Babies who have eaten homemade baby food.

So I have been on a kick to make my own baby food. My son has eaten all the stage one fruits and veggies except prunes. So on Sat I tried bananas. He ate the jar of bananas. On Sun. I tried making him bananas on my own. He gagged and refused to open his mouth. I tried going back to the jar and he refused that too. Then yesterday I tried making peas for him. He gagged and hated it. Today I made applesauce for him and again he gagged and hated it. What am I doing wrong? I am making it just like how they said in wholesome baby. I am so confused.

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i feel that the jarred bananas are a smoother consistency, as are most jarred foods. Pears seemed to work well, so i started with homemade pears. Is your dc teething, maybe thats why he is refusing. i would just continue to try before you give up on making your own foods. peas never went, homemade or jarred...but now he eats both homemade or not.

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oh goodie DS isn't the only one like this, he loves his jar bananas. when I make his banana he gags and refuses to eat them. I am going to try again, this time I will use the magic bullet (before I was mashing w/ fork) and add a bit of formula hopefully he will like it that way since it will be a little thinner. DS loves my apples tho, and doesn't like jar apples too much. I bake everything so The applesauce is very tasty

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I don't know, we never did jarred foods. We only did homemade foods. I bought the Magic Bullet adn it was the only thing that really pureed the foods good enough.

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Try adding more water to your puree and that should give it a smoother consistency. Also, I've noticed when I'm introducing a new food sometimes he takes it better if I mix it with oatmeal.

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I have tried mixing the foods up in the blender, the food processor and the immersion blender. The immersion blender is the one that worked well. Also, I have tried mixing it with oatmeal and then he doesn't want to eat that either. I guess I will just keep trying. Thanks for your suggestions!

Message edited 3/10/2009 8:59:11 PM.