DIY baby food!?

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Determined to try it out, but I feel like it will be so overwhelming... 
Tips? Recipes? Pros and cons? Recommended processors??! How early in advance should I prep? 
Any advice will help!

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When making a batch in the food processor I used ice cube trays to freeze and then put the food cubes in freezer bags labelled. Made portioning easy and as they get older you can mix and match cubes.

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Don't be overwhelmed! I made all of my sons food and plan to do the same with this next one. I just used a regular food processor I already owned. Starting out, I did simple recipes with only one ingredient. Then I started doing mixes like strawberry banana, sweet potato zucchini, etc.  I'd sometimes add a little cinnamon to the sweet potatoes when he was a little older too and different things like that. You can Google and find all types of homemade baby food recipes. I just made whatever sounded good to me and he would eat it.

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I started making my own as soon as my son gummed the food at about 7mo and he eats whatever we are eating food processor first of course. Science has shown that if you feed your baby the same things as you eat then it's more likely they will have a wider palette range and will like more foods when they are a toddler. I'm not sure how exactly positive this is as my kids were never picky for eating and would eat anything I gave them. So I haven't experimented enough with this yet. But my son seems to like the tastes of everything so far if he doesn't like the texture just add a little milk or water his favorite right now is macaroni and cheese with added milk.

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I did it with just a blender and some ice cube trays, but seriously, if I could do it all over again, I would have gone straight to baby led weaning. It's SO much easier and oddly enough, safer than purees. I'm on a baby led weaning for beginners facebook page and it tells you how to cut their food according to their age and gives lots of baby friendly recipes and such. I highly recommend the book too!

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It's really quite simple: boil or steam veggies/fruits > purée > done. 
You don't need any special machine or storage. Just any regular kitchen machine, blender or stick blender will do the trick just fine. I tend to make enough for a couple of days and just store it in the fridge. Especially because you don't want to make a large batch and then find out baby doesn't like it or has a bad reaction to an ingredient.

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Making baby food is the easiest thing. I recommend NOT buying any fancy baby food machine it's not worth it. Until you know what your baby will like done make too much of anything. My daughter actually didn't like puréed food for very long. 
Easiest to use, clean, store etc would be a immersion blender.  You can just make a small batch really fast or make a big batch too. 
Ice cube trays and ziploc is best for big batches. Or just get some freezer safe containers and freeze. 
In the beginning you don't need any real recipes  it's just one food at a time then 2 mixed etc. 
Good luck and don't stress it I stressed and then she ended up eating everything we did in less then 2 months.

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Don't be overwhelmed. Baby food is what you make of it. We just use my Nutribullet because it as probably the same thing minus the cute baby packaging. Wholesomebabyfood.Momtastic.Com has some great recipes and a wealth of information. Sometimes we make whatever we are eating without seasoning and take some out for our son before we season. For example, we made a beef stew with carrots and onions. I took some out for my son before I added seasoning. I ran the beef, carrots, onion, and liquid in the Nutribullet. We don't even make baby food in batches, we give him fresh every day.

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I began with just steaming a veggie then using a blender with breast milk to puree it. I have the bullet blender. My daughter isn't a fan of puréed food so I have adopted the BLW style of feeding. When she was younger I would steam or roast the veggie or fruit. Then I cut them up into pieces the size of a French fry. I also use a crinkle cut style cutter to make it easier to pick up. Now she's 9 months I basically give her whatever I eat just make sure it's a decent size. Just yesterday I steamed apple slices to soften them up then cut them up and she eats them like crazy. Will also do this with green beans, asparagus, carrots, sweet potato, etc. I love BLW. My daughter basically feeds herself and it has really taught Her coordination. Some other things she self feeds are toast, pasta, chicken, cheese, and egg. Making your own baby food is so simple and easy. You don't need to go buy a ton of gadgets. You most likely have everything you need at home. Good luck!

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First you don't need to go out and buy any expensive machine, I just used our blender at home. I used the time when my husband was home on the weekend and just did a whole bunch. There is so many options you can do just look on Pinterest they have lots of ideas and hacks to make it easier. Don't start off thinking it's gonna be overwhelming cause then you won't want to do it. Have fun, experiment and use ice trays and ziplock bags.

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My son totally skipped this fase! He would not eat any he only wanted what i had!

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