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AIBU?

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AIBU to ask what you feed you baby? Homemade, ready made or a mix of the two.

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Bumpandkind · 23/12/2013 13:39

Weaning at 6 months and so far have made -obliterated- a few vegetables and fruits but also making use of the wealth of freebies that come with various baby clubs, boots, hipp etc. and what is baby rice? I am feeding Ds some freebies of this which he loves mixed with breast milk but my sister turned her nose up at it saying there is no point giving a 6 month old such things. I am on mat leave with just one child so I guess no excuses for not home cooking

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NinjaBunny · 23/12/2013 13:42

I used to buy the little jars and shove fruit into a blender/chopper machine I had.

I wasn't much of a cook when DS was little and it was the easier option.

Jengnr · 23/12/2013 13:42

I was determined I would make EVERYTHING for my son. None of that processed shite I said.

He wouldn't eat my lovingly crafted purees and WOLFED down the jars.

After a bit I switched to BLW and never looked back.

Sirzy · 23/12/2013 13:44

90% homecooked, odd pouch when needed. Within a few weeks I was lucky that DS was happy to just eat what we had.

Calabria · 23/12/2013 13:45

I did a mixture of home made and shop bought.

Mainly home made at home and jars or packets for out and about.

I asked my health visitor about baby rice and she said it tasted foul so I didn't bother with it

Pancakeflipper · 23/12/2013 13:47

Homemade when home. Had a freezer full of little pots!
And pouches when away on hols or hiking for ease. DS2 preferred those to my delicious cooking.

funnyvalentine · 23/12/2013 13:49

I've just (a couple of days ago!) started weaning my 6mo, who has had bits of my food to munch on. That's a bit of porridge, broccoli, some pasta shapes and some apple slices softened. I'm not deliberately doing BLW, but this is DC2 and it's just easier to give him stuff that I and DC1 are eating.

I intend to use a few pouches out and about, but at home just what we eat. Wouldn't bother with baby rice though, it's not very nice!

Tailtwister · 23/12/2013 13:49

Mine aren't babies any more, but I did mostly homemade with some shop bought pouch fruit puree things thrown in. They mostly ate the same as us anyway, so I very rarely cooked purely for them.

RescueCack · 23/12/2013 13:52

A small portion of whatever the rest of the family were having, pureed at first, then chopped, then dolloped! This was DC3 mind. I remember making huge batches of specifically earmarked 'baby food' for DCs 2 & 3. Mainly because I wasn't much of a cook then. Once I was cooking real food of the whole family, it was simple to mush it for the baby. But I couldn't do that until the rest of us were eating well!

FirstStopCafe · 23/12/2013 13:53

My ds is 9 months. All main meals are homemade as he eats what we eat. We get organix rice cakes and carrot sticks as snacks though

ThoraNomiki · 23/12/2013 13:54

At 6 months a baby can eat unsalted portions of what you eat and no need to puree. puree is for babies who can't yet chew or sit up unaided.
To start with you can just give your baby slightly over cooked sticks of whatever veg you are having with your dinner.
Check out the BLW cook book for some easy and great recipes (not advertising - honest) all the recipes designed to feed 2 adult and one baby. I love the Chilli and Thai green curry. Sometimes there's enough left to make some baby-sized freezer portions for the days when you fancy a take-out or something.
Good luck - weaning is fun

TooTabooHasBigShinyBaubles · 23/12/2013 13:56

You all make me feel normal!

I do a mix of homemade and then pouches when out.

He is 9 months and has only just shown an interest in finger food (I did intend to BLW from day 1 but he would struggle and then scream as he was so hungry)

He is now eating what we eat when at home, same when out (I order jacket potato or similar) or if nothing suitable I get the ready made organic stuff.

I did start to puree fruit but life's too short so i buy pureed fruit. He was on mashed banana but has recently decided he doesn't like it anymore! Grr..

GoldenGytha · 23/12/2013 13:56

It's a while ago now, as youngest child is 19, but I used a mixture of both,

This was way back in the bad old days when we used to start weaning from about 4 months.

The DC were happy with both, but I think they had a preference for jars!

TooTabooHasBigShinyBaubles · 23/12/2013 14:01

BIg bit of info I left out...he chokes, not gags but chokes. Weaning has been one heart attack after another!

