Mama's that make your own food.

jillian1527 · 03-19-2006, 08:32 PM

What/how do you do it?Tyler will not eat jar food anymore. He sees us eating table food and thats all he will want. He will not even touch his Gerber puffs that he loved. So I thought if I can make my own food he may eat more. Do I just mush up what we are eating?
Man, I feel like a FTM sometimes (No offense to FTM). The girls didn't really eat table food until I could just give them chunks.

Mommy2Meghan-Caleb · 03-19-2006, 09:08 PM

I would cook it soft and mush it up. You can thin anything with fomula or BM!

Suzanne

Kris · 03-19-2006, 10:52 PM

I cook the food, then I puree it in a babyfood processor - but a blender would work just fine. I use the water that I cook the food in to thin it out, that gives the extra vitamins that were lost in the cooking process back to the foods.

Ian is really going crazy for table food too, but he's still in the very mushy babyfoods stage. I just got him some stage 3 organics this afternoon, and will try those out. I think they are going to be too chunky for him though... he still has no teeth, and he doesn't quite get "chewing" yet. I tried giving him Gerber Puffs last night, he gagged on them. I started breaking them apart, pulling each "point" off and giving it to him, he LOVES them, especially the sweet potato. I tried them, and I liked them! =)

I think if you are making your dinner, take some out before you salt it...and blend it up - and let him eat it! =)

Amy · 03-20-2006, 02:39 AM

Hailey won't eat jar food either except some of the yogurts...she says mmm.mmmm when I am eating in front of her. She seems really interested in what we are eating. She has no teeth yet either, so it's difficult to find things for her to eat. Her favorite is mushe d bananas. .I just slice a fresh nana and nuke it for about 15 seconds and mush it up. I gave her a Cheerio today and she seemed to like that. I have also mushed sweet potatoes..I need to try making applesauce to see how that goes.

Masonsmommy · 03-20-2006, 08:51 AM

Here is the website I am using

www.wholesomefoods.com it has great recipes and food ideas

I have a baby food processor, so I cook it as the directions then puree it.

The foods you shouldn't use the left over cooking water are Carrots, Green beans, sweet potatoes, squash (there are some more but I can't remember, they are listed on that website)
These foods are high in Nitrates and when you cook them they are relaesed into the water, so you shouldn't use the water for thinning

Kris · 03-20-2006, 09:44 AM

OH! Thanks Christina! The only thing I've really made him thus far was regular potatoes. I won't use the water the next time, just in case!!

Masonsmommy · 03-20-2006, 09:47 AM

Kris
No problem. It's an awesome site. Here's the Nitrate info
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/nitratearticle.htm

Hope it helps.

ETA: I don't see about the sweet potatoes and green beans in that article, but I do remember reading it somewhere on that site that if you buy jarred food that you should buy the organic of those particular foods that contain nitrates cause the organic growers don't use fertilizers that contain nitrates. and sweet potatoes and green beans where on that list

Kris · 03-20-2006, 09:59 AM

Thanks! I'll go check it out. Ian only eats organic anyhow...but this is certainly good information to have!

Speaking OF organic... I do buy him the Earth's Best babyfoods, and I bought him a couple jars of stage 3 yesterday, just to try them. And, they were $1.19 each. Ouch! The stage 1 are .59, stage 2 - .69 and then it jumps up to 1.19. Wow!