Beaba Baby Cook

[littlegirllost]

Hi. New to this!
I'm thinking about weaning my baby shortly and have been looking at buying a Beaba Babycook. Has anyone got one and if so what did you think of it? Any problems with it? Is the capacity of it sufficient?

Thanks

[Katsma]

I found mine very useful for the puree stage. I don't have a steamer and found it handy to steam and blitz in one little machine. The capacity was more than enough - found that I would end up with too many icecubes of each thing if anything.

Problems would be
It must be descaled regularly. Friends who haven't done this have had theirs pack up. But it's easy to do - follow instructions and run vinegar through the chamber once a month.
It only gets a lot of use in the first stages of weaning when you want a smooth puree. Pretty soon you want something a bit coarser, and it's not very good at this.

We're at the 'mashing up the family meal with a fork' stage. I think it will be a permanent fixture on my worktop though, as I still use it for steaming, making fruit coulis, etc.

All in all, I found it worth the fairly hefty price tag, and would buy again.

HTH

[jj131]

If you have a tight budget I wouldn't bother bc you can do the exact same thing with a simple steamer basket and a blender but it's handy and takes up very little space, which was a huge bonus for me.

Another plus is that I use it to steam vegetables for myself (although I skip the whizzing step!).

[MrsBadger]

big con IMO
I can see how it might be useful if (eg) you haven't got a cooker, any saucepans or a blender and/or you and DH subsist solely on takeaways, but other than that I'd struggle to justify the money and space taken up in the kitchen.
(and if they're 6mo they can pick up steamed carrot sticks, lumps of banana etc in their hands, so you can go straight to finger food and skip the whole blending thing altogether if you fancy)

[Gemmitygem]

bloody brilliant for the first stage of weaning, it's so easy to use and it means you can make healthy stuff for the baby without spending hours.. I have used mine loads. The beauty of it is that it conserves all the vitamins by using the steamed water to puree, so you don't lose anything. also you can just give it a quick whiz once the baby can cope with lumpier foods. I definitely think it's useful and would recommend it highly... for example meals like mashed potato and carrot with cheese, or puddings like cooked apple with blackberry are hassle free using it, of course you could do it in a pan but this is easier!

[Fairykate]

Just wondering if any of you have finished with your Babycook yet and wanted to sell it on for, say, £30 to free up your worktop space, and help an ever-so-grateful working mum through the minefield that is weaning! If you're interested, drop me an email to kate @ rowlandson . net. Thank you! x