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Question–: why do people buy baby food?
when it is easy and healthy to make your own? i mean i know there is the convience issue. but a can of baby food cost .50 to .70 cents a shot when you can buy a sweet potato or some other varitity of veggie and make yourself three to five cans worth for a dollor or so and it hasn’t been processed so is much heathier for your baby. right? i guess getting a meat grinder might be a little more time consuming though.. any thoughts?
i’m not trying to suggest buying baby food ready made is a bad thing. i was just curious as to what other people thought of making your own to buying.
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Answer by ♥ButterFlyAngel♥
It is just easier
Answer by mandolinmama
I always liked feeding my babies the same things that we were eating for supper. If it’s something that is too spicey, I would just improvise. Baby food tastes like crap and costs SO much!!!
Answer by hayday
people normally buy it because they dont think to make their own. as you said there is the convience issue and most people are willing to pay the extra money to have it already made. they baby food you buy is more processed but it is still healthy. they companies dont want to make it unhealthy as it is feeding babies.
Answer by bewitching_green_fairy
Some parents have to work full time and they don’t have time to make baby food at home.
Answer by marinad m
BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE BABY FOOD
Answer by Miss Carmel
Maybe some people are lazy thats why I bought baby food then I just started mashing his food and chewing it up for my son. But now at one he eats regular food.
Answer by Brooks C
cuz people dont know how to make there own, and its even easier to go to the store grab it off the shelf open it and feed it to your newborn. ever think maybe “hey! thats why they buy baby food!”
Answer by MommaSchmitt
It is a bit more time consuming, but so worth it. I raised 4 kids, and have 2 grandchildren, I don’t now, nor have I ever bought baby food, with the exception of formula for one child who could not tolerate breast milk. Its a huge savings for the budget.
Answer by Elizabeth H
yes, it is very expensive to buy baby food jars. However- it has a correct serving, very little, if any sodium. and usually is processed so you get the good stuff. If you buy organic, you know it is unprocessed. I don’t trust cutting up your own meat.
It is a good investment to buy baby food ready to go, You know it is safe and good for your precious babe.
Answer by me
For our last location-we couldn’t buy fresh produce and lived in a remote area-we were lucky if we could find good frozen produce. Now thankfully we have moved from that forsaken place and can eat a healthy balance of food not from a jar!
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Question–: Total cost to raise a baby for 1 year (heath project)?
I’m doing a project in Health class about how much a baby costs to raise and care for in the first year. There’s a lot of information I need, so just answer what you can, please.
- How much is the hospital cost? With insurance? Without insurance?
- How much are shots and doctor visits/how many do you need to take your baby to? With and without insurance?
- How much does formula cost for the first year?
- How much do bottles cost/how many do you need?
- How much do nipples cost/how many do you need?
- How much does baby food cost for the first year?
- How much do diapers cost for the first year/how many will the baby go through in 1 year?
- What kind of clothing/how much clothing will you need for each of these ages: newborn, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 months?
- How many shoes do babies go through in 1 year?
- How many different toys/what is the cost of toys for the first year?
- About how much is life and health insurance for a baby in 1 year?
- What sorts of toiletries do you need for your your baby in the first year?
- About how much does child care cost for 40 hours (per week)?
Thank you so much! Like I said, this is for a health project. All answers are appreciated!
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Answer by Pippin
The answer to all of these questions is really ‘it depends.’
1. Is it a vaginal birth a cesarean? Medication? Where do you live? Midwife or OB? What does the insurance policy cover?
2. Depends on the doctor, your preferences, and your insurance policy.
3-5. You don’t NEED (usuallly) formula, bottles or nipples at all. Breastfeeding is virtually free. If a mother chooses to (or rarely, has to) use formula, the cost will vary with the brand and baby’s hunger.
6. Don’t need babyfood either. Baby can breastfeed until it’s time for table foods. Or, if mom chooses to use jars — again, it depends on the baby. (Some start solids very early and are very hungry. Others don’t start until later and just dabble.
