https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:08:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045203 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:41:28 +0000 rattles 1045203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! She'll eat the pouches when traveling, and we're introducing more finger foods now that she's almost 9 months, but 90% is homemade purées. It's awesome to be able to give her foods/combos that aren't really in the pouches, eg she loves mango/papaya! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045192 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:37:20 +0000 MsLipGloss 1045192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: We'll see what happens when we get to broccoli! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045178 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:33:35 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1045178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: that is a good problem to have! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045176 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:32:49 +0000 MsLipGloss 1045176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: In the beginning, my LO would only eat veggies! mixing veggies and a little fruit together was the only way I could get my LO to eat any fruit! She is almost 12 months and she still won't eat bananas, peaches, mango, or straight pear! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045172 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:30:41 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1045172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make all of her food, except yogurt and puréed prunes. My mom is pretty anti-pouch because she thinks it makes kids only want veggies sweetened with fruit and that pouches take away the table manners and learning to chew aspects of feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045145 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:21:25 +0000 winniebee 1045145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I mean I know working moms do it but for me it just was not worth spending what little time I had at home making puréed when there are good organic options available. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045125 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:15:39 +0000 travelgirl1 1045125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, but now we do BLW. I still make a puree for her occasionally though to go with her finger food but she doesn't like to eat anything off a spoon that isn't yoghurt. She'll kind of flick it off then put the empty spoon in her mouth, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045099 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:00:22 +0000 MsLipGloss 1045099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. Never. I spend so much time at work I try to maximize time with LO (and try to recov from work at night and on weekends!) AND I am not super confident in the kichen.</p> <p>@winniebee: That makes me feel 100% better. Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045095 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:59:38 +0000 chopsuey 1045095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I know! I mean, the pouches taste good, but the stuff I make tastes better imo! :P<br /> @chrispygal: Yeah, I think he likes the sweetness.. butternut squash is pretty sweet though!<br /> @locavore_mama: S&amp;S is actually a little more expensive for the stuff he likes! I'm hoping he likes what I make him tomorrow.<br /> @dolphin: Well, 2-3/day! I started him on solids consistently maybe a month ago? We started off with just one meal/day, then 2 and now we do 3 meals a day. He still nurses on demand and the amount of solids he eats varies daily. He's a porker. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045090 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:57:55 +0000 yin 1045090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't make it for my first and simply roasted veggies until they were soft enough. He also loved the pouches and still gobbles them up as a toddler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045081 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:53:17 +0000 dolphin 1045081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I make DD purées and give her plum organic pouches. I usually wait for a sale and stock up! Your DS eats 3 pouches a day? My DD usually finishes only one (spread over 2 "meals"). I was just thinking she should probably be eating more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045073 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:50:35 +0000 winniebee 1045073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I did earths best jars and at my whole foods I could get the 4 oz jars for under a dollar! Also they run pouch sales on diapers.com all the time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045067 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:43:19 +0000 immabeetoo 1045067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I like the little green pouches! But I've never used a "real" pouch I guess</p> <p>We did chunky purees for a while in combination with BLW. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045055 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:37:15 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 1045055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope! we are doing BLW, so i skipped making them altogether. although initially i was planning to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045050 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:33:08 +0000 Rubies 1045050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made for dd and she loved it! I hope #2 likes my "cooking"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045034 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:23:41 +0000 lemondrop 1045034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Babies are mean critics, they could definitely be nicer ;)</p> <p>If you mean mashing things with a fork (bananas, microwaved sweet potato) then yes. If mean streaming and food processing foods- nope. We didn't get fancy, and if I was in a hurry, he got a tub of Gerber :p</p> <p>We did a hybrid of purees and food from our plates to start, until we just forgot about purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045030 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:22:44 +0000 regberadaisy 1045030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made them when she was eating purees. Now I do buy some for travelling but she's over pouches. </p> <p>What about s&amp;s on amazon? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045022 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:17:20 +0000 chrispygal 1045022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about making some purees and mixing it with the pouch food. You could start with 50/50 or even 75/25 and work your way until it's less pouch and more purees. I found the pouches tend to be sweet so that may be why he likes them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045014 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:11:33 +0000 MrsF 1045014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to buy the gerber purees but M really just wanted finger food so we didn't keep that up for long. She loves the pouches (refuses a spoon) so I do one of those a day. I can usually find them on sale at the grocery store or stock up. I've bought them on Amazon too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045012 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:10:47 +0000 Andrea 1045012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did! They both liked their purees with chunks. I tried jarred food and pouches but they were not fans. They liked homemade stuff. I do think it tastes a lot better than the ready made. To me anyway. Weird that DS likes the pouches but not homemade? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045009 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:09:23 +0000 MrsHotDog 1045009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I had that same problem with my DD! My husband thought it was hilarious and told her that he understood, haha. I am a bad cook but still... I am going to try again with my DS in a couple months when he is old enough. I hate the price of the pouches but I do love the convenience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045006 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:05:54 +0000 mrsjazz 1045006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I took a baby food making class that showed us how to make food to share. We made butternut squash, pear, and sage. The parents ate it as a chunky side dish and the babies had it pureed, it was yummy. Definitely go with the stuff you like, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1045002 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:04:34 +0000 betsyboop 1045002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the most part, I made purees for my LO but I bought some pouches/jars for stuff like peas, carrots, spinach, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044998 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:03:37 +0000 chopsuey 1044998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Did you get jarred food? What brand? Each pouch is $1.79. Multiplied by 3 a day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044996 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:02:38 +0000 chopsuey 1044996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lucky for him I like butternut squash. :P I ended up eating all of it!<br /> Sweet potatoes+apples+corn is something I can eat too so all good if he hates it I suppose :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044994 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:02:24 +0000 winniebee 1044994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope never! Didn't have time when I was WOH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044989 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:01:07 +0000 chopsuey 1044989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: gonna try it tomorrow! apples, sweet potatoes, corn!<br /> he's a big pear fan too, so will have to pick up some pears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044988 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:00:57 +0000 autumnlove 1044988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made them a few times but I usually just buy them. I bought the little green pouches and they are big and awkward! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044973 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:55:54 +0000 mrsjazz 1044973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: Can you try to mimic the combinations of the pouches? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-make-purees-for-your-lo#post-1044967 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:54:07 +0000 chopsuey 1044967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: I've given him bananas, avocados, butternut squash and he won't open his mouth for them!<br /> If I give him Peter Rabbit, Ella's, or Happy baby he eats the entire pouch in one sitting. 3-4 ounces! </p> <p>I actually squeeze the pouch puree into a spoon and spoon feed him. </p> <p>I'm gonna try making sweet potatoes tomorrow because it's getting expensive to feed him! </p>