Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

I give Plum Organic pouches and have also made applesauce, banana, butternut squash, carrots, peaches, and I forget what else.
When he starts meats I hopefully plan to make it for him, but who knows what I will end up doing. I love the convenience of the pouches !
Not a fan of jarred food, for no reason in particular...

Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

I started out with jars only but now that im trying to get him used to textures, I am attempting to make super soft veggie and mash them. We tried homemade apple sauce and he hated it but loves jarred apples so we do both.

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Jarred usually plum organicd or earths best

Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

DS got mostly homemade, but I would keep jars of Earth's Best and the Plum/Happy Baby/Earth's Best puree pouches on hand and he would get these once in awhile.

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Thanks for responding everyone!

Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

DS is on table food now but we did mostly homemade. He did eat jarred if we were out and about. He preferred earth bests jarred to anything else.

Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

i make all my own. its easy and cheap. pears, squash, peas, carrots, banana...i steam or roast then puree with water and a little butter. then i freeze in ice cube trays. i then heat a cube or two for each baby

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I used jarred.
I had no patience or time to make my own...
I saw no reason for it

ETA- and I will admit it was Gerber.
Not Earth's Best or Plum

Message edited 11/12/2012 11:52:36 AM.

Re: Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

So far just jarred while she has been starting solids. Eventually I might try making some of my own, but in all honesty, I work full time and we're always busy on the weekends. When DD is awake, she likes undivided attention, so time is limited. I have trouble staying on top of my housework as it is.

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I did both. Jars/pouches and homemade. Jars/pouches were easier for a few reasons but especially because I didn't have to worry about it going bad.

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Posted by NervousNell

I used jarred.
I had no patience or time to make my own...
I saw no reason for it

ETA- and I will admit it was Gerber.
Not Earth's Best or Plum

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I did jars. Whatever was cheapest, mostly Gerber. I didn't want to be bothered with making my own. And he only ate purees for about 4 months anyway.

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Posted by Jax430

Posted by NervousNell

I used jarred.
I had no patience or time to make my own...
I saw no reason for it

ETA- and I will admit it was Gerber.
Not Earth's Best or Plum

LOL..that's all we've used so far too.

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As we are trying new fruits and veggies, we are using jars... once we have covered them all so we know for sure he doesn't have reactions to any of them, then we are going to make them ourselves.

Not sure about meats though--- that is something we may just purchase jarred.

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For the first 2-3 months, all the food was homemade. Then when he started on meats, I did venture into some jarred foods. Now at 8 months, he's already eating small bits of real food, so we've been trying more of that these days.

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Posted by NervousNell

I used jarred.
I had no patience or time to make my own...
I saw no reason for it

ETA- and I will admit it was Gerber.
Not Earth's Best or Plum

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While they are just starting to get used to flavors/textures (and spitting most out) I use jars. Once they get the knack for eating I make a lot of my own. I make big batches and always find it time consuming so I wait until they are actually eating it before I start.

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neither We did baby lead weaning so my kids just eat our foods in small pieces.

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We used mostly homemade, but had the pouches for when we were out. DD is 17 months and still loves those pouches.

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Posted by bettybcafe

Posted by NervousNell

I used jarred.
I had no patience or time to make my own...
I saw no reason for it

ETA- and I will admit it was Gerber.
Not Earth's Best or Plum

OMg..that you for posting this. I was starting to think I was the only one using Gerber and nothing organic. you made me feel a lot better

Message edited 11/13/2012 9:59:41 AM.

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Posted by NervousNell

Posted by bettybcafe

Posted by NervousNell

I used jarred.
I had no patience or time to make my own...
I saw no reason for it

ETA- and I will admit it was Gerber.
Not Earth's Best or Plum

OMg..that you for posting this. I was starting to think I was the only one using Gerber and nothing organic. you made me feel a lot better

Well obviously the Gerber stuff is selling because it still has the highest market share of all the baby foods- so I guess it's everyone's dirty little secret!

Nobody admits to it- but someone is buying it!
Last I read the labels, POISON wasn't listed as an ingrediant... so I think we are ok!

Do you give LO home made food or jarred?

I tried Gerber, but neither of my kids liked it. I make my own except the meat ones. Mostly we just give him what we eat and put it in the food processor, but when we eat nuts or fish I give him an Earth's Best meal. I just can't get the meals right lol.

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I make my own. Really takes no time at all. Veggies & fruits only though. We started to serve chicken, meatballs when we were up to table food.