bbaker
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08-19-09 01:38 PM - Post#93012
Where do you buy your vegetables? I am going to try making baby food for my 7 mo. old Granddaughter. She has been on soliids since she was 4 1/2 months and they make her food. She even eats chicken that they puree so I got on the internet to learn how but, I want to buy vegetables that are really fresh. don't mind if they are a little more expensive since I won't need to buy a lot. Also, I need to buy a steamer of some sort. Not a real expensive one though. Any ideas or suggestions?
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texmomma
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08-19-09 01:49 PM - Post#93013
In response to bbaker
We usually find good produce at Market Street. You might find some at the Farmers Market on Saturday mornings at Waters Crossing as well.
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denisew
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08-19-09 03:06 PM - Post#93021
In response to texmomma
There is a farmers market up in McKinney on Saturday mornings from 8 am until noon at the Chestnut Square off of McDonald St. A friend of mine buys produce quite a bit from there and says the stuff she gets is absolutely delicious.
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bbaker
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08-20-09 09:09 AM - Post#93069
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texmomma and denisew
bbaker
Edited by bbaker on 08-20-09 09:10 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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sco
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08-20-09 09:24 AM - Post#93071
In response to bbaker
When my kids were babies I used to just steam their vegetables in a rice steamer and chop them up in a mini chopper. Sometimes I would chop up a bunch and freeze them in ice cube trays. If you are wanting the freshest veggies you might not want to freeze them but it was handy in a pinch to just be able to pull them out and microwave them.
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denisew
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08-20-09 03:10 PM - Post#93086
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If you make green beans, you'll have to strain them after putting them through a sieve even though you processed them in the blender because sometimes they can be a little stringy and hard for the little ones to swallow. I used to make a lot of my own baby food using fresh fruit and vegetables when my boys were little. I felt it was so much better for them than the stuff in the jar. The ice cube trays work great too - like Susan noted above - for dividing up the servings. But, you don't have to cook the bananas - they mash up real easily with a fork.
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bbaker
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08-21-09 08:22 AM - Post#93138
In response to sco
Thanks everyone. My son does freeze her food in ice cube trays and brings it with her to me because he doesn't want me to feed her food from a jar. I guess i will donate the baby food I bought to the food pantry or something. So far she has had sweet potaoes, several varities of squash, carrots, peas, applesauce, bananas, pears,cantalope and chicken. They have a little mesh thingy that slightly resembles a pacifier that they put the cantalope in and she sucks it through the mesh. She loves it but, I can't seem to find one. Anyone ever seen one of these?
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denisew
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08-21-09 06:22 PM - Post#93198
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The Allen Food Pantry can always use the baby food donations.
I have seen those self feeders before, but remember my pediatrician telling me not to use them. They may have changed since my boys were little, but he felt it was more important for the baby to recognize and use the utensils/spoon as part of eventually learning to feed themselves. I would imagine you could put the canteloupe in a food processor to mash up what she will eat at one serving.
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bbaker
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08-24-09 02:02 PM - Post#93366
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Denisew,
I probably didn't explain it well. It isn't a "feeder" like they used to use instead of spoon feeding. It doesn't have a nipple at all. This thing that they put the cantalope (strawberries, seedless watermelon etc.) is something that only holds a few bite size chunks and they put it in snap the lid closed and the baby holds it and chews/sucks on the mesh looking thing (it has tiny holes) and when she's gotten all of the juice from the fruit out then she gets the "meat" of the fruit thru the holes. I have never seen one of these before so I think they are fairly new. DIL says she has seen them at Target and other baby stores. I think they are mainly for babies that are teething and are already on fruits. My Granddaughter loves hers with the cold fruits in it.
bbaker
Ok, I found it on the Target website and it's called "Fresh food feeder" so I guess you could actually feed them that way but my granddaughter is spoon fed. They only use it for fresh fruits as a treat that she can feed herself by chewing and sucking on the mesh. It is sticky though with the juices getting all over her. It is recomended for 6 months and older. She is 7 months.
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denisew
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08-24-09 03:19 PM - Post#93378
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Okay - Now I know what you're talking about. It has been awhile since I've had babies in the house and they're always coming out with new stuff. I just remember those self-feeders that you can put pureed baby food in and just give it to the baby like a bottle. My SIL used one for her daughter and I thought it was so gross seeing her suck the baby food - it was one of those "dinner mixtures" through the tip. It looked like cream of mushroom soup - not appetizing at all.
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skigil
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09-17-09 02:24 PM - Post#95408
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The Willis Market. They are usually open until 6pm on weekdays. If you take Stacy out east until it T's, take a left going north, then take the first right (Old Stacy) and keep going east until you find it....they have signs.
Enjoy!
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