7. Depends on the type (cloth or disposible) and the brand and the baby.
8. Depends. Some moms buy a lot of clothes, some buy very few. Some shop at Macy’s some shop at garage sales and get hand-me-downs.
9. Infants don’t usually wear shoes until they can walk.
10. See #8.
11. Few parents buy life insurance for their babies. Health insurance is usually an add-on to the parent’s plan … and depends on the plan.
12. Mild soap, shampoo, maybe a mild lotion and diaper cream.
13. Depends. A full-time live in nanny? Home daycare? Daycare center? Subsidized?
4.
Answer by missy
with medicaid, the entire hospital and doctor stuff is free.
idk what it is without it.
formula, if you do it the cheapest way, it’s about 30 dollars a month for a gigantic sams club can of formula so that’s idk 350 dollars for the first year.
the average bottle is about 5 dollars. even though the dollar store ones work just fine…we’ll go with the five dollar. i’d say you get about three and about six a year bc sometimes they get broken or gross or a dog chews them so that’s 30 dollars.
nipples arent seperate.
oh maaaan baby food…liek the jars…they are about 1.50 each and the baby at 6 months east three a day so that’s about 4 dollars rounded a day. 25 a week…200 a month…sooo 200 times 12 is a year’s worth.
diapers are about 20 dollars for 100 of them and they go through 6 a day about.
newborn clothing…u dont need much at all unless u have a winter baby then u need at least the snowsuit thing which can be 30 dolars
all the other stuff…pants, onsies, footies…t shirts…sun hats warm hats socks…idk it depends if ur smart and go to goodwil salvation army and garage sales for ur babys clothes but n average maybe ive spent 500 this year on all that.
they dont need shoes for the first year
toys…prob. 300 dollars ave. the frst year.
idk about life insurance
toilettries…shampoo, body wash, lotion, powder, cream….35 dollars per month
CHILD CARE ohhh maan cheapest can be 60 dollars A DAY
Answer by Dee
Ok a lot of this you really need to look up online
As for the formula, most moms can breastfeed, but a lot choose not to. And I dont know where Missy got her information, but Formula is usually close to 1,000 dollars or more for a year, not 350!
Answer by mystic_eye_cda
You should specify a country really, and even then in the US prices vary a lot by region.
-I’m in Canada so the hospital would be free if I chose to use it, which I would never do again. Midwives and homebirths are also covered. I chose not to use a covered midwife it cost me 0 but she was a friend.
-No vaccines are mandatory, there’s a wide variation among doctors as to how often you go in. For example if you have a midwife you AND baby will be checked (stitches, breastfeeding, baby’s weight, etc) on day 2, 3, 5 or 7, 2 weeks, and usually 4 weeks, and 6 weeks. If you see an OB then you will be seen only at 6 weeks, and while they keep recommending all breastfed babies be seen at 3-5 days but as far as I’ve seen that rarely happens. The infant screening also isn’t accurate if done before 48 hours but the hospital does it anyway even when the baby is released before 24 hours. The doctor should do it again between 2-4 days
-Financial costs of not breastfeeding
…or cost benefits of breastfeeding
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/prepare/bfcostbenefits.html
-Cloth diapers will run about 0-0 for the actual diapers. Maybe 0 in washing expenses, probably less
-Babies only need shoes if they are walking outside or in public. Really 1-3 pairs is plenty
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I won’t buy my babies the baby food. Have you tasted that stuff? What’s it really made of anyways? Real food is definitely the better way to go.
It was just easier and still healthy for the baby..also the baby could have an assortment of choices..face it ..its a pain to buy the fruits the meats and the vegetables and ground them up all really fine..cause first you have to boil them…and stop and shop was the only store close to me when my daughter was little and they were very expensive..most of the time she hated alot of the baby foods and would stick with sweet potatoes and things like that. I was also working full time…cooking cleaning balancing the money paying the bills packing lunches ironing and laundry …
It’s hard to know how the food has been grown unless you grow it yourself. I’m sure that deters a lot of people since baby food is generally hormone/pesticide free. If I can’t grow it, I buy certified organic.
