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making homemade baby food–: Making baby food, is homemade baby food to much of a hassle to be dedicated to?
i’m 36 weeks, but i’m thinking ahead, i really like the idea of making my own baby food but is it a hassle after a short while? was anyone else successful in sticking to it?

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Answer by jen
I wanted to but didn’t. I just recently got a magic bullet and that would have worked perfectly!

Answer by Arrey
With my twins I never made their food. I mean if we had mashed potatoes or something I would give that to them, but for the most part they ate store bought baby food. My sister in law on the other hand made all of my nephews baby food. Poor baby, all he ever ate was re-fried beans and bananas…..

Answer by suggir_bear
I did it with both my kids. All I did was take what we were having for dinner and put it in a little cuisinart food processor. I added water until I got the desired consistancy. It`s really easy and it teaches them to eat your cooking and have a wide variety of foods.

It also got me cooking healthier. And, planning meals in advance. I`d say after the first month I didn`t even think about it any more.

Answer by failingsanity22
I think it would depend if its going to save you money and trips to the grocery store and if you can make it in bulk and freeze them or leave them like preserves, or like baby food can stay on the shelves unopened, then it may be a good idea for you and if you can find the time! It might be better if you have like a little vegetable and fruit garden, But i think it might be more expensive, Im not really sure, probably way more healthier though!

Answer by Landon’s Momma
it;s fun to do and you know exactly whats going into it, however i never saved much money buy doing it, maybe an extra 5 dollars a month if that. but it is fun

Answer by emma jayne
yes for me it was fine when i cooked a roast dinner a few times a week i would blend it up and put small pots of it in the freezer and once a week i would stew apples and other fruit and freeze pots of that,hope this helps,congratulations and take care xx

Answer by Abigail’s Mommy
I am doing it with my baby. It really isn’t that much of a hassle. Of course it is a little more difficult then opening a jar and feeding the baby, but I have actually enjoyed experimenting with it.

This is a great website that I have found to be very helpful.
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/

Answer by lovelyloulala
its not a hassle just puree down the stuff you are eating if it is suitable for him/her that’s what i do and then you can freeze it and use it for days when you can’t be bothered cooking i did still use baby jars when i was going out as it was alot easier

Answer by neato1975
I stuck with it. It isn’t too much of a hassle. It really doesn’t take much time at all and once you get your system down, it is a breeze. I always made enough to freeze, so it would last quite awhile. At 16 months, he hasn’t eaten purees for quite awhile, but I still make batches of things (chicken pot pies, baby hot pockets, mini quiches, etc.) that I can freeze and pop in the microwave for a quick lunch or dinner.

Answer by Bee
I am almost 38w and thinking the same.

Here is the advice I got – go to the store, buy a whole bunch of veggies and fruits, whatever you plan to use, get a variety.

Steam the veggies then blend them in the blender (all separate, like do all the green beans, then do all the broccoli,etc..) and then blend the fruit. Fill up ice cube trays w/ the mashed veggies/fruits. Each cube is about a serving. Put them in marked freezer bags. Each nite just set the food you plan to use the next day out on the counter in a little container (get the little tupperware cups from the store) and they are ready to use the next day.

The problem I forsee the first time doing this is not using a lot of the stuff I make cuz the baby might not like some things. But it sounds like once you get the swing of things, know your baby’s likes and dislikes, you would only have to make food every 1-2 months.

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Question–: What should I use to make homemade baby food?
What have you found works best to make homemade baby food? Blender, food processor, food mill? I’m assuming blender but I’d like to know other peoples experience with making baby food. Thanks!!!
My daughter is 5 months old and currently eats cereal. I’m going to start feeding her baby food when she’s 6 months old.

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Answer by Doodlestuff
Blender stick works better than anything else, IMHO. It may not puree some things quite as nicely as a blender, but just way easier to use and clean.

Answer by marianne o
a food processor works best but I would use a blender sometimes too if you are making it to be eaten right away with water or cereal mixed in.

Answer by addisonsmommy
How old is your baby? A food mill might not be the fanciest choice, but it will leave some texture in the food. As your baby gets older, there should be more texture in the food. Making your own baby food is a great choice!

Answer by Heather Y
I used a stick blender nttp://www.amazon.com/Braun-MR430HC-Multiquick-Blender-Chopper/dp/B00004S9GX/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1199645534&sr=8-1 to make mine. It was incredibly easy and cleans up in seconds.

Answer by maegs33
While I have a food processor, a blender, and a food mill, the best tool in my kitchen is my fork. If baby is old enough to eat solids, they are old enough to pick them up and feed themselves. A fork and a knife will help you smash or cut up veggies, fruits, soft meats into manageable pieces for your child to feed themselves.

