Why You Should Make Your Own Baby Food

Why? Why should you make your own baby food?

Its so much better for your precious baby.  Did you know these facts about jarred store bought baby food:

• It has to be cooked as such a high temp to make it safe to sit on a shelf for 2 years that most of the nutrients are cooked out.
• Studies have found lead in the jars that this food is package in.
• Its expensive and a lot of it gets wasted in the end.

Example: one mom buys jarred baby food and spends up to $3 per day, the other mom makes her own baby food and spends and average of $3 per week to feed her baby
Think about that one!
I don’t have the time…
YES you do.  You always have the time to do what is best for you little one.  You spent 9 months taking the best possible care of your body to give him a healthly environment to grow in.  You can find the time to make the best food for him so he continues to grow in a healthly environment.
Did you know you can make a weeks worth of homemade baby food in just an hour a week.  How many of you can’t find one hour to do this for you child, and yourself.
Think about it this way, after your little one hits the hay for the night, DVR that episode of CSI, Dancing with the Stars or Deadilest Catch and watch it later in the week when nothing else is on.  Or on a rainy Saturday afternoon get Dad to have some one on one time with the baby and you take an hour for making baby food.  When Bailey was eating baby food, I made all hers on Sunday evenings.  We would have either an early dinner, or I would make something that could be popped in the oven and cook while I cooked her food on the stove. Brent loved his special time with her and I am hoping he will do so with both girls when Jozie gets to baby food.
I don’t have the right supplies…
You really don’t need much but in case your actually are missing some supplies here is a short list of the items I use:

• Stock pot and saucepan
• Steamer pan or metal colander
• Blender/Food processor or hand powered food mill
• Vegetable masher
• Cubed trays (ice cubes trays work great but make sure you buy the BPA free ones)
• Good sharp knife
• Cutting board
• Creative mind for stage 2 mixing of veggies and fruits

There are lots of products on the market and I will being doing reviews on some of them but the most basic kitchen utensils work wonders.  I will say that a food processor is better than the blender only because most blenders are just not made for that much use.  We went thru two while Bailey was eating baby food.  A old cheap one we had before and then better quality one we got later.  Its still usuable but I will be trying out our Ninja for when Jozie arrives.