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Stop Buying Baby Food

TheRoadDog
TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
Do you know how easy it is to make baby food? You really don't need the fancy gadgets on the market today. Just steam whatever you have, mash it up, and there you go. So easy and far cheaper than commercial baby food -- and you know exactly what's in it.
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  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    I know what's in gerber baby food too... water, fruit/veg, sugar/salt... and maybe some ascrobic acid.... not exactly a long laundry list of ingredients...


    Have you even bought any of that stuff lately? Gonna guess not.
  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
    With the price of produce these days it probably even's out. Plus as someone else said before time is money
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I know what's in gerber baby food too... water, fruit/veg, sugar/salt... and maybe some ascrobic acid.... not exactly a long laundry list of ingredients...


    Have you even bought any of that stuff lately? Gonna guess not.

    My kids are all grown up and their kids are beyond the baby food stage.

    I'm sure Baby Food is healthier now than it used to be. I'm just pointing out a way to save money.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    I know what's in gerber baby food too... water, fruit/veg, sugar/salt... and maybe some ascrobic acid.... not exactly a long laundry list of ingredients...


    Have you even bought any of that stuff lately? Gonna guess not.

    My kids are all grown up and their kids are beyond the baby food stage.

    I'm sure Baby Food is healthier now than it used to be. I'm just pointing out a way to save money.

    Now it's been two years since I have had to buy that stuff... but it really wasn't all that expensive and it was easier to cart around to daycare... oh and the contianers it comes in is perfect for storing small stuff.
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  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    I will not!!
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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  • heidispideymfp
    heidispideymfp Posts: 177 Member
    Oh glory yes! I agree with this wholeheartedly! I never bought baby food, I made my own, it does not take long to make, and I froze individual portions.
    ETA here in Sourh Africa it works out flipped expensive to buy the bottled stuff, it cost me about 1/10 to make and would take about 30 minutes maximum
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    Just don't have babies.

    ^Huge moneysaver.
  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,847 Member
    I have to agree with OP. I always made my own baby food. In the very early days I liquidised everything. Roast dinners, the lot. Whatever we had they had. The trouble is it all ended up green due to the veg. But, they absolutely loved it. The only time I used baby food was for travelling. Just one thing to be careful of is the salt with babies. I never added any because it can cause them problems.
  • Jennisin1
    Jennisin1 Posts: 574 Member
    Baby led weaning.. the mush stops here!

    whatever... I still love the Organic pouches for my toddlers.. they can suck that stuff out in the car, in the grocery store, before their dinner gets there and it's fruits and veggies..... plus no mess
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    You're awfully opinionated.....Every post I have read from you today is stop buying this.....stop buying that.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    I just stopped having babies
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    why do I allow your threads to annoy me as much as they do?
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
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  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    You're awfully opinionated.....Every post I have read from you today is stop buying this.....stop buying that.

    Its not just today Jac.
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    You're awfully opinionated.....Every post I have read from you today is stop buying this.....stop buying that.

    Not really. Just posting things that create conversation. I don't have an opinion on any of the things I've posted these last couple of days.

    Just wanted to create some posts other than the "person above me" threads.

    Didn't expect to get so much negative personal commentary. I don't really care though. This is make believe and I know that the same people that would tear a person apart in here, would not do it in real life interaction.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    Thanks random biker guy smoking a huge cigar for that vague tip about... baby food... wait, what?
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Just don't have babies.

    ^Huge moneysaver.

    QFT
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    Just don't have babies.

    ^Huge moneysaver.

    QFT

    Regret is not just a river in Bolivia.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Thanks random biker guy smoking a huge cigar for that vague tip about... baby food... wait, what?

    You're welcome.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    You're awfully opinionated.....Every post I have read from you today is stop buying this.....stop buying that.

    Not really. Just posting things that create conversation. I don't have an opinion on any of the things I've posted these last couple of days.

    Just wanted to create some posts other than the "person above me" threads.

    Didn't expect to get so much negative personal commentary. I don't really care though. This is make believe and I know that the same people that would tear a person apart in here, would not do it in real life interaction.

    Actually I would and have.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Feels crusty in here
  • JoelleAnn78
    JoelleAnn78 Posts: 1,492 Member
    Sometimes I wonder why I even come into these threads.... and why I keep reading. Oh, wait. It's for the gifs. And this thread has none. Waste. Of. My. Time.
  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    why do I allow your threads to annoy me as much as they do?
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: QFT!!!!!!
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Sometimes I wonder why I even come into these threads.... and why I keep reading. Oh, wait. It's for the gifs. And this thread has none. Waste. Of. My. Time.

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  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 1,282 Member
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    rachelrb85 Posts: 579 Member
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  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    You are an idiot.

    I don't know if I go on, knowing that.

    I didn't post this thread to irritate you. That was just an added unforeseen benefit.

    Stating a fact doesn't indicate emotional response.

    I don't think name-calling is an appropriate response.

    I don't think inflammatory threads are allowed yet you keep posting them.