when it is easy and healthy to make your own? i mean i know there is the convience issue. but a can of baby food cost .50 to .70 cents a shot when you can buy a sweet potato or some other varitity of veggie and make yourself three to five cans worth for a dollor or so and it hasn't been processed so is much heathier for your baby. right? i guess getting a meat grinder might be a little more time consuming though.. any thoughts?
2007-01-12 15:31:06 · 30 answers · asked by Kitterkat 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
i'm not trying to suggest buying baby food ready made is a bad thing. i was just curious as to what other people thought of making your own to buying.
2007-01-12 15:44:09 · update #1
yes, it is very expensive to buy baby food jars. However- it has a correct serving, very little, if any sodium. and usually is processed so you get the good stuff. If you buy organic, you know it is unprocessed. I don't trust cutting up your own meat.
It is a good investment to buy baby food ready to go, You know it is safe and good for your precious babe.
2007-01-12 15:35:51 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I made my own baby food. ... once....
I buy baby food because it takes something like 0.001 of **my time** (and energy - in short supply these days) to prep it and clean up the resulting mess, plus I don't have to thaw it out. Convenience is not a small incidental issue for a new parent. The extra cost seems totally worth it. Even though the food processor I bought would have paid for itself by now. I am fortunate enough that I can indulge.
It also probably uses less energy (the manufacturer cooking and processing it in mass quantities versus me in my inefficient kitchen). Baby food from a jar is really not significantly different from what I made in the kitchen, anyway; I couldn't taste a difference in the sweet potatoes and I thought the pears were a better texture than what I made. Processed is processed no matter who does it where, and baby needs purees.
2007-01-12 15:41:07 · answer #2 · answered by zilmag 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I see what you're saying. I breastfeed all 3 of my kids because I thought it was healthier and cheaper than formula. It was! I did buy baby food though for a few months until I realized that I could just smash up my food and feed her that. My 3rd child never had baby food. It is more time consuming but if you have the time and don't have the extra money, you do what you gotta do.
2007-01-16 13:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by Kd3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was just easier and still healthy for the baby..also the baby could have an assortment of choices..face it ..its a pain to buy the fruits the meats and the vegetables and ground them up all really fine..cause first you have to boil them...and stop and shop was the only store close to me when my daughter was little and they were very expensive..most of the time she hated alot of the baby foods and would stick with sweet potatoes and things like that. I was also working full time...cooking cleaning balancing the money paying the bills packing lunches ironing and laundry ...
2007-01-12 15:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by beckibearforeva 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My sister worked full time and still had time to make her own baby food. But she wanted to use organic food and sometimes there just wasn't an option for food. Or the food wasn't as suitable to grind up, like peas. So she bought some jars of baby food. And sometimes she just needed it for the convience.
2007-01-12 15:56:04 · answer #5 · answered by redrum42482 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never thought about making it myself.... I guess it's just like buying dog food as well... some people make that on there own as well..... time consuming.... but being a stay at home Mom now I might enjoy coming up with fun things to make for my son when he is old enough to start trying foods.... :-)
2007-01-12 15:40:13 · answer #6 · answered by Corbyn's Mommy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that you are expressing an opinion rather than asking a question. I do happen to agree with you though. I had a hand baby food grinder from Sears 16 years ago. It worked perfectly.
2007-01-12 15:37:17 · answer #7 · answered by Nelly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a bit more time consuming, but so worth it. I raised 4 kids, and have 2 grandchildren, I don't now, nor have I ever bought baby food, with the exception of formula for one child who could not tolerate breast milk. Its a huge savings for the budget.
2007-01-12 15:35:28 · answer #8 · answered by MommaSchmitt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How long have you had a baby? Do you work? The "little" time it takes to make, can seem like a lot of time, if you have "no" time. Especially if you have a screaming baby waiting for you to do it. If you travel with your child, or even just spend part of the day out with your child, freshly made baby food can spoil on a hot day.(so you have a cooler, but you get stuck somehow with a brokendown car, for example, and the ice melts.........etc. life happens------More power to you if you have time and never take a chance on spoiled food, BUT there can also be insecticides on some fresh foods........SO there are pros and cons
2007-01-12 15:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by blue 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
For our last location-we couldn't buy fresh produce and lived in a remote area-we were lucky if we could find good frozen produce. Now thankfully we have moved from that forsaken place and can eat a healthy balance of food not from a jar!
2007-01-12 15:36:07 · answer #10 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