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Preparing baby rice and purees when on holiday?

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littletoadstool · 07/02/2007 10:32

My DS will be six months next week and is definitely ready for weaning - early waking, watching us eat, etc. We're going away for a few days next week (in the UK) and want to start him on solids before we go. As I'm new to all this how do you make up and store baby rice and pureed carrots, etc when staying in a B&B? Or do we have to resort to jars?

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DizzyBint · 07/02/2007 10:43

if you're doing baby rice and puree then would you just take a box of baby rice with you? and buy carrots or whatever when you're there and puree as you go? how long are you there for? you could make a batch, freeze it on the first day and that would last you?

however..i'm a big fan of baby led weaning, so much easier. baby eats what you're having more or less, no need for pureeing, baby rice or freezing. he's over 6 months so you don't need to do purees at all.

sophiewd · 07/02/2007 10:44

Hi We run a B&B and are quite happy to store food in our fridge/freezer so don't be afraid to ask although we do have one on the landing for our guests to use. Don't resirt to jars as your dc probably won't eat that much and you should have a kettle in your room to make up the baby rice.

NotQuiteCockney · 07/02/2007 10:45

This sort of thing is a good argument for baby-led weaning. You can just give him table scraps.

Alternatively, if you want to do purees, you can postpone weaning for a week or two, so you don't have to faff while travelling.

ProfYaffle · 07/02/2007 10:45

When we were on holiday with a newly weaned dd we used jars the whole time. We used to have a lot of those Heinz single ingredient pots (not sure if they still do them, this was a couple of years ago). You could also mash fresh stuff like banana, avocado, baked potato etc.

I'm sure someone will be along to talk about baby led weaning any second now .....

ProfYaffle · 07/02/2007 10:45

There you go!

nailpolish · 07/02/2007 10:47

you dont HAVE to use purees, you can give baby mashed up whatever-you-are-having (potato, pear, banana, etc) and im sure the B&B owners will be clucking round your ds so they will be delighted to let you use their fridge

DizzyBint · 07/02/2007 10:48

sorry can't help it!

ProfYaffle · 07/02/2007 10:49

Don't worry, I'll be doing it 2nd time round, can't bear the thought of all that faff with tiny pots of mush all over again!

dejags · 07/02/2007 10:49

if it's only a few days - give the rice and carrots a skip.

It's not adviseable to introduce too many foods at once so why not just try a little mashed banana. Very easy to transport, mash and feed.

Personally, I'd postpone the weaning for a week or two.

nailpolish · 07/02/2007 10:51

also, dont get in a faff about heating up food when out and about, food (and milk if in a bottle)

babies dont care if their mashed tattie is hot or cold, and baby may think the cold milk is strange at first but its ok to give it cold

hth

dejags · 07/02/2007 10:54

I agree NP. I didn't worry about heating DS2's food too much.

I didn't realise it but I think we did BLW unwittingly with him after a while.

He just ate whatever was suitable on our plates to eat (either finger food or mashed if need be).

He's a good eater now. Favourite food at present are olibs as he calls olives.

chipmonkey · 07/02/2007 10:54

I have one of these which I have found very useful on hols an when going down to my Mum's because I can never find a clean saucepan in her house! I did have to give ds1 and ds3 purees because they tended to gag on other food. Didn't have the same trouble with ds2 though.

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littletoadstool · 07/02/2007 10:54

We're going on the 15th and he'll be six months old on the 21st - would it still be ok to not puree things (I know its only a week difference but I do worry!). I'd rather start before we go because he really does seem hungry and his milk doesn't seem to satisfy him so I'm worried he'll be really grouchy while we're away if we don't start it.

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nailpolish · 07/02/2007 10:58

fish is a good thing for babies because the little slivers of fish are easy to break up, dont require mashing and are v soft, particularly lemon sole, which is bone-free

(although he is maybe a bit young, if you are wanting to introduce slowly, leave it a fortnight or so, although a peck or 2 off your plate wont hurt)

oh dont get me started on weaning, i LOVED weaning, seeing their little faces when they discovered a new taste, getting excited at the sight of a spoon, i get really broody when i talk of weaning

VeniVidiVickiQV · 07/02/2007 10:59

In all honesty - more milk is the way to go if you think he is hungry. It has far more calories in it.

if you are going away, then, I wouldnt want to bother with the faff of pureeing either.

Baby Led Weaning is probably preferable if you really do want to start now though, so sticks of cooked carrot/veg on his tray will be fine to be getting on with.

If not, buy jars of food. Hipp Organic are quite good.

I'd wait, personally.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 07/02/2007 10:59

Oh I'm not sure giving fish in the first few weeks is ideal, is it?

nailpolish · 07/02/2007 11:00

er, i did backpedal a bit on the fish subject, but saying that, both my dd's had it early (ie pinched off my plate)

oliveoil · 07/02/2007 11:05

Do you know, red mist descends when I see the words Baby Led Weaning.

I have no idea why and it is completely irrational but there you go.

It's spooon-ist.

I would take jars on holiday and would use the word 'resort' to describe a holiday, not a food choice .

DizzyBint · 07/02/2007 11:08

my blw baby loves holding a spoon in one hand while she eats her food with the other hand. nothing spoon-ist going on here

oliveoil · 07/02/2007 11:09

it just comes across as holier than thou and competitive imo

nailpolish · 07/02/2007 11:10

but jars are soooooo mingin' (my personal opinion) and theres really no need

oliveoil · 07/02/2007 11:11

jars have their uses imo

cheese ones stink but tomato were generally ok

nailpolish · 07/02/2007 11:12

the pudding ones are ok (well, better than the savoury ones imo)

oliveoil · 07/02/2007 11:13

are we sticking to the OP's Q do you think naily or just waffling?

nailpolish · 07/02/2007 11:14

im just passing the time til i have to collect dd1...

didnt you think some of the jars were the same thing

'savoury mince'
'lasagne'
'spag bol'

they all tasted/looked/smelt the same

ie bowfin'

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