setting on my microwave so it doesn't get too hot.

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