beaba babycook - useful or waste of money

[stickybean]

Hi,
My DD is nearly 6 months so need to start thinking about weaning. I was looking at the Beaba babycook, it steams purees blends etc, one machine as opposed to a steamer, masher etc.
Does anyone have one? are they any good?
Would you recommend it?

If not what do you use to cook and puree your babies food?

I would think it was a waste of money. Have you considered BLW?

Utter waste of money, and for a 6 month old baby a quick mush with a fork is perfectly adequate. 6 month old babies do not need pureed food at all.

BLW all the way.... complete waste of money.

Give the baby what you have for dinner and allow them to eat it by themselves.

I always gave my baby the vegetables from our meal, squashed with a fork, then a little later just whole (but well cooked). I stared weaning a little before 6 months, certainly within 3 weeks I had stopped mashing his food. He didn't have teeth, they don't need them.

If you want to puree - and agree that at 6 months mashed is fine if you don't like the idea of BLW - I'd spend the money on a basket steamer that goes in a pan, plus a stick blender. You'll get much more use out of it once the weaning phase is over.

wow, that seems pretty conclusive! Won't waste my money. Thank you.

So, Baby led weaning, i haven't considered it at all really, not for any reason just know next to nothing about it.

Is it really as simple as just let your baby eat what you are having?
Do i just one day start giving her food???
How do i do start? Why is it better than 'regular' weaning?

Well, before this turns into a bunfight - it suits some people better (me included), other people don't like it, so it's not "better" for everyone.

Aitch's blog is the best place to start if you want to read up.

Just one day start giving her food. Best to wait until she can sit up properly in a highchair and doesn't slump back or to the side. I'm not sure it's 'better' but it's certainly no worse, and it's definitely easier. The point is that they CAN cope with normal food, they have to learn to deal with it eventually so why bother teaching them to eat puree when they don't need it? It doesn't matter how little food goes in, they get all they need from milk anyway.

Brilliant! It steams the food so everything is really tasty and more nutritious.

I bypassed the pureeing stage completely and just gave the food a quick blitz to make it a bit smoother.

You can use it in conjunction with 'letting your baby eat what you do'

I made some fabulous soups, which the whole family enjoyed.

Great if you're into purees so don't be bullied by the BLW brigaged (yawn).

Will have a look at the blog and try and educate myself a bit more about all things weaning before i start. Was so prepared for this tiny newborn, had thought about so many things and looked at practically every thread on this site, somehow she has turned into a little person who needs real food and i am so not prepared!

Thanks for your help everyone

bang, she hasn't been "bullied by the BLW brigade". People have suggested it as an option, but also suggested that mashed food is fine for a 6 mo baby AND that you can make purees with a stick blender which will be a better investment. So yawn yourself, missus. Why create a stir where there isn't one?

OP - if you want to make purees then this is the machine for you, if you want to do something else then you probably need a different machine, or more likely, no machine at all.

I've just seen the price! Honestly, it does sound like a rip off. A basket steamer costs £9 in lakeland, and a blender with attachments about £30, and will be of much more general use.

ohfg, bang, you should take a good look at yourself. people have been bending over BACKWARDS to be fair about purees etc. i'm getting absolutely SICK of this utter rubbish that there are 'sides' wrt weaning, it's embarrassing.

to the OP, my friend did blw and she got a second-hand beaba, she really liked it just because it was all self-contained. obv she never needed to use the blending bit but she thought it was cracking little machine. i think if you've got loads of money it's a good thing, but it is kinda expensive, esp if you already own a blender.

Well done for getting to six months! It can be hard with all the pressure to wean early. A six month old doesn't really need completely smooth purees, they're ready for food! So mashed, lumpy or even whole food is fine.
If you're in the market for a blender/steamer anyway, then full-size versions that you can use for everyday cooking would be much more economical and useful.

Mwahahahaha!!!!

can i descale the beaba babycook with steam steriliser sachets?