Healthy food for my baby

sarinehatz
sarinehatz Posts: 27 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I make all the food for my baby . It takes a lot of time but I think it's healthier . What do you think . 61e7372xa2cp.jpg
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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I think the decision to feed a child homemade baby food and/or commercial baby food is entirely up to the parents and what works best for their family, and is none of my business.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I did the same thing when my son was little, he was picky and fussy and didn't like the taste of the store bought foods so I had to prepare his at home with the food processor . He would eat store bought oats and rice though, but everything else had to be prepared at home.
    When he got older, he become better at eating what was served and wasn't so fussy anymore. I have no idea if it's really healthier then regular store bought baby foods, but apparently the home made stuff tastes better.
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    edited May 2015
    I think it's great. :) I never really did commercially prepared baby foods, except custard or fruit as a "dessert." I didn't have anything against prepared per se, and I wasn't afraid of additives or anything, it just seemed like my baby should be eating what I was eating (well, less the horrific binges). Fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy. I had one of those little hand-crank baby food processors, super-cheap but one lasted per baby. ;)
  • tlflag1620
    tlflag1620 Posts: 1,358 Member
    With my oldest I did mostly commercial baby food. With my second I did a combo of homemade and commercial. With my third I did mostly homemade, but didn't do much in the way of purees at all. I gave her soft bits of food she could self feed asap. Expecting # 4 soon and plan to skip the commercial stuff and let this baby mostly self feed again. That was definitely easiest, and cheapest. Ripe bananas, avocados, well cooked egg yolks, well cooked ground beef, soft chicken, sweet potatoes, etc. all make great first foods and no major prep work is necessary. I don't start til 6 months, and after just a few weeks baby can have something from virtually any dinner I make. No extra prep, no expensive tiny jars, and best of all, I can eat with my family instead of having to eat in shifts while someone feeds baby.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    Is the baby on a diet?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    kgeyser wrote: »
    I think the decision to feed a child homemade baby food and/or commercial baby food is entirely up to the parents and what works best for their family, and is none of my business.

    This.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I made food for my dd when she was a baby too. I don't think commercial baby foods are unhealthy but sometimes they were much more expensive than just preparing it myself.
    Do what works best for your family.
    This doesn't really pertain to weight loss though does it?
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    No, it just looks like a "look at me, I'm SUCH a better mother than anyone who feeds their baby commercial food!" post.
  • bendyourkneekatie
    bendyourkneekatie Posts: 696 Member
    misskarne wrote: »
    No, it just looks like a "look at me, I'm SUCH a better mother than anyone who feeds their baby commercial food!" post.

    This.
  • lyndsayspoolio
    lyndsayspoolio Posts: 10 Member
    Looks great...do you have recipes?
  • ArvinSloane
    ArvinSloane Posts: 80 Member
    kgeyser wrote: »
    I think the decision to feed a child homemade baby food and/or commercial baby food is entirely up to the parents and what works best for their family, and is none of my business.

    Word.

  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    kgeyser wrote: »
    I think the decision to feed a child homemade baby food and/or commercial baby food is entirely up to the parents and what works best for their family, and is none of my business.

    ^Yup.

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited May 2015
    First time parent - sweet

    here .. you're on the wrong site

    babycenter.com/
  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    I just cooked food for the adults; then smooshed up the same foods for my baby. I didn't do a huge amount of prepping. I'm sure making your own baby food is "healthier" than store-bought food; b/c making food at home for yourself is usually "healthier" than going out to eat. I guess it depends on what you mean by "healthier." It is certainly a lot cheaper.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    I just didn't feed my kids solids until they could handle some chunks, I just kept them on the boob 5 EVA. But, good for you for putting in that effort.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    I'm quite jealous of the amount of Tupperware you have.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    yesimpson wrote: »
    I'm quite jealous of the amount of Tupperware you have.

    I don't think you will be when it's time to do the dishes.

    Also, it looks like ketchup and mustard =/
  • SkinnyWannabeGal
    SkinnyWannabeGal Posts: 143 Member
    yesimpson wrote: »
    I'm quite jealous of the amount of Tupperware you have.

    My thoughts exactly!
  • annavalente
    annavalente Posts: 119 Member
    kgeyser wrote: »
    I think the decision to feed a child homemade baby food and/or commercial baby food is entirely up to the parents and what works best for their family, and is none of my business.

