Homemade baby food?

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We are still a little ways off from starting solids. My daughter is about 4.5 months and we would like to start around 6 months. I am trying to decide if I want to make my own baby food. I am curious to hear about your experiences making your own baby food and what supplies you liked, such as food processor and baby food storage devices. Also any tips and tricks are welcome!

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I always cooked everything fresh for my daughter. And will always do the same for my future children.

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I've only made my own fruit & veggie purees. I cook/steam them (the harder ones) then put them in the food processor. I add a little water until I get the consistency I want. I put the food in ice cube trays and freeze. 
I made a lot to stock the freezer. It took a couple hours but it was worth it.

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I love making my babies purées. I started at 5.5 months and started with yam and avocado as her first purées ( I added breast milk to thin them). I just use my normal blender. Now I make fun mixes with lots of fruits and veggies and stir it in with quinoa or oatmeal or rice. I do have a stash of store bought for those occasions where you’re running out the door and forget to pack food. I freeze my purée in a silicon tray, then transfer the cubes to a labeled ziplock. Then every day I pull out what cubes I want to thaw for the next day.

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The easiest and most affordable way is to just buy your fruits/veggies/meat, cook them (except for soft produce like pears, peaches, etc.), and just use a regular blender. You don’t need anything fancy. I use my magic bullet. Then I freeze the food in ice cube trays and transfer to labelled ziplock bags.

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I started solids for my son at 6 months as well. I used babycook solo for the first 3 months, after which the blender function stopped working (steaming still worked) and I had to switch over to some cheap $15 blender. Beaba did replace it as it was still under warranty, but by then the baby didn’t really need smooth puréed food anymore. I got the OXO glass baby food containers (4oz capacity each) to refrigerate them at the back of the fridge for 3 days maxed. 
Looking back, it was really a lot of work. Many trips to the groceries store, lots of time spent in the kitchen, all the washing up, and all the food wastage when baby simply refused to eat. 
In exchange, you get to tailor made your baby’s food according to your culture and his/her taste, and peace of mind knowing what goes in it. 
Good luck! 👍🏼

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So we decided to go this route because our son has multiple food allergies and we wanted to avoid any cross contamination with store bought food. We use our ninja to blend and it’s worked very well for us. 
We also bought this Babybliss freezer storage container from Amazon and have only used it once but like it so far (it won’t let me post the picture here, so I’ll try to in the comments).
It’s not too difficult to make the food and is definitely way cheaper. We’ve tried avocado, sweet potatoes, and pears and all have been easy to work with. You just have to find the right balance with water, or whatever liquid you want to add 😊

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I did for the first month or so then I looked at the ingredients of the gerber pureed baby food and it's just the food and water, nothing else added so I was cool with that and it saved me a lot of time.

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This is just my personal experience, but after preparing the meals myself a couple of times I switched to store bought. It was just too much work just to give the baby a couple of spoons of it.

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Most people don't make baby food any more and do baby lead weaning, which is give soft foods that you are eating.

Homemade baby food?

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