As of now, Bella is not enjoying organic baby food or anything of the like, but I can't help but wonder what is best? The most our family has ventured into the organic food world is milk. Drew and I LOVE organic milk and when forced to buy the regular kind because they were out of organic, we were very disappointed with the taste. When Bella gets to milk when she is a year old, it will be organic most definitely, but should we be starting sooner? Now I grew up on non-organic food, just your typical Gerber Peas and such, and I seemed to have turned out ok, considering. =) But I can't help but thing back to my Kosair Children's Hospital days, when parents would struggle over why their child was in the hospital--and one of the first things they would change was food choice, moving their kids to an all organic diet.
I recently purchased a booked titled "Baby's Table" for only $6 (that include shipping) thanks to Amazon. This book talks all about the benefits of making your own baby food for baby, all the way into toddlerhood. Again, I have not put all of the tips into use yet, but I plan to start this week by mashing bananas for Bella to try for the first time.
I would love to hear your opinions on this matter. What do you do with your little ones? And why do you do it?
2 comments:
We do semi-organic at our house. We buy organic dairy, and then try to follow the "dirty dozen." We also have a garden in the spring and summer. I made all of Trent's baby food. If you're up for spending a little money on convenience, we used the Beaba Babycook. It steams and purees the food all in one little machine, making your life much easier. You can also order silicone freezer trays that are the same size servings as the small baby food jars. Also, you may want to check out wholesomebabyfood.com. I used it as a reference when I was making baby food. Avocado is another food that can be mashed up without cooking it. Good luck!
It's a lot easier for us now that we're doing mostly finger foods so fresh fruit and veggies work. However, when we first started with pureed foods I was intent on making it myself. I had books and followed the oh so simple instructions. They didn't like it one bit. Give them the gerbers and they would eat it right up. I don't know what the difference was, but there was a difference. Bananas are easy to fork mash because of no cooking involved and they never had a problem eating them. I think it's kind of a trial and error kind of situation. Good Luck!
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