In Need of a Bigger Selection of Organic Baby Food!

Hello, a babyfood grinder should only cost about $15 and is worth it's weight in gold! You can make anything from home at that point...go wild! BTW, have you checked at the co-op?

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Avacado, super ripe pears, cooked beans, cooked sweet potatoes/yams, cooked squash, home-made mashed potatoes, cooked carrots, cooked and mashed peas and green beans, yogurt, tofu, oatmeal - these are all foods that do not come in a jar but are easy to prepare and carry around. They are also nutritionally diverse.

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I don't know if you've shopped at New Seasons but they have a line that my son loved- Can't remember the name but was made in Poway Ca. They have other varietys also-Worth a try. Dr Sears sells his line of frozen organic baby food too
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Easy peasy... just buy a babyfood grinder (or use a food processor/blender), buy organic food and puree it. You'll save a TON in $ and you'll know exactly what's in it.

((Remember, you only have until apx age 2 to introduce as many chemical signatures as possible... before their brains start tagging new chem sigs as poison (the notorious picky eaters are mostly in this category)... so introduce as many flavors, ethnicities, herbs, spices, etc. as you can do safely. Ideally, get to the point where you're pureeing your own food, regardless of what it is, as long as it's not hot-spicy))

Whoops... I should add though... stay away from natural pork. We get all of the diseases and parasites that pigs do. Worm eggs in muscles are too small for us to see... we have to depend on the antibiotics, immunization, & deworming practices to keep pork safe to be eaten. Otherwise, stay kosher.

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I know it sounds gross, but it is best for baby. Chew the food from your dinner and give that to her. Your saliva is important for digesting. Digestion starts in the mouth. If you can't handle that, mash it up, grind it up, blend it up some how and give her your food, keeping in mind what she can eat. Babies love baked yams, they even come soft right out of the oven.

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Safeway also carries an in-house organics brand.

World Baby Foods (available at Whole Foods, PCC, Amazon.com)
make your own! much easier than it might sound!

Since he's been on solids for a little while, you can just steam or boil most any vegetables and then fork smash them. You could get a food mill ($8 at Target), but a fork will do the job. You could also food process if you're cooking something bigger like a whole squash. And even though he's not super fond of fruit, it's still nutritious and good for him to have some. A couple combos my daughter likes: asparagus/pear (I know it sounds gross), sweet potato/apple (sometimes butternut squash too for soup). Really, any combo is worth a couple tries!

My 2.5 year old has been eating organic since she started solids and has only had 4 jars of baby food. 2 were carrots and the other two were World Baby Foods.

If you truly want the most fresh and organic baby food, I suggest making it yourself. There are plenty of baby food cookbooks on the market that can teach you how to do it at home, but if you just don't have the time ( like me ) you can buy baby food makers. I own the Beaba babycook. The item steams the food for you and then has a blender to puree. What's great is that you can make a stock pile of food. Use glass jars (they're the easiest to clean) and you can save the food in the freezer and just thaw. Thawing can be done quickly in the microwave (under a min. from frozen to service) or you can even thaw the food out in the beabe babycook. I purchased mine through amazon, but I originally found it a Willaimsonoma.com. http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.html?words=...

I have never given a child that young any baby food at all since my oldest 12 years ago had similar issues. I found out most kids are not ready for these foods until much later than they are usually fed them, especially if there are allergies in your family. Since then I have nursed exclusively for the first year or more. Then by the time they are having food, we can simply give them food and not get baby food at all, of course we buy organic produce and such to give them.

This would save you time, money and stress. I am really glad you are wanting your little one to have organic!

You can also get a baby food grinder and make your own organic baby food out of what ever you want to, and the blender you have already works well too, but if you are able to just nurse that is better, you mentioned formula, so not sure if you are nursing, if you are, getting rid of formula entirely will help too, if not you will have to add foods early since formula is inadequit nutrition....

You might also consider not giving baby any foods from a jar and making your own with RAW foods since only raw foods have the enzymes your baby needs to digest the food.

Have you considered buying organic fruits, vegetables, etc. and grinding them yourself ? Would be more cost efficient and even healthier with no fillers. You can buy something like this (very cheap) and grind your own. Organic is millions times better than all the chemically laden processed junk that they put in baby food jars (can't believe they do this knowingly and sell it to moms).

http://www.babysupermall.com/main/products/kdc/kdc68000.html

Here are more articles you can read on the subject of baby food:

http://search.mercola.com/Results.aspx?k=organic%20baby%2...

I ALSO FOUND THIS ITEM TODAY - looks like a great product to do your own its called Beaba Babycook:

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/beaba-babycook/?b...

jacksharvest.com
wholesomebabyfood.com for recipes
We made all of our own baby food with a $40 blender/puree. Buy all you own organic fruit and veggies, it only took 2-3 hours on a Sunday. We started a 6 mon and by 10 mon she was eating table food.

