Baby Jar Foods: Infant, Gerber
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Homemade Vs. Jar Baby Food
Asked by S.F. from New York
on November 21, 2010
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Me again ;) Hey Moms!
I make my own baby food for my daughter. Steamed veggies and fruits, blended. I did this with my first as well. My mother keeps saying "I beli...
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- Jarred baby-food, will never be better then homemade. Period. The companies don't have to label additives, like extreme amounts of citric acid. Have you ever tasted it...
- Sorry your mom is wrong. Breastfeeding is best and if you have the time to make food for your baby the it is better. There is only one type of baby food I know of that...
- No, mom doesn't know best. Jarred foods don't have special added vitamins, and babies don't need unlimited vitamins anyway - they get what they need from their milk. T...
Gerber Baby Food Plastic Containers
Asked by M.T. from Portland
on April 21, 2008
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With all the news coverage about concerns over plastics I've started checking the recycling codes on all the stuff our son uses. I noticed over the weekend that Gerbe...
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- Your baby can eat everything that the rest of family eats. I used a food processor and gave all my kids whatever we were eating.
- Blenders are good. If you have a Kitchenaid Mixer, it has an attachment for grinding up food which works really well. Also, carrots and potatoes are mashed up really...
- I've been making my own baby food using the Super Baby Food book by Ruth Yaron. You can make a batch and freeze a bunch (of course, you have to freeze it in plastic i...
Introducing Gerber Baby Food
Asked by R.J. from Texarkana
on December 28, 2008
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Hello moms....
My DS will be 6 months on the 7th and has been Exclusivly Breastfeed with the exception of one week of rice cereal at 4 1/2 mo cause my doc told me ...
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- please dont feed him gerber! you will be setting him up for all kinds of pickiness later when he transitions to real food, especially after being breastfed. your mil...
- If he didn't do well with rice you might try oatmeal mixed with breastmilk both my girls liked it much better than the rice. I've heard the whole fruits will make him ...
- You should introduce one new food at a time so you can tell if he has problems with that food, like a rash or gas problems like the cereal did. I would just food him a...
9 Month Old Boy Refusing Solids (Baby Jar Food)
Asked by R.F. from Dallas
on February 8, 2008
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My 9 month old son has never been a great eater. He'd eat alot, but he was always slow and messy. In the last two weeks, though, he basically is refusing all solids (o...
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- A couple of things I can think of 1) Maybe he wants to do it himself. Try some canned or frozen carrots, the kind that are in tiny cubes or other finger foods lik...
- My little man didn't eat solids at nine months. We would feed him off our plates, but we never did baby food. I did try introducing it at one point, but he was never...
- My daughter decided at 9 months that she wasn't eating baby food anymore. I had to start feeding her table foods and she did great. She wanted to feed herself, so I ...
Baby Doesn't like Gerber 3Rd Foods (Texture)
Asked by T.S. from Philadelphia
on October 14, 2011
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My daughter is 9 1/2 month old and I've been trying to give her the 3rd foods meals that are chunkier and she doesn't like it at all and gags. Tonite I attempted to gi...
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- My kids both hated the 3rd. Weird textures! We just went straight to full time table foods once the 2nds weren't enough for them. So both of my kids were on full t...
- That jarred stuff is nasty and expensive. get a small food processor and grind up what ever you are eating for lunch or dinner.
- Have you tried making your own? Like take and cook pasta super soft and chop it smaller, add a little sauce ect... I made my sons baby food and it's so easy. It might ...
8-Month-old Only Eats Baby Food from a Jar
Asked by J.J. from Portland
on October 11, 2006
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Help! I really want to be able to start feeding my 8-month-old son homemade food, but he won't eat anything I make. I admit, I never should've started him out on jar...
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- J., It sounds as if you are on a path to solving your situation. Another avenue I took with my boys was to have two separate foods (jar and fresh) and alternate bit...
- Others have said this, but definitely mix your stuff with the stuff he will eat, and gradually increase yours and decrease the jarred, and eventually you'll wean him o...
- Hi J., I know that when putting food in the blender it does not come close to what they do with the jared foods. They have a process where they break it down a multipl...
Infant Food Confusion
Asked by C.M. from Boston
on May 8, 2008
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Hopefully someone out there in cyberspace can clear some of this up for me. It seems like some of the information I've read in parenting books and magazines is contra...
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- Strawberries, anything with nuts, chocoalte, and shellfish are all "highly allergic" items. You can however give your baby the baby foods because they are processed......
- Hi C.- You can give your child the jarred stuff mixed with strawberries because it is pureed and processed. The reason you can not give a child fresh strawberries ...
- It's so confusing, isn't it??? I once heard someone say on TV that the purpose of cow's milk is to turn a 100 pound calf into a 600 pound steer in 6 months! You can...
Food
Asked by J.L. from Boston
on April 14, 2008
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Any suggestions out there for food for a 1 year old who is sick of baby food. He eats maybe a few spoonfuls and then refuses it. He definitely wants to feed himself an...
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- I was nervous about the self-feeding stage but my 9 month old is so thrilled to be eating banana bread, plain pancakes (I make whole wheat), banana, avocado, sweet or ...
- Hi J. - I am in the same boat with my 14 mo old daughter - she only has two teeth. What I give her is organic deli meat like turkey and chicken slices (cut up). ...
- Hello, He can eat any vegetables that are overcooked such as brocoli, cauliflower, carrots... he will chew with his gums and you will be surprised what he can do. Len...
Baby Food
Asked by C.W. from Lexington
on March 30, 2011
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Do you put leftover baby food in the fridge? If so, do you heat it up when you give the leftovers to baby? And how do you heat it? Thanks!
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- I do put them in there for my grandson (and did for my own kids) and yes I heat them up, usually in a dish in the microwave. If I wouldn't eat cold chicken noodles I w...
- Not when I fed them from the jar, unless I knew we'd eat them in a few hours If they'd not eaten from the jar, I kept them for 2-3 days. I know some don't advise h...
- I heat mine in the microwave sometimes, but usually just give it to her cold. She likes it better that way.. I usually save leftovers. They are only good for UP TO 3 d...
Baby Food
Asked by G.R. from Dallas
on July 14, 2009
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hello!!!!!!!!!
i am making my own baby food for my 6 month old twins i need some advice of what kind of veggies and fruit can i give it to them so far i give then ...
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- I love making homemade babyfood for my son! The fruits and veggies are so easy! I went for fresh veggies and fruit that i could easily get my hands on in the produce...
- http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/ I love this website! It gives a lot of recipes and tips on making baby and toddler type foods! Plus you don't have to buy a book...
- Get a baby/toddler cookbook by Annabel Karmel. They are all great! Try Halfprice Books or Amazon to get a cheap used copy. I love "Superfoods".