I think that you are expressing an opinion rather than asking a question. I do happen to agree with you though. I had a hand baby food grinder from Sears 16 years ago. It worked perfectly.
Sorry but who has time to make their own baby food!! I don’t think there is any thing wrong with the jared baby food. I have 3 kids and they all ate it and they are all doing just fine.
Why does it matter which way we feed them as long as they are getting fed? My son prefers the baby food over adult foods. If he’s happy then so am I. And he is perfectly healthy so I am not going to waste the time chopping, grinding, and smashing up his food when i could be using that time to play with him.
good question! i think it comes down to being lazy. but then again — i am one of the laziest people i know, and i made baby food myself. of course, i am also one of the cheapest!! sweet potatoes are so easy to do – i would just cut one in half and stick a half in the microwave for a bit. then just scoop out the guts and mash it, and add a little breastmilk or formula to thin it out a bit. And if I ever made big batches of foods, things like fruit or meat that I pureed, I would freeze it all in ice cube trays. Then you can just take a couple cubes and put them in the microwave. doesnt get any easier! only prop i can give the canned baby food — much easier to take if you are going out, as homemade would have to be kept cold.
they buy it cuz they dont feel like makin it
cause its yummy.
How long have you had a baby? Do you work? The “little” time it takes to make, can seem like a lot of time, if you have “no” time. Especially if you have a screaming baby waiting for you to do it. If you travel with your child, or even just spend part of the day out with your child, freshly made baby food can spoil on a hot day.(so you have a cooler, but you get stuck somehow with a brokendown car, for example, and the ice melts………etc. life happens——More power to you if you have time and never take a chance on spoiled food, BUT there can also be insecticides on some fresh foods……..SO there are pros and cons
Never thought about making it myself…. I guess it’s just like buying dog food as well… some people make that on there own as well….. time consuming…. but being a stay at home Mom now I might enjoy coming up with fun things to make for my son when he is old enough to start trying foods….
its not as healthy but it lasts longer.
Convinience is all it is.
TO FEED BABYIES OR SHOVE IN YOUR FACE
I made my own baby food. … once….
I buy baby food because it takes something like 0.001 of **my time** (and energy – in short supply these days) to prep it and clean up the resulting mess, plus I don’t have to thaw it out. Convenience is not a small incidental issue for a new parent. The extra cost seems totally worth it. Even though the food processor I bought would have paid for itself by now. I am fortunate enough that I can indulge.
It also probably uses less energy (the manufacturer cooking and processing it in mass quantities versus me in my inefficient kitchen). Baby food from a jar is really not significantly different from what I made in the kitchen, anyway; I couldn’t taste a difference in the sweet potatoes and I thought the pears were a better texture than what I made. Processed is processed no matter who does it where, and baby needs purees.
youre very right
I agree. I mashed bananas, oatmeal, soggy cereal, etc. I got one of those really small food processors and did fruits and veggies. Look at the back of one of those little jars. There are all kinds of additives in it. I always gave my kids stuff of my plate, what I ate they ate. I think it makes you eat healthier and they get a variety of food in their diets.
My sister worked full time and still had time to make her own baby food. But she wanted to use organic food and sometimes there just wasn’t an option for food. Or the food wasn’t as suitable to grind up, like peas. So she bought some jars of baby food. And sometimes she just needed it for the convience.
Cooking your own baby food can be time consuming though I agree it is healthier (no additives or preservatives)
I see what you’re saying. I breastfeed all 3 of my kids because I thought it was healthier and cheaper than formula. It was! I did buy baby food though for a few months until I realized that I could just smash up my food and feed her that. My 3rd child never had baby food. It is more time consuming but if you have the time and don’t have the extra money, you do what you gotta do.