I am frustrated.
I had the best of intentions: I was going to make as much of Tyler's baby food as I could, because I wasn't willing to pay the high prices for Gerber food all the time. We waited until 6 months per his pediatrician's orders, then started with rice cereal. Tyler wasn't having any of it. Thinking it was the taste of the rice cereal, I pureed my own peas, then tried him on that. He still wasn't thrilled.
We took a few days off, setting him in his high chair at mealtimes so he could get used to the feel. When we tried rice cereal again a few days later, he actually opened his mouth for it! Back to peas, and he would take little bits at each meal.
Now green beans. The first time I pureed them, I didn't add enough water and little chunks were still present. Tyler choked and threw up. We bought Gerber green beans just to see how he would do. He did wonderfully.
Then, I tried pureeing a second, much more runny batch of green beans. While he'll mostly get them down, he tends to blow raspberries with his food, and today, he threw it up again. Argh. Next on the menu is more Gerber green beans. I bet he'll love them.
Could my kid be on his way to a processed food diet?
4 comments:
You know, I had those good intentions too, and have ended up giving Jonah Earth's Best foods, and even Gerber and Beech Nut. He is crazy about the organic Gerber Pear and Wild Blueberry. I steer clear of those meals, like the spaghetti stuff and mac n cheese, but a good deal of it is decent.
Moving to table foods is making this harder, but we are having success with shredded cheese, egg yolk, Happy Baby Organic Puffs, Cascadian Farm "Cheerios", and fresh blackbarries in a mesh feeder.
My son's the same age, and I was having the same problems. One batch of peas he'd like, the next batch was too lumpy. Etc. Now that he can eat bite-size things instead of just purees, it's making things a lot easier. I just boiled a bunch of carrots, peas and broccoli, chopped them up small and put them in a tupperware in the fridge. Also, I've found some canned fruit that's not packed in syrup and just chopped that up small too. Also ground turkey. So there is hope. I am using some Gerber Graduates snack foods, though.
I know what you mean about the high cost of those foods. Maybe try making a different veggies before you completely give up on making them yourself. Well I hope it works out for you.
By the way, my daughter hasn't loved the rice cereal either. I think it might be lack of taste. We mix it with her mommy milk and she seems to like it better but I still wouldn't say she loves it.
We used a lot of the Earth's Best foods. For some reason, he only liked the Stage 2 ones.. Not 1, Not 3. He ate 2s until he went to table food.
Some kids are just sensitive to texture. You probably can't get them pureed at home as smooth as the commercial places do. They are only on baby food for a couple of months-- break into his college fund and buy them.
I just got an email from Mama Bite about frozen organic purees... here's the info.
Jack's Harvest - organic purees in heart-shaped "cubes" packed in a single bag; first stage (smoothest) faves include peas with mint, also Papplesauce (peach, apple, and cinnamon); locate a store ($11/12 ounces).
Tasty Baby - organic purees available in three consistencies (smooth to chunky); top picks include Corn in the USA and Bangos (banana, mango, and vanilla); use ZIP locator to find a store ($7/10.5 ounces).
Mom Made Foods - certified organic purees including broccoli, sweet potato, and the best apple flavor we tried; also bigger kids' fare; available at Whole Foods or Super Target ($5/7 ounces).
Plum Organics - organic purees in three different textures; our winner for power nutrition: Super Greens (peas, spinach, and green beans); available at Whole Foods or Super Target ($4/8 ounces).
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