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Wean Machine

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AlCrowley · 12/07/2010 08:57

Considering getting one for our holiday in just over 2 weeks time. We're taking our 7 month old to Portugal and I was thinking that mashing fresh food might be easier/cheaper than buying/taking jars and sachets.

Does anyone have one? Are they any good?

£20 seems quite expensive for what seems to be a plastic garlic press with a spoon.

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/07/2010 09:04

Hey Al, I saw them at the baby show last year, she made it look very simple and easy. My cousin bought one and she says that it came in handy but im not sure how often she used it.
Wish I had bought one but at the time I was only 11 weeks pregnant so it wasnt top of my list of must-haves!
Hopefully someone will come on who has experience with one!

MrsBadger · 12/07/2010 09:13

£20?!

use a fork

confusedfirsttimemum · 12/07/2010 09:16

I did BLW, but couldn't you just use a fork or stick a potato masher in your suitcase? Seems a LOT of money.

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AlCrowley · 12/07/2010 09:17

Thanks ABF. Was talking to SIL yesterday who was telling me that using a fork and a bowl was a PITA so I was all up for buying one until I went to Amazon and saw a review that said that the plastic meshes were too weak to deal with anything other than very ripe fruit or overcooked veg and that the broccoli, carrots and pasta she'd tried were just reduced to a squished up mess in the bowl of the machine. She suggests a bowl and a fork would be easier.

The other reviews were OK though so I was wondering if this was a common problem or if she's a one off...

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/07/2010 09:17

MrsBadger has a point. Elizabeth seems to get by ok with me just mashing up with a fork and she is usually very picky about lumps.
Why not take some sachets and jars as back-up and just use a fork to mash it up?

AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/07/2010 09:20

Yeah the only thing I saw the woman squish at the baby show was banana.

what about this?

AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/07/2010 09:22

Infact I think I want one of those myself...

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AlCrowley · 12/07/2010 09:24

We are trying BLW but DD gets frustrated and cries until she gets some puree!

The mini masher might be an option though. Wonder what they'll make of that at customs

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/07/2010 09:29

You could pack it next to one of those mini graters you get with hot choc gift mugs and tell customs your hobby is nouvelle cuisine!

daisydaisy73 · 12/07/2010 14:06

hi 20 is not expensive think of all the jars you would buy and you throw those away ! this you would use and could even sell it later on to get money back , this is a bowl a spoon and a musher all in one !! search the net for who sells it cheaper seen it as low as 16.99 ..

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AlCrowley · 12/07/2010 16:58

That's a good point daisy!

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AlCrowley · 12/07/2010 21:31

Anybody actually have one?

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thisisyesterday · 12/07/2010 21:32

at 7 months surely they don't need stuff mashed up anyway??

thisisyesterday · 12/07/2010 21:34

sorry, just saw your reply about BLW.

but but but.... seriously, just give the baby what you are eating, or ask for some extra veg with your meal and mush it with the fork as you feed it to them

sooooo much easier and cheaper

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AlCrowley · 12/07/2010 21:46

She is getting better but too much chewing seems to make her frustrated. She can demolish toast and biscotti now but still yells for the mush eventually at mealtimes.

SIL says fork mushing was a pain while she was away when DN was small. I thought the Wean Machine might be easier?

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thisisyesterday · 12/07/2010 21:57

depends what you're mushing i suppose
i used to just give ds2 little bits of soft stuff cut up, and then mush a bit of veg as i was eating it
honestly didn't find it a faff, tho harder veggie like carrots are a bit more difficult

i guess it would be harder if you were trying to mash a big bowlful each time, but just a bit here and there mixed with some lumpier bits isn't a big deal IMO

i just couldn't be bothered with carrying the other hting around, washing it all the time... what if you were out all day, how would you clean it in between meals?

Species8472 · 14/07/2010 11:07

I bought one, it was a bit of a waste of money IMO. As someone else said, the mesh is not good at anything that isn't soft enough to easily mash up with a fork anyway. It could be a really good product, bit of a shame.

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AlCrowley · 14/07/2010 11:47

Thanks Species. Nice to hear from someone who has one

It is a pity, cause it's a fab idea. Shame they seem to have taken a shortcut on the manufacturing.

Guess I'll be mashing with a fork then (or possibly ABF's mini masher) DD is getting much better with finger foods recently anyway. She ate most of the 2 fingers of toast I gave her this morning rather than just gumming them into a soggy mess She still cried for mush but I'm sure between packing some sachets, buying some stuff there and mushing bits, we'll be OK. We're in self catering so it shouldn't be too hard to make sure we have easily mushable stuff available.

Thanks everyone

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