Who makes their own baby food?

Im just curious if this is something i should do. Does it entail a lot of work meaning is this something a working mom can do with out stressing. Im talking like the fruits and veggies.. and if sooo anyone know of a good website?
TIA

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wholesomebabyfood.com

It is soooo easy. All you need is a steamer basket, a large pot, and a food processor or some people use a blender I think.

Funny though, there were some things that Sydnie preferred from a jar

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I do. I have the williams sonoma beaba and I love it. It is expensive, but it kind of gets rid of the need to have a bucnh of separate appliances.

So far I have found it very easy and I enjoy doing it. I am not sure how cost effective it is when buying organic fruits though.

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I made DS's baby food - what seems like ages ago - I loved doing it. Very easy - a little makes so much and it was fun to do. I was happy to have tried it.

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I do sometimes. I made a boatload of it then realized that making it with butter was not too bright when you have a kid who doesn't eat dairy. Oh well. Im giving it to someone!

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I did with foods that I couldn't find in jar form (avocado, broccoli, cauliflower, etc) Super easy. Steam, and blend adding water from the steam pot as needed for consistency.

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You can find frozen organic fruit at Trader Joe's, however, according to Super Baby Food, the book I used, it advises no citrus fruit or berries until 12 months old.

It is VERY easy if you batch cook or when you are cooking for DH and yourself, take whatever veg you planned on serving, steam some, let it cool, puree, pour into ice cube trays, freeze for 24 hours and then empty into a freezer bag, label the veg and date it. It can last two months in the freezer. Same goes for meat, just cook a small chicken cutlet in chicken brother and chop into fine pieces.

It's A LOT easier than most think and it's even easier this time of year because fresh fruit is so readily available. Freezing fruit for baby food is more involved.

Items that you can serve w/o cooking:

bananas, mash with fork... for younger babies, puree.
Avacado, mash with fork... younger babies, pureee.

Just about any fresh fruit, cut, mash, serve.

I also added wheat germ and flax seed for added fiber and Omega 3's

My kids were on all organic, home made baby food and it was a lot cheaper. I saved hundreds of dollars. I calculated the money we saved from making my own baby food, buying generic formula and buying a years' worth of diapers when Ekerd's was going out of business... and put the dollar amount into their 529's

It's all coming back to me now because I recently showed another twin mommy how to do this. She's never cooked in her life and she was amazed at how easy it was.

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Thanks so much guys i really want to look into this. The cost of formula is killing us and so if i can save money any way i can i would like to try. Where can i find info as to what to introduce at what time. DS is 5 months 1 week old thanks again.

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I made her peaches once, but I found it to be stressful. I had to make sure the peel was completely off and no pit remained...She liked it though.

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I just started on fruits and veggies and I have been making my own.

It is so easy and you can freeze ahead of time and take out what you need.