    100% this!
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    edited May 2015
    Have you come across the idea of Baby Led Weaning? Same homemade benefits if you choose, less prep, mess, and dishes. I used the basic idea with both my kids and liked the convenience of feeding the baby basically what I was eating. I have an awesome video of my then 9 month old enthusiastically gumming a roasted turkey wing then hugging it. Its adorable, gross and hysterical all at once.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    Congrats on trying to make the food homemade, but why so much of it? do you cook your own food once a month and then freeze it? If not, why do this with a baby? Not only some foods are better (regarding vitamin content) served immediately when prepared (e.g. fruit and vegetables rich in vitamin c) but for many foods it is much easier ot just puree them with a fork than prepare them in huge batches, freeze them, reheat them and so on. And what if the baby's tastes or preference to texture change?
    All this batch baby food making is one of these things that sound awesome for a first time mother, and then make you wonder "why did I do that?" As you can see, I have been there ;) Planning carefully purees etc. Then I realised that just removing from the pot a small portion of our food before salt was added and pureing a few tablespoons, or just using a fork to puree some fresh fruit, was much simpler, less time consuming, probably healthier and preparing baby for real food. I admit it did not look that cute though ;)
    Also, I second baby lead weaning. Much simpler in general.
  • bendyourkneekatie
    bendyourkneekatie Posts: 696 Member
    aggelikik wrote: »
    Congrats on trying to make the food homemade, but why so much of it? do you cook your own food once a month and then freeze it? If not, why do this with a baby? Not only some foods are better (regarding vitamin content) served immediately when prepared (e.g. fruit and vegetables rich in vitamin c) but for many foods it is much easier ot just puree them with a fork than prepare them in huge batches, freeze them, reheat them and so on. And what if the baby's tastes or preference to texture change?
    All this batch baby food making is one of these things that sound awesome for a first time mother, and then make you wonder "why did I do that?" As you can see, I have been there ;) Planning carefully purees etc. Then I realised that just removing from the pot a small portion of our food before salt was added and pureing a few tablespoons, or just using a fork to puree some fresh fruit, was much simpler, less time consuming, probably healthier and preparing baby for real food. I admit it did not look that cute though ;)
    Also, I second baby lead weaning. Much simpler in general.

    Haha, even with my small amount of batching and freezing, I've basically ended up with a pile of puréed sweet potato and chicken in the freezer that I'm not gonna use. Stick blender or fork + what we're having most of the time. I'll make some stew every couple weeks to freeze in batches for times we're having something too spicy (works well for the toddler too) but other than that, fresh mashed plus kinda half blw anyway.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    I think the main benefit of feeding your kid what you're eating is that they are more likely to develop a taste for your cooking. I had a friend who prepared 2 dinners every night because her kids "wouldn't eat" anything but chicken nuggets, hot dogs, or pizza. (That was a huge amount of projection on her part, though, because when they'd come to my house to play, I refused to make special meals and they ate a variety of foods just fine) I'm too lazy for that shiz. BLW+"here, have what I'm having, just cut up smaller"=lazy mom special.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    I fed/feed my three the same food as I eat.

    Red meat, rum and ice cream.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    That's a lot of purees. You look very organized :)

    We used a mix of jars and smashing up whatever we were feeding. My daughter didn't eat more than a tablespoon of solids a day until about 7.5 months and then I switched her to regular foods pretty quick. I'd steam broccoli and give her a full spear to chew on or cut a peeled peach in half and let her gum it. With meat I'd mince it up.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    First time parent - sweet

    here .. you're on the wrong site

    babycenter.com/

    You might prefer Mothering.com.
  • sarinehatz
    sarinehatz Posts: 27 Member
    tlflag1620 wrote: »
    With my oldest I did mostly commercial baby food. With my second I did a combo of homemade and commercial. With my third I did mostly homemade, but didn't do much in the way of purees at all. I gave her soft bits of food she could self feed asap. Expecting # 4 soon and plan to skip the commercial stuff and let this baby mostly self feed again. That was definitely easiest, and cheapest. Ripe bananas, avocados, well cooked egg yolks, well cooked ground beef, soft chicken, sweet potatoes, etc. all make great first foods and no major prep work is necessary. I don't start til 6 months, and after just a few weeks baby can have something from virtually any dinner I make. No extra prep, no expensive tiny jars, and best of all, I can eat with my family instead of having to eat in shifts while someone feeds baby.

    Thank you this is actually really helpful
  • sarinehatz
    sarinehatz Posts: 27 Member
    Thank you for all the helpful comments. Some of you gave me really good ideas and some others were just being negative . I'm not a first time mother and I didn't know we can't discuss our kids health here . Next time I'll ask if I'm allowed to start a discussion about a subject before I do .
  • marissafit06
    marissafit06 Posts: 1,996 Member
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    I think the main benefit of feeding your kid what you're eating is that they are more likely to develop a taste for your cooking. I had a friend who prepared 2 dinners every night because her kids "wouldn't eat" anything but chicken nuggets, hot dogs, or pizza. (That was a huge amount of projection on her part, though, because when they'd come to my house to play, I refused to make special meals and they ate a variety of foods just fine) I'm too lazy for that shiz. BLW+"here, have what I'm having, just cut up smaller"=lazy mom special.

    I did this too. When they first started solids it was just the veggies, then I added meats etc as time went on.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited May 2015
    sarinehatz wrote: »
    Thank you for all the helpful comments. Some of you gave me really good ideas and some others were just being negative . I'm not a first time mother and I didn't know we can't discuss our kids health here . Next time I'll ask if I'm allowed to start a discussion about a subject before I do .

    It's a weight / fitness site not a look at me parenting site *shrugs*

    You made baby food ...good for you ...how does that fit in with "General Diet and Weight Loss Help"

    Also exclusive BF to 6 months then baby-led weaning was a big thing
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