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[sayjumner]

Do any of you freaky people make your own food?

 

We just started.

 

Simple stuff thus far, but we've slowly been adding in spices.

 

Whos got some clever ideas for baby food?

[Mama Kel]

I did. I found making it & then pouring it into ice cube trays & freezing cubes & then popping them out into ziplocs made life much easier. 1 standard cube is about 1 ounce, if I remember correctly.

[sayjumner]

We do that now. It's awesome! I really like giving her spoon food.

[georgi]

We do!  She loves it!  Her favorite is sweet potatoes, followed by avocado.  She's also had apples, prunes, peas, green beans, bananas, peaches.  She's quite the foodie!  We are going to start introducing spices, and pretty soon we get to start giving her some meats!  Eep! 

[kindsisterkathy]

I got the Baby Bullet for my shower.  I love it, especially with the cups that easily fit in the fridge in their own little tray.  I have to say plums were my favorite to make, peeling the skins from the steamed plums is neat, but the color after blending, its a beautiful pink!  Lol!  Aesthetically pleasing baby food!!! 

[georgi]

We have the baby bullet! We love it!

[little frog]

how old is she? i always made my own baby food, i just boiled it so it was soft. i didn't add spices while they were in their first year at all. after that they started eating our regular food.

[georgi]

Rich made more sweet potatoes the other day and put a pinch cinnamon in them.  She loves it!

We use the Wholesome Baby Food guide for ideas, tips, and recipes.

Going to start chicken soon!

[KittyKindBud]

how old is she? i always made my own baby food, i just boiled it so it was soft. i didn't add spices while they were in their first year at all. after that they started eating our regular food.

Me too

[georgi]

Last night we made chicken and quinoa!  She wasn't too sure about it!

[Ravn]

how old is she? i always made my own baby food, i just boiled it so it was soft. i didn't add spices while they were in their first year at all. after that they started eating our regular food.

 

 

Tegan just eats what we eat, lol.  Tonight was grilled pork chops, corn and baked potatoes.

[Mama Kel]

by the time Jess was 9 mos, she ate what we ate. Cate too come to think of it!

[georgi]

Rich made homemade lentil soup and we put it through the baby bullet.  She does not seem to like it.

 

We shall keep trying!

She now likes yogurt!

[georgi]

I don't know how to incorporate more chunky food.  She is picky with the puree.  Bah!

[Ravn]

slowly,,if she likes applesauce, steam up some chunks and leave them in.

 

or steam them and put them on her high chair tray and let her play around with them

[georgi]

I should rephrase that. She loves food pureed. When it's chunky, she gets confused and picky. I think I did say that, but just wanted to be sure. She loves her applesauce. I wanted to try to give her some chunks of that, and maybe some pieces of banana, see what she does. Just when you think you have it down, it changes.

[JBetty]

Just keep on tossing the chunks out.

She'll mess around with them and eventually figure it all out. 

[Mama Kel]

I found that once they get to the age of adding chunky to pureed, most babies don't like that texture & it's easier to give up on the pureed & go to all table food

[georgi]

We put some peas on her high chair tray while we were eating dinner last night.  She enjoyed playing with them.  She would pick them up, look at them, mash them, put them in her mouth.

 

She still kind of waits for us to put it in her mouth for her, but I figure if we keep letting her play, she will eventually figure out she can do it herself.  She's a very smart little girl.

[Mama Kel]

She still kind of waits for us to put it in her mouth for her, but I figure if we keep letting her play, she will eventually figure out she can do it herself.  She's a very smart little girl.

 

This!!

[georgi]

She ate some pieces of a cinnamon bagel on Saturday morning.  Picked them up herself and put them in her mouth!