So I've been reluctant to not puree.

Although now its mashed food and bigger lumps so he is learning to chew and swallow and is finally ok, the first 2 months were a bloody nightmare.

DD just got on with it. DS likes to make a performance out of it though

TooTabooHasBigShinyBaubles · 23/12/2013 14:03

BIg bit of info I left out...he chokes, not gags but chokes. Weaning has been one heart attack after another!

So I've been reluctant to not puree.

Although now its mashed food and bigger lumps so he is learning to chew and swallow and is finally ok, the first 2 months were a bloody nightmare.

DD just got on with it. DS likes to make a performance out of it though

CranberrySaucyJack · 23/12/2013 14:04

Homemade.

It did help that I get inappropriately excited by small colour-coded Tupperware pots.

NettoSuperstar · 23/12/2013 14:07

I started with all ready made, because I couldn't cook back then.
DD is 12 now and will try anything, and by the time she was a year old just ate normal food, I know as I took her to Indonesia for 10 weeks and they didn't have babyfood.
I then taught myself to cook and love it now, we are very adventurous eaters here.

gutzgutz · 23/12/2013 14:13

Baby rice can be quite useful for bulking out/ solidifying runny foods if you've already bought it. If you haven't don't bother. No wonder people think newly weaned babies hate food it this is what is on offer! The pouches for older babies are quite good for little ones as they say lumpy but aren't really. The danger with too smooth purée is that isn't can make them lazy. I think most people use a mix but what is easier than a can of baked beans (low sugar and salt variety) occasionally? Ultimate fast food.

polosareverynice · 23/12/2013 14:15

I did a mix of all three homemade,jars and pouches anf blw too i think most people do. If you can getinto the habit of no added salt they can eat pretty much what you do obv textured talioured to the age of your baby

elliejjtiny · 23/12/2013 14:26

DS1 I did a mixture of both. We mainly ate rubbish then and I was even worse at cooking than I am now.

DS2 refused to eat jars, packets, pouches or anything that was supposed to be for babies. So I made everything for him, mostly whatever DS1 was having. We had a problem in hospital because babies under 1 were not allowed the hospital food, only jars and packets. We had to get special permission from the children's dietician to let him have what the other children on the ward were having.

DS3 started with whatever fruit and veg the older boys were having either pureed or cut into finger food. Then he progressed to having the same as his brothers. He has also had those organix rice cakes, goodies crisps etc. He still loves those rice cakes now at almost 3. He doesn't have them at home but I always keep some in my changing bag for those moments at toddler group when someone gets some out for their baby and DS3 suddenly appears next to them looking hopeful and saying "please I have one?"

DS4 is only 6.5 months old so he's had a few bits to play with and that's been it so far.

Beastofburden · 23/12/2013 14:31

With my first I made big batches of plain risotto which I froze in ice cubes, and lots of ice cubes of different veggie purées and then I would get out a mix of cubes and zap them. And I'd mash up a pear or something for pudding.

If I was out he would get a mashed banana, nothing could be less trouble to transport.

By number three I was cooking quite sensible stuff anyway for the others, so the baby got yesterday's tea mashed up or puréed, there was aways something knocking around the fridge that would do.

I never used the jars or tins as I was not convinced they had any more nurtition than a banana and the smell made me also they were very sugary, even the savoury ones.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 23/12/2013 14:32

I did a mixture of both too. Mainly homemade at home but sometimes used jars when we were out. I used to freeze stuff in ice cube trays then bag them so if I was in a rush I could get out a couple of cubes of meat in sauce (e.g. bolognese) and mix with tiny pasta or sweet potato.

Osmiornica · 23/12/2013 14:36

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ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 23/12/2013 14:37

mix

ThurlHoHoHow · 23/12/2013 14:45

A mix. I'm not the world's greatest cook, but DD also hated blw. She had veg purees and soft fruit but also quite a few jars as they were what she would eat, and that was more.important to me that lumps and all that.

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 23/12/2013 14:51

DS1 was shop bought all the way. DS2 and DD were homemade with the occasional jar when we were out, DD a lot less than DS2 as she was the third and I was a lot more comfortable about just squishing 'adult' food for her. She was also a complete pita who would feed herself (hence we did baby led weaning before it existed as a 'thing' ) so I ate a lot of pasta out...

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