Baby Food

Question: Making your own baby food...?

(Posted by: Jessa ~Noah's Momma on 2009-11-20 11:51:58)

Okay so my son will be 4 months in a few days, and I plan on starting solids around 6- 6 1/ 2 months and I was wanting to make my own baby food, does anybody have any suggestions for books that I can buy about how to make your own baby food, what to make, recipes, and what foods to give when? Thanks!

Posted by: Noah's Mommy & Marine Wife. on 2009-11-20, 11:54:50

Here is a site I followed when I was doing my son's food: wholesomebabyfood.com/

Posted by: Mary F Sunshine on 2009-11-20, 11:55:35

Google this topic. You'll find plenty of helpful websites. That's all I did.

Posted by: sweet_ms_hottie on 2009-11-20, 11:56:00

I got a little tiny food grinder. You can also you the the magic bullet. But I gave my kids whatever we were eating just ground up and then sometimes I'd add a lil milk if it was dry. Or I would take things like green beans, potatoes and chicken, and grind them up together. Yummy! = )

Posted by: Christine C on 2009-11-20, 11:56:03

Boil some carrots , maybe some maspatatoes and soft foods.

Posted by: Erin Z on 2009-11-20, 11:57:18

I use the book Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron. I also used it for my son who is 9 now. And it has exactly what you are looking for. What foods they can have when, recipes and even a section on what to look for when buying fresh fruits and vegetables. I highly recommend this book.

Posted by: GET SOME CLASS! on 2009-11-20, 11:58:24

Isn't that your chefs job? Your chef should be doing the meal planning, after all, that's what we pay them for.

Posted by: Ruthie on 2009-11-20, 11:58:34

Http:/ / wholesomebabyfood.com/ or The Basic Baby Food Cookbook (you can get it on amazon)

Posted by: Susan B on 2009-11-20, 12:00:49

One suggestion : the Beaba Baycook! I bought it to use for my son and have been having a wonderful time with it. It steams food in less than 15 minutes (10 for most fruit) and then finely blends it to baby food consistency! williams-sonoma.com/ products/ beaba-babycook/ I made carrots and apples first, then moved to squash (he LOVES it), bananas, zucchini, pears, peaches, spinach (does not like), leek and tried beets today. Take a look, I highly recommend it! xx

Posted by: mummymoomoo on 2009-11-20, 12:03:21

It's usual to start with baby rice mixed with baby milk (breast or formula) making it runny to start with an thickening it up over time. First time meal is best given at lunch time, only once a day for a few days. You'll know when he needs more. After that you can start introducing new foods one at a time (this means you can eliminate anything he is allergic to). I made my daughters food. I didn't use any recipies. I just cooked food and gave it to her pureed. Started with carrot, then potato, then cauli and carrot, then apple, then banana and so on and so on. gradually introducing meats. Just cook, puree and freeze if you want to.

Posted by: Jeorge's Mommy♥ on 2009-11-20, 12:04:02

I was completely set on making my own baby food; I was gettin excited and everything. And then I changed my mind and decided to go with baby led weaning instead. Basically you put baby in their high chair and provide them with age-appropriate food that they can mash in their mouth and let them do it themselves. The belief behind it is that if baby is developmentally able to pick up the food and put it in their mouths they will likely be able to chew and eat it. Like for example, you put cheerios in front of a 6 month old and they will not be able to pick them up (I tried, and it just led to frustration) so I waited a bit longer and tried again at 8 months and he can now eat them just fine. They will gag a couple times though; but this is more of natural learning process than anything else. Their gag reflex is closer to their mouth when they are little, so when something hits that and it isn't chewed well enough they will gag it up a little, and then chew and swallow it. It's to stop them from choking. When my son gags he doesn't seem to really care at all about it; it doesn't even phase him and he just picks up a new piece of food lol. He's had a large variety of food; I don't have to worry about spooning food into his mouth, instead we can all enjoy our meals as a family. Here is a great site if you want to make your own food: wholesomebabyfood.com/ And here is a site so you can look into baby led weaning: babyledweaning.blogware.com/ But it's completely up to you as the parent of course. I just wanted to share that with you!

Posted by: Tasha on 2009-11-20, 12:05:18

The magic bullet is my best friend that's forsure when it come to making baby food its so quick and easy....i make carrots, green beans, potatoes everything...all you do it boil the veggies or steam them steaming is healthier it keep the nutrients in the vegetable or if your boiling use the same water you boiled the veg in to use to help grind up the food cause with boiling a lot of the nutrients come out of the veg and stay in the water..do ont add anything else to the food. you can also bake a potato with the skin on it cause the skin carries a lot of the nutrient then when done peel the skin off and grind it up with water.

Posted by: Mama J. on 2009-11-20, 15:15:21

Http:/ / amazon.com/ Feed-Me-Im-Yours-Expanded/ dp/ 0671884433 search.barnesandnoble.com/ Feed-Me-Im-Yours/ Vicki-Lansky/ e/ 9780684028620 These are two links for the same book called "Feed Me I'm Yours ". It has awesome recipes and suggestions for making home made baby food. It really is not that hard, but can be time consuming. I made all my first daughter's baby foods at home from scratch. I bought a baby food blender which worked well. I just peeled the fruits and veges if needed, boiled the meat, vege, or fruit in just a little bit of water until tender. Then blend in the blender with a little bit of water to the correct consistancy. It is good to begin with more watery thin foods at first. Then I spooned the food into an ice cube tray, froze and when it was frozen completely I would place in zip lock freezer bags which were labeled and dated with contents. I took out what she was going to eat for the morning the night before and put it in the fridge. Then in the morning I took her food out for the day and put that in the fridge. It really was not that hard. I used to spend a couple hours one day on the weekend making food for the week, or a couple weeks. It was easier that way. As she got older around 9 months I just began blending her a little bit of whatever we were eating minus the highly allergic foods or choking hazards. At 10 months I just gave her table foods cut up small.