Sooooo... Just a quick little scribble here.. As we have been brewing and bubbling our concoctions in the kitchen...I am so glad I have chosen to go down this path and make Boopee's food. At first I was a little nervous about it all....I was always pretty confident and comfortable in the kitchen....but BABY food...It just seemed....I don't know...Like there should be some kind of Magic baby ingredient...and that's why you have to buy baby food in the store...It just seemed to good to be true to be able to make it myself and for it to be cheaper..AND for her to like it...AND for it to be healthier! It has really been a great experience so far...And super easy! And I love knowing WHAT is going into my little girl's belly! Soooo... Anyway...here are a couple of the little tid-bits/ random information concerning our baby food experiments...
1. The great thing about the Ice Tray Cubes....Boopee Eats 3..That's right Three at a time...(Gerber's jars of 1st step baby food are about 2.5 oz) Only once a day... Sooo the really cool thing is... Each one is 1 oz... So you can mix the cubes... We do it all the time with previously introduced veggies.. For instance.. When we were trying peas... and she wasn't super crazy about them.. I would do 2 cubes of "Ode to Peas" and 1 Cube of Sweetsations....Now we mix and match all the time!
2. To Serve the food...I have found the best way to thaw it...Is to put it in a little bitty corning ware dish...they are super fancy cute! And put it in the microwave on defrost...instead of microwave...So it doesn't actually cook it...=) In our microwave...it takes about 90 seconds to defrost 3 cubes...
3. Juice... Juice is awesome for thinning and changing textures...or for helping "things" move along more naturally... And if you accidentally push the wrong button on the microwave....it cools things down...really quick.. =) still check for hot spots in baby's food....we don't want to burn little one. =)
4. Formula....I don't add formula to my purees before I freeze them... however... after they are thawed...and I am ready to serve... added mixed formula....makes things creamier... and can help cool things off too.
5. Fussy when eating...All of a sudden.... a Couple of weeks ago...Boopee suddenly started fussing everyday while she was eating... I couldn't figure it out... then I noticed she was eyeing her bottle... Found out...she is like her Mommy...she HAS to have sips of her drink between bites... Soooo...If your little one suddenly starts fussing...Who knows...maybe???
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