Weaning without a freezer

[GeraniumSwimwear]

Does anyone have any tips on weaning without the use of a freezer to store homemade purées? I don’t want to do solely BLW but also don’t really want to be making a teaspoon of puréed apple every day!

We are desperately in need of a kitchen extension, our current tiny freezer lives in the shed which has a collapsed roof, so that is also on the list to be mended. We don’t have anywhere at all to put even a small freezer until we’ve sorted these things out, but DC is starting to show signs of being ready to wean so I need to work out the best way to do it in the mean time.

Should I just save myself the bother and buy the sachets from the supermarket until we’re sorted? Or any other ideas?

Could you not purée the food you're about to eat? There's loads of little handheld things that you just chuck the food into and turn it on for a minute. And for things like fruit and veg make it so they're really soft ie bananas and overboiled carrots?

I would just do blw as it’s much easier (with my 2nd I never needed to freeze anything, it was really easy). If you are really committed to doing purée then buy packets from the store and mash up what you eat as long as baby is 6 months. Even if you’re solely doing purees it’s only for a few months anyway.

Just mash up fruit and veg or whatever you’re having with a fork. It’s better to not give ultra smooth purées anyway, so you don’t have to do the difficult trying to get them to eat lumpy things. Better to start them off them off with lumps.

As above, just smush what you’re eating or use pouches. If they’re only taking a teaspoon of apple they may as well suck on a large slice to get the taste (as long as don’t gave enough teeth to bite a lump off!) small amounts of fruit can be microwaved and mashed quickly with a fork.

Two words: garlic crusher. It will pulverize pretty much anything, including most meats. Get a clean new one.

I sometimes save my ds a bit of our tea and store it in the fridge overnight. Then when it's his tea time the following day I just reheat and mash / purée it as appropriate. Doesn't work for every meal my fiancé and I eat but 2-3 times a week it works nicely.

Do you have a blender? I would whizz up whatever you're having (doesn't have to be super smooth) and give finger foods.

I hate batch cooking so this week...

Breakfast: Porridge with grated fruit, weetabix with grated fruit, yoghurt with grated fruit, omelette, toast with peanut butter

Lunch: Cheese Omelette with broccoli florets, Baked cod and mashed soft green beans, Spag Bol (whizzed up), avocado on toast with carrot batons, chicken casserole whizzed up

Dinner: baby rice mixed with root vegetable puree