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You Are Now Entering the World of Solids

We decided to start giving our daughter some “real” food last month. We previously had decided to wait until she was about a year old, but our curiosity got the best of us. Shortly after she passed the 8 month mark, we began the journey into the world of solids foods. We bypassed the rice cereal and canned baby foods and went straight to making our own baby food. We had read online and heard from trusted acquaintances that avocados are the perfect food, for both babies and adults, so we decided avocados would be the first food hitting her … Continue reading →

Should I Give My Baby Solids?

Our daughter is approaching the age when solid foods can be introduced. She’s 5 1/2 months old and is exclusively breastfed. I’m going back and forth on when we’re going to start giving her solids. She’s gaining weight fine on breast milk alone (hello, I think weighing 17 pounds at 4 1/2 months probably means she’s getting enough!), and I hesitate to mess with something that is going so well. I know there are people who believe that breast milk alone isn’t enough for a baby once they reach six months of age, but I’ve witnessed cases where babies consumed … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Baby Food: What Supplies Do You Need?

Do you make your own baby food? Would you like to? Making baby food can be easier than you think. No, it doesn’t require hours chopping vegetables, slaving over a steaming hot stove, and then working tediously with a food processor. Making your own baby food can save you a huge amount of money, and it’s a good way to accommodate food allergies or to eat organic on a budget. Making your own baby food does take some work. The key is to integrate this work into your normal meal preparations and supplement your meal with frozen food if necessary. … Continue reading →

The Sneaky Mama’s Favorite Chef: Annabel Karmel

When it comes to creating tasty food that’s appealing to little ones, Annabel Karmel has cornered the market as far as I’m concerned. My first “introduction” to Annabel Karmel was when I started making foods for the twins. I just couldn’t stomach the idea of several dollars worth of jarred food flying off the shelves every day. So I got out my handy Braun hand blender and I started to whip up peas, carrots, and baby cereal. Then I got stuck. I was lacking in creativity for preparing my babies’ foods and they weren’t quite ready for roast beef and … Continue reading →

Making Baby Foods from Stored Foods

It is important to remember baby’s needs when planning for emergencies. There are a couple of different approaches you may choose to take in order to provide for baby when it is most critical. You may choose to store ready-to-eat baby foods, but you also may want to know how to make your own baby foods from other stored items. The ingredients for these foods generally store longer than the canned baby foods, and of course they are more versatile. Things like rice, wheat, and dehydrated vegetables can be used for making baby foods and in cooking meals for the … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: Tips on Making Baby Food

Good morning readers! I am introducing a few new categories here in the baby blog. The first, is ‘Ask a Baby Blogger’. We bloggers love questions, especially ones that gives us blog fodder! So if you have a question, feel free to comment or leave either Heather or I a private message and we’ll try to answer as best as we can! Our first ‘Ask a Baby Blogger’ question has to do with making baby food. I am trying to make my infant’s baby food. I used the blender method but it came out all goopy. What did I do … Continue reading →

Fancy Baby Food

Call it haute baby cuisine or gourmet meals for babies… whatever you call it, it’s not your average jar of strained carrots and green beans. Baby food manufacturers are answering the call for better baby cuisine. And they say the requests aren’t only coming in from celebrity moms and dads. Studies show that parents of all socio-economic classes want fancier fare for their precious bundles of joys. One of the most popular “gourmet” baby foods on the market comes from a company called “Homemade Baby.” The company says it caters to parents who don’t cut corners when it comes to … Continue reading →

Solid Foods: Making Your Own Baby Food

We talked about making your own rice cereal yesterday and Valorie brought up the key point that it’s a lot cheaper to make your own than it is to buy the store bought baby food. She’s right, nine times out of ten, doing it yourself can cost you a lot less in pennies on the dollar, but it’s also important to keep in mind that making your own baby food can be time-consuming. So let’s take a moment and talk about why you should make your own baby food. Why should you make your own baby food? Home made baby … Continue reading →

Solid Foods: Making Your Own Rice Cereal

When it comes to feeding your baby solid food, rice is one of the most easily digested and very few people are allergic to it. That’s why it’s considered one of the best solid foods to get your infant started on. The great thing about the following rice cereal recipe is you can make up a large batch and keep it stored for up to 2 months. All you need is: A Blender A Freezer & Ice Cube Tray Freezer Bags 3 Cups of Brown Rice 12 Ounces of Formula, Breast Milk or Water How to Make Your Own Rice … Continue reading →

5 Cultural Myths About Starting Solids

Believe it or not, much of what we do as parents, is culturally dictated. If we lived in another part of the world, we may not use diapers or cribs. We may walk around with our babies strapped to our backs or even breastfeed not only our own children, but our neighbor’s as well. So it is also with starting solid foods. When the twins were ready to start solids, it pained me to feed them jarred food. It’s different when you’re feeding one baby (or at least it was for me) but with two, I just watched the money … Continue reading →