Help me buy things!

gnomemom · April 2013

It's almost time to start solid foods, and I need to do some shopping. We will be making our own food as well as doing some modified BLW. I'd like some recommendations about stuff to get.

We need ideas for how to store the food we make. I'm also open to suggestions for utensils, cups, bibs, high chairs, etc. What do you use when feeding your baby?

laurenhankey · April 2013

We also make our own food. Usually, I do a whole bunch on Sundays to last us through the week. My LO loves sweet potatoes (that's what we started with). We use the baby bullet to make her food. Ours came w/ a little steamer to steam h

twinkjk · April 2013

I make my own baby food but I just use our regular food processor and this steamer <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Oster-CKSTSTMD5-W-5-Quart-Steamer-White/dp/B00519EDIA/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1366897675&sr=1-3&keywords=oste

danieliza1127 · April 2013

We have this high chair, from Target for about $59. It's the kind that attaches to a regular dining room chair. I love it.

https://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/br

gnomemom · April 2013

Great suggestions! I hadn't thought about a steamer, but I will definitely be getting one. Also, using ice cube trays and putting in a freezer bag makes sense. I was looking at expensive storage containers...I like your ideas better.

danieliza1127 · April 2013

I used a freezer bag for my frozen cubes of baby food and I found that they ended up with freezer burn. So I just put them in a regular tupperware container instead. I didn't buy anything special, just a container we use for left overs and stu

NiniM22 · April 2013

I have just started using the baby brezza. It can steam and puree in the same bowl. This means less mess and takes up less counter space. The whirling sound for the blending can startle you, since it comes on after the steam cycle. But, sound wise it i

twinkjk · April 2013

If you do decide to steam, you can save the run-off liquid because it is full of nutrients. Use it to thin out your puree instead of using plain water.

ThatWasAHoot · April 2013

We have a Baby Cook and we love it. It steams things, too, so that rocks. I love the Munchkin bowls and the spoons, too. I love that the bowls are big enough where I can mix whatever together for LO and also, my toddler uses them still o

pb_bride · April 2013

Making DS's food - My fancy rice cooker has a steamer function, so I steam his food in it. Then I use my food processor to puree it.

Storage: I freeze them in regular ice-cube trays. Each cube is about 1 oz. After it's frozen, I pop t

CLLDLL · April 2013

You have a lot of good suggestions above that I agree with, so I'll try not to duplicate anything!

We are loving these spoons that I stumbled across at Walmart:

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melody921 · April 2013

I make all DD's food, and did for DS too, so I'm using the same equipment I had from when he was a baby. I steam the veggies, use an immersion blender to puree them and freeze them in silicone ice cube trays I got at Buy Buy Baby. We have a bunch of littl