Comments on: Making Homemade Baby Food

By: Charli

Charli — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:43:10 +0000

I make my son’s baby food too! He’s always been a big eater and finishes 6-8 jars of baby food everyday (depending on size). I’ve found the cheapest have been the carrots, which I can buy for less than $0.60/lb. I also make apples, sweet potatoes, sweet peas, bananas, pears, mangoes, chicken-vegetable, beef-vegetable, and melon. I make large batches at a time and freeze… $10 in the produce section can usually net me the equivalent of $80 in baby food! Plus, maybe I’m not “watering it down enough”, but my son finds the homemade food way more filling than store-bought baby food.

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:43:00 +0000

interesting…

By: Multi-tasking Mommy

Multi-tasking Mommy — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:24:00 +0000

I love making my own baby food. You know exactly what is going into it and there is something satisfying about feeding your baby something you made rather than store bought.

I do, however think that some foods are cheaper to do and some aren't.

I did the calculations that squash and sweet potatoes actually turned out almost equal in price!

By: Kristi_runwatch

Kristi_runwatch — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:03:00 +0000

I’m a big fan of homemade! It’s SO easy – people never believe me when I tell them that it’s ridiculously simple. :)

I wrote about how I did it here: http://runwatchplaywait.blogspot.com/2008/07/baby-food-101.html

Harper – I don’t know if you’ll see this, but my kids LOVED avocado. I liked to mix it with a little banana, pear, or applesauce and they would have eaten it until they popped, I think! :)

By: Harper

Harper — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:58:00 +0000

My baby is only just starting on baby food this week, so we only have one food: avocado. I mushed up two avocados and spooned it into ice cube trays (after adding a little lime juice to prevent decoloration). I sweeten it a little when I thaw it out to make it more palatable to my boy.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:29:00 +0000

I loved making my own. So much easier and I knew exactly what was in there. I didn’t do it with my older kids and my younger ones seemed to love the foods more than the older ones loved jarred baby food.

This was one of my favorite resources ~ http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/

By: Mommyof2girlz

Mommyof2girlz — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:04:00 +0000

I loved making M here baby food when she was younger. I think it made her a better eater today, unlike her older sis.

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By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:47:00 +0000

I made food for my son when he was a baby out of a total need. Jarred food was fine if we weren’t going to be home but when we were I couldn’t afford all those jars a day. My son’s favorite that I made was sweet potatoes. I don’t eat them but one potato is really cheap and makes enough to feed baby for at least 5 servings. I also used the ice cube tray to freeze them.