I have to add to the people who said to just make it yourself. A foodmill or mini food processor work very well and you will know exactly what is in his food. You can prepare batches and freeze them in ice cube trays.
I simply ground up whatever we had for my daughter - however she didn't have any food intolerance issues.
If you do want to stick to store bought food: some Target stores have a pretty decent selection of Earth's Best.
Good Luck.

It's always nice to have some jars on hand to throw in the diaper bag, but when you are going to be at home, you might want to try getting a baby food grinder and making your own.

The food grinders are about $15-30 depending on where you get them. You can grind up anything and freeze it. I used to grind up leftover vegetables from my dinner and save it. You can also make your own combos.. peas and rice from last night, potatoes and carrots from tonight.. and when he starts eating meats you can do those too. (This is cheaper than buying food too.)

If you make your own, then you can take the frozen cubes and toss them into a reuseable container before you head out somewhere. They will thaw out and then you can give them to baby on the go!

if he isn't chewing foods yet (solids) there aren't that many options...but, you can always get your cuisinart out and make your own foods and food mixtures...there also isn't much difference in what is produced organically and nonorganically - babies can only eat so many things...veggies and fruits pureed is about it for a 6 month old! If you think that he is ready to gum foods, you can try just cutting up avocado (and slightly mashing it), boiling chicken for a really really long time, whole wheat pasta, soy yogurt and other soy products...

Hi A.,

The best, least expensive thing to do is make your own. I have twin boys, and I would buy organic veggies, and spend a couple hours on Saturday preparing them. All you need is a food mill or food processor, and a steamer. Then you spoon it into ice cube trays, freeze, and you've got enough for a week - well it was a week for two babies, so you might be able to do just every other week. It costs FAR less, takes only a little while, and you know how great the food is. We did apples, pear, yam, carrot, green bean, pea, broccoli, cauliflower, peaches, and then avacado and banana to order (not frozen).
Good luck!

There is a book called super baby food which is great if you want to feed your child a healthier diet. You can make your own babyfood using a food processor. You freeze the baby food in ice cube trays and can take out individual servings. I used the cubes at home and jars if I was out and about.

Look into something called BABY LED WEANING. The whole premise is that pureed baby food is unnatural and unnecessary. Babies aren't ready to eat until they can feed themselves chunks of soft food. There is never a need to spoon feed your child and you may actually be doing more harm than good (over-feeding or feeding before the child is ready). Remember, baby food has only been around for 50 years or so.. What did people do before that??

http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/

Not sure if you have a Safeway nearby, but they have a pretty good selection of Organic baby foods. We bought most of ours there.

If you live near Kent, Wa, there is a great natural market called Nature's Market,
26011-104th Ave. SE
Kent, WA 98030
that may be your solution. They also have a website at
www.naturesmarketkent.com

Babies R Us also has a large selection of Earth's Best.

Diapers.com also has a nice selection of Earth's Best products, along with grinders & storage containers if you want to make your own. If you want to give them a try, use referral code RACH4540 to get $10 off your first order. They have the best prices for extra large case diapers I've found. (and no lugging huge boxes for you!) You can even mail in your manf coupons & save even more.

Good luck!

Hi A.!
I know the supplies (processor/baby food maker, jars & lids) can be a bit pricey to get started, but have you considered making your own? If you make large batches, you can definitely knock out a few weeks worth of flavors in an afternoon!
There are several options for processing; blenders, food processors, specialty baby food makers, food mills, etc.
Because baby food recipes call for cooking before jarring, it's plenty easy to make a bit to make sure baby likes it, then make a larger batch for storing.
While baby food makers are a bit expensive, they are nice because they typically cook & blend in one step!
I'd say though that the #1 reason for making your own baby food is that you know exactly what's in it! You can buy the organic veg & fruit you like, and you do not need preservatives to jar it!
Here's a link for a baby food processor that gets rave reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Beaba-B2066-Babycook-Maker-Dolphin/...

Best of luck!
A.

As many others said - purchase organic fruits and veggies, mash them up and serve them to your son. Much cheaper and completely unprocessed. Avocado is a very important first food for babies, so make sure he gets some of those quite often during the week. My daughter wouldn't eat them mashed, but she would eat them if I just diced them up into tiny squares that she could pick up and eat on her own.

Blessings!

Get a grinder, which you can find for $10 at Target, and make your own food from organic produce. I loved my grinder, and my daughter practically ate from my plate as soon as she started solids. Just be sure to keep it away from pets. I lost one by letting the dog lick it out.

I agree with the other moms who have suggested making your own baby food...but you don't necessairly need to go out and get a special tool to do it - I used my food processer and my sister used her blender. It is wonderful to know EXACTLY what you baby is getting and in all honesty it tastes a whole lot better than anything in a jar. I work so I would just make batches during the weekend for the week of whatever I could find in the grocery store organic and fresh. It was actually super easy and so worth it!