[blparent] Making your own baby food?

[Leanne Merren]

Miranda,
I used jar baby food from the store with my first, and bought a bunch of it 
for my second child and she wouldn't touch it.  She spit it out and turned 
her head and wanted nothing to do with it.  So I went straight to a fresh 
food feeder, and then to table foods with her.  With my third I never bought 
baby food.  I did puree some with my blender, but not much.  I mostly did 
cereal, and some pureed avocado and pears, at first, at around 6 months, but 
not all the time because my pediatrician didn't want me to start solids till 
9 months.  So at 9 months I started with the fresh food feeder again and 
table foods.  I fed them things like apple sauce, mashed potatoes, banana, 
toast, yogurt (Yo Baby is great for infants)...  As they got older I moved 
on to noodles, small pieces of fruit or cooked veggie, cereal...  Oh and the 
Gerber puffs.  I started some of those around 6 months and she started 
feeding herself those at 7 months, so she did have those quite a bit before 
9 months.  But she was still nursing so that was where she got most of her 
nutrition.  If she had been formula fed I would have given more formula than 
solid food until a year.  I don't think there's anything wrong with buying 
baby food, I just felt like I wasted a lot of it if he didn't finish the 
whole jar, or if he didn't like the food, whereas if I made my own I could 
try pureeing just a little bit and not waste a bunch of it.  I also used 
tips from the site that Dena suggested.
Leanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miranda Borka" <knownoflove at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:56 AM
Subject: [blparent] Making your own baby food?


> Hi,
> Do any of you blend solid foods to make your own baby food rather than 
> buying it from the stores?
> If so, what are your experiences?
> Thanks, and have a great week!
>
> In Christ, Miranda
>
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