[blparent] Making your own baby food?

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

I never really liked them for the same reason as Dena, but they really are 
great for teething.  We use frozen banana for teething because banana has a 
natural sedative in it that helps the pain, and the kids both love bananas.

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Making your own baby food?


> the fresh food feeder is basically a mesh basket that the food goes into. 
> they can hold it in their hand and gum it and squeeze pureed food through 
> the mesh holes. Elise never touched hers, and I personally find the mesh 
> hard to completely clean - depending on what you're using in it. they do 
> work well for teething, as you can put things like frozen blueberries or 
> juice cubes into them without worrying about a choking hazzard.
> Dena
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Making your own baby food?
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>> 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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