Baby blender - recommendations?

[milkyman]

Hi,
My HV was telling me that you can by blenders specifically for babies that steams, purees and then warms the food ready for mealtimes. Has anyone got one of these, are they worth using and where can I purchase one (oh and the cost!)?
Thanks...

Seriously don't bother. Mine were slow, slow weaners (premmies) and stayed on mush for ages, but even so, the length of time I spent making purees was really quite small.
Just buy a half decent food processor or mini blender that you can use for other stuff. I did invest in a nice steamer (Lakeland set over a heavy steel pan, fab) and now use it as much for our food as much as theirs.

I just used a stick blender thing

I would just use a hand blender as well. You'll hardly use it - and it's another thing to clutter up the kitchen!

I found the Annabel Karmel bowl and masher really useful - and only a few pounds.

Yup, buy a stick blender. I didn't do purees, but if I had they are on them for such a short amount of time that it will be a waste of money. You have such a small window before you want to move onto just mashing with a fork anyway.

Absolutely agree don't waste your money on one of those baby things. As others have said, a stick blender is fine. I also bought something called a Kenwood mini chopper (from Lakeland), which I find great for whizzing up things like steamed pear or apple into a purée. It's also useful for other things in the kitchen, not just baby food. The parts can also all go in the dishwasher, so no hassle.

I uses the stick hand blender kind, when they had puree, but they were on to mashed with a fork, quickly enough, so I would bother. I did get a hand grater/puree sort of thing from Sainsbury which you could take out with you to puree apples/pears

*wouldn't bother!!

I was given one 2nd hand - have used it probably 10 times to cook food in, used it a lot to blend food in but never for warming - I just stick in microwave. Not a chance would I have paid the £80 or whatever it cost!