I did the whole processed, pureed foods with my first for a little while and found it to be unnecessary, baby can feed themselves if you let them and they won’t choke. Purees just lead to picky babies.

Answer by llllll_amanda_lllllll
When both my kids were small would cook the veggies and fruit and puree them in a blender. Once they got older i used a food mill and ground it up. Munchkin makes a good handheld food mill that’s not that expensive. Some thing i would just cut into chunks and let the eat it.

If you make a lot, you can freeze it in ice cube trays. one cube is about a 1oz portion.

Answer by mystic_eye_cda
Don’t puree your daughters food, let her feed herself. There is no benefit to pureeing a babys food but there are many reasons not to. Allowing a baby to self-feed lets them determine how much they eat which can reduce the risks of obesity. It allows them to determine what they eat, which can reduce allergies and pickiness (an unpleasant feel in the mouth is often the first sign of an allergy). It also allows the to experience all food has to offer.

http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html
Understanding the babies motivation

This approach to introducing solids offers a baby the opportunity to discover what other food has to offer as part of finding out about the world around him. It utilises his desire to explore and experiment, and to mimic the activities of others. Allowing the baby to set the pace of each meal, and maintaining an emphasis on play and exploration rather than on eating, enables the transition to solid food to take place as naturally as possible. This is because it appears that what motivates babies to make this transition is curiosity, not hunger.

There is no reason for mealtimes to coincide with the babies milk feeds. Indeed, thinking of (milk) feeding and the introduction to solid food as two separate activities will allow a more relaxed approach and make the experience more enjoyable for both parents and child.
Won’t he choke?

Many parents worry about babies choking. However, there is good reason to believe that babies are at less risk of choking if they are in control of what goes into their mouth than if they are spoon fed. This is because babies are not capable of intentionally moving food to the back of their throats until after they have learnt to chew. And they do not develop the ability to chew until after they have developed the ability to reach out and grab things. Thus, a very young baby cannot easily put himself at risk because he cannot get the food into his mouth in the first place. On the other hand, the action used to suck food off a spoon tends to take the food straight to the back of the mouth, causing the baby to gag. This means that spoon feeding has its own potential to lead to choking – and makes one wonder about the safety of giving lumpy foods off a spoon.

It appears that a baby’s general development keeps pace with the development of his ability to manage food in his mouth, and to digest it. A baby who is struggling to get food into his mouth is probably not quite ready to eat it. It is important to resist the temptation to ‘help’ the baby in these circumstances since his own developmental abilities are what ensure that weaning takes place at the right pace for him. This process is also what helps to keep him safe from choking on small pieces of food, since, if he is not yet able to pick up small objects using his finger and thumb, he will not be able to get, for example, a pea or a raisin into his mouth. Once he is able to do this, he will almost certainly have developed the necessary oral skills to deal with it. Putting foods into a baby’s mouth for him overrides this natural protection and may increase the risk of choking.

Tipping a baby backwards or lying him down to feed him solid food is dangerous. A baby who is handling food should always be supported in an upright position. In this way, food which he is not yet able to swallow, or does not wish to swallow, will fall forward out of his mouth, not backwards into his throat.

Adopting a baby-led approach doesn’t mean abandoning all the common sense rules of safety. While it is very unlikely that a young baby would succeed in picking up a peanut, for example, accidents can and will happen on rare occasions – however the baby is fed. Rules of safety which apply in other play situations should therefore be adhered to when eating is in progress.
Won’t he start eating solids too early?

The babies who participated in the research were allowed to begin at four months. But they were not able to feed themselves before six months. Some of the younger babies picked food up and took it to their mouths; some even chewed it, but none swallowed it. Their own development decided for them when the time was right. Part of the reason for this study was to show (based on a theory of self-feeding) that babies are not ready for solid food before six months. It seems that we have spent all these years working out that six months is the right age and babies have known it all along!

It seems reasonable to predict that if parents choose to provide babies with the opportunity to pick up and eat solid food from birth they will still not be able to do it until around six months. The principle is the same as putting a newborn baby on the floor to play: he is being provided with the opportunity to walk but will not do so until about one year – because his own development stops him. But: everything depends on the baby being in control. Food must not be put into his mouth for him. Since it is very tempting to do this, it is probably safer to recommend that babies should not be given the opportunity to eat solid food before six months.

Answer by berrel
I used a food processor to make larger amounts and freeze. I also bought a baby food processor for about for smaller portions. It was especially good as he got older and I would just blend up our meals. I also used it to add fruit to plain yogurt.

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