https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:57:08 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:34:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15715 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341442&title=making-baby-food#341442 Author: misty
Subject: 15715
Posted: 01 April 2008 at 5:34pm

I agree Gill! For the first week or two I was studiously preparing home made food until I got a terrible flu. Thought I'd take the easy road so cracked open a few tins/jars and my boy wouldn't have a bar of it!
After a second attempt he now eats his "breakfast" from a jar and I do the veggies myself for the afternoon. Works a treat.]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:34:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341442&title=making-baby-food#341442 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341428&title=making-baby-food#341428 Author: rosewood
Subject: 15715
Posted: 01 April 2008 at 5:22pm

Forgot to say...Do give jar food on occasions though as my DD refused to eat any jar food and I think it might of been because all I fed her was home cooked?? Might have been wrong. My DD eats anything and everything now!]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:22:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341428&title=making-baby-food#341428 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341425&title=making-baby-food#341425 Author: rosewood
Subject: 15715
Posted: 01 April 2008 at 5:19pm

I used to chop extra veggies when preparing for our dinner so that I always had some left over for the freezer for the baby. This way I found that I always had a great selection in the freezer and none were in there very long.

I used to prepare: Apple, Banana(do not freeze though), pear. DD loved these on their own and a bit later all combined. Melon, Apricots (without skin), Plums (without skin), Avocado, Apple & Kiwi fruit was a huge hit later on too (kiwi fruit seeds in the poo was a bit amusing too!!)
Carrot, butternut squash, courgette, Green beans, brocolli, cauliflour, (brocolli/cauliflour and potato was a success!) Potato, pumpkin, Kumera

Annabel Karmel's book is also very good.]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:19:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341425&title=making-baby-food#341425 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341131&title=making-baby-food#341131 Author: miss
Subject: 15715
Posted: 01 April 2008 at 11:25am

Once they have had a food for 3-4 days you can mix it with a new food and still be aware of any allergic responses.

E.g. Start bubbas on avocado - 1 meal a day, 4 days. No reaction. Introduce pumpkin - can be mixed straight away with avocado or given seperately.

Persoanlly, until all flavours have been tried I wuold keep them seperate as it helps you see what they do/don't like.

if they don't like something it can take up to 10 goes before they will like it, or stop then reintro a few days later.

As for combos, pretty much anythign y9ou mix together that they like, once you are happy that they arent going to react to it is fine, some people have given their kids cray combos (to us) and they have loved it. Especially useful if, say bubba will only eat things mixed with apple (like chicken, corn, pasta and apple - eww, but bubba loved it!)]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:25:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341131&title=making-baby-food#341131 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341073&title=making-baby-food#341073 Author: misty
Subject: 15715
Posted: 01 April 2008 at 10:26am

Oh a quick tip - don't use food processor for kumara or potato as the high starch content makes it go all gluey... so mash or use the moule for this]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:26:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=341073&title=making-baby-food#341073 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336906&title=making-baby-food#336906 Author: Peanut
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:23pm

Plunket said not to mix foods until they have been on solids for 6 - 8 weeks. So introduce a single food and give them that food everyday for 3 days and then change.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:23:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336906&title=making-baby-food#336906 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336803&title=making-baby-food#336803 Author: myfullhouse
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:16pm

Kellz wrote: Get the Baby food and Beyond recipe book, by Alison and Simon Holst. It explains it all, from real basics up to toddler recipes. Its about $15 at Whitcolls, or u could prob get it on TM.

I won't repeat what the others have said, it's all good advice.
Try your local library for the recipe book, they may have it and saves you buying it. Plus I have found that the library has alot of other good recipe books]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:16:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336803&title=making-baby-food#336803 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336696&title=making-baby-food#336696 Author: popcorn
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:23pm

avocado and banana is meant to be yummy for babies, havent been brave enough to try it yet though!]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:23:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336696&title=making-baby-food#336696 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336663&title=making-baby-food#336663 Author: busymum
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:01pm

My girls have liked pumpkin, kumara and pear. So I started with those (one at a time), boiled in a little water then the whole lot pureed (or mash with a fork until soft if you don't have a processor!). Introduce new tastes slowly, so perhaps pear for a couple of days then kumara for a couple of days. Soon you'll get to see what they like and you can add things in. So maybe add two together or add brocoli etc. After 6mos you can add finely chopped chicken or lamb as well.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:01:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336663&title=making-baby-food#336663 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336655&title=making-baby-food#336655 Author: floss
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:57pm

Thanks guys

I really should know all this stuff after already having a kiddy but it was so much eaiser to just buy ready made for one lol and we were a bit better off $$ wise then ]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:57:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336655&title=making-baby-food#336655 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336642&title=making-baby-food#336642 Author: Maya
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:50pm

Oh and the gremlins used to love pear and kumara or pumpkin pear and kumara.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:50:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336642&title=making-baby-food#336642 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336638&title=making-baby-food#336638 Author: Maya
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:49pm

LOL, mine eat me out of house and home too!

Basically you just boil up the veges/fruit with no skin, pips etc. in a little bit of water then chuck it in the food processor with the water from the pan and puree it. I used to do all the veges separately then freeze them in icecube trays and then when I defrosted them I would mix say potato, kumara and pumpkin together, that way I could alter the variety.

I also used to puree up the frozen broccoli you can buy from the supermarket, and frozen peas for them when they were a bit older.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:49:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336638&title=making-baby-food#336638 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336637&title=making-baby-food#336637 Author: BellaBoo
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:49pm

My one big suggestion is to use a steamer. Boiling the veges makes all the nutrients leach into the water and even though you use some of the water for pureeing alot of it gets tipped out.

If it was me I would just copy the ready made flavours ]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:49:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336637&title=making-baby-food#336637 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336635&title=making-baby-food#336635 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:47pm

As they are still quite young there are only a few foods that you will need to intoduce them to. So pumpkin, courgette, potato, carrot, kumara, apple and pear. I think that is it for now. Pumpkin and pear was one of Spencers favourites. I find steaming them the easiest way to cook but for apples and pears you can also roast and the veges you can just boil if need be. Try to avoid the microwave for actual cooking as it destroys some of the nutrients. I cook in batches and then freeze in ice cube trays and then can mix and match at each meal time. For combos you can steal ideas of watties etc as well, just look and see what combos they do and do the same.

Hope that helps. ]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:47:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336635&title=making-baby-food#336635 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336634&title=making-baby-food#336634 Author: Kellz
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:47pm

Get the Baby food and Beyond recipe book, by Alison and Simon Holst. It explains it all, from real basics up to toddler recipes. Its about $15 at Whitcolls, or u could prob get it on TM.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:47:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336634&title=making-baby-food#336634 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336624&title=making-baby-food#336624 Author: floss
Subject: 15715
Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:41pm

I didn't make any baby food for Sienna but Noah & Lola have been eating me out of house and home so I thought it was about time to stop being lazy and make some of my own.

Can anyone suggest any flavour combos and basically how to make it !]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:41:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15715&PID=336624&title=making-baby-food#336624