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Hellobee Boards Topic: First foods: Did you mash or purée? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:49:39 +0000 NavyRN2012 on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1459952 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 08:49:08 +0000 NavyRN2012 1459952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We mashed some and puréed some. Avocado and sweet potato were always mashed though. AprilFool on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1459930 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 08:12:17 +0000 AprilFool 1459930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Things that could be mashed I only ever mashed but I never wanted to serve runny food to LO. I wanted everything to have some texture. Easy to smash foods, especially sweet potato mash so well. Less dishes as well and you can still do batches. You can mash and still add water if you want it thin it out. MamaMoose on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1459897 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 07:39:50 +0000 MamaMoose 1459897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't purée soft foods like banana or sweet potato, etc. just mushed them up. littlebug on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1459888 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 07:34:35 +0000 littlebug 1459888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't puree easy-to-smash stuff, but everything else got steamed and pureed in my baby brezzo. I started him with egg yolk smashed/mixed with breastmilk, then moved on to smashed banana. He didn't really like the banana, though, so we moved on to steamed/pureed sweet potato. If your banana is really ripe, you can smash it down pretty well so there aren't any lumps or chunks, and can pick ou the chunks that do remain. delight on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1459883 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 07:29:57 +0000 delight 1459883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I steam and then purée. I don't find it time consuming at all. I just make a big batch at once. Unfortunately LO hates everything, but that's another story..... Mrs Green Grass on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434768 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:52:45 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1434768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Probably not...but it'll depend on your LO! I never puréed easy to smash things. rattles on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434352 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:04:31 +0000 rattles 1434352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Her first food was banana. I mashed it with a fork and mixed with breast milk. Weagle on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434319 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:54:06 +0000 Weagle 1434319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We puréed. LO either wanted super smooth or pieces she could feed herself. Chunky purées we're never her thing. dolphin on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434277 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:40:39 +0000 dolphin 1434277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we pureed everything. we had a baby food maker so it was super easy. oliviaoblivia on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434276 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:39:59 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1434276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I fork mashed. She moved to chunkier foods by seven months. It was easier for me that way. mediagirl on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434268 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:37:10 +0000 mediagirl 1434268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I steamed and then mashed with a fork. It was all very smooth with just a simple fork mashing. MapleMoose on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434257 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:32:43 +0000 MapleMoose 1434257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hi month twin! We just started LO on solids a few days ago. We skipped cereal/oatmeal and went straight to purees. I started her on Gerber Level 1 puree sweet potato. Not sure yet if I'll make my own in the future. looch on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434251 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:30:02 +0000 looch 1434251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started with rice cereal, but quickly moved to orange vegetables and oatmeal. Avocado can be strongly flavored, so I saved that for later. Sapphiresun on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434249 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:29:50 +0000 Sapphiresun 1434249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I pureed just because it was easier than mashing with a fork since I did larger batches and froze it. I'd roast the sweet potato whole, dump half in our magic bullet with a little water and give it a whirl for about 10 seconds, pour into ice cube trays, then do the other half. If I'd done it with a fork... I don't even know how long it would have taken to mash up an entire sweet potato. Avocado and banana I just mashed with a fork as I was serving it. lemondrop on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434246 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:28:35 +0000 lemondrop 1434246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I mashed with a fork- I hate doing dishes, so I kept it super minimal. I also never steamed, I microwaved instead and didn't bother with organic because I didn't care that much. LuLu Mom on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434243 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:28:06 +0000 LuLu Mom 1434243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We stuck with purees, she liked the smooth texture of them. Ra on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434228 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:24:53 +0000 Ra 1434228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I puréed all of his food at first because I was so paranoid of choking. daniellemybelle on "First foods: Did you mash or purée?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-did-you-mash-or-puree#post-1434146 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:03:33 +0000 daniellemybelle 1434146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are probably going to use sweet potato, banana or avocado as LO's first food. (We may do oatmeal too - haven't decided.) Those are all naturally very soft foods that you can mash up to almost liquid with a fork. Is it with the extra step of pureeing? We are not doing BLW & I am not comfortable with LO eating chunky solids at first so bear that in mind.