Last weekend I spent hours preparing fresh homemade baby food using the Beaba Babycook for Isadora. It wasn’t labor intensive, but there were a lot of steps that kept me busy for two days:
- Wash fruits and vegetables
- Steam (only one apple or pear fits in Beaba at a time. I had four of each) or roast in the oven (sweet potatoes)
- Puree
- Cool in refrigerator
- spoon into ice cube trays
- remove from trays and put in labeled freezer bags
Each cube is 1 tablespoon. Initially, Izzy was only eating one or two tablespoons at a time. Last night, she ate six cubes! That’s six tablespoons (three ounces) of zucchini. We only started her on zucchini on Wednesday–she’s eaten four medium-sized zucchini since then. I only have three cubes left. Not even enough for a full serving with the way she’s been eating lately.
I also realized it was kind of a hassle to deal with frozen foods on the go. When we went to Chuck and Monique’s house for Thanksgiving, I brought some warmed up zucchini in a bowl and a few frozen cubes of sweet potato in case she was still hungry. It was messy and I was worried the food was going to leak in the diaper bag. Basically, just too much trouble.
So my plan is to continue to prepare and freeze homemade food, and use it for the majority of her meals. I am also going to break down and buy a few jars to keep on hand for times when we’re on the go. Whole Foods has a nice selection of organic baby food available. It’s going to be a lot easier to toss a jar or two of baby food in the diaper bag and head out the door when we’re on the go.
