https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:53:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1774120 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:04:48 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1774120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: I guess for the 30 seconds they have to put it in the microwave, I was never really that concerned about it. Yes, you loose some nutrients, but you can heat up WCM and its still milk. </p> <p>I wouldn't make a big deal about it unless there is an easy solution. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1774094 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:45:56 +0000 Andrea 1774094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They had a crock pot on warm to heat up formula, bm, and food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1774053 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:25:12 +0000 PurplePeony 1774053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours puts the container in a little tray of hot water to warm it up. There's no microwave in the infant room. I freeze the purees in those square silicone ice cube trays and transfer to freezer bags. When I prep her bottles the night before, I pull one out and stick it in a little container so it starts to thaw in the fridge overnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1774042 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:21:30 +0000 swurlygurl 1774042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sent frozen cubes in a glass bowl w/ lid (diluted with water when the purees were thick), and she would warm them up by placing the bowl in a hot water bath. She kept them in the fridge until ready to eat, then it just took a couple minutes to finish defrosting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1774036 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:18:37 +0000 artsyfartsy 1774036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the suggestions! </p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: Yeah what @lawbee11: said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1773556 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:55:20 +0000 lawbee11 1773556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just have her microwave it. I assume there is only a tiny amount of BM in it anyways? And he's getting BM in his bottles, so I wouldn't worry about it. </p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: I assume she doesn't want to microwave it because microwaving BM can destroy the nutrients in it.</p> <p>ETA: I don't make my own purees, but the daycare parents who do send them in frozen cubes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1773543 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:50:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1773543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They keep them in the little bowls in the fridge during the day. But why don't you want to microwave the breastmilk in it? That shouldn't hurt anything? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1773532 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:45:26 +0000 regberadaisy 1773532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you ask her to heat up the purees separately then thin with breast milk? </p> <p>When we did purees and thinned with breast milk I wasn't concerned about nuking it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1773529 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:42:28 +0000 Adira 1773529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't do homemade purees, but I've sent in food before and they keep them in the fridge.</p> <p>Do you think your LO will be okay taking the food cold? Then you don't have to worry about them warming it. My other thought is maybe sending the carrots plain and the BM separate and ask them to warm up the milk and then mix it with the carrots before serving. That's what I used to do with the cereal for Xander. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1773519 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:38:13 +0000 travellingbee 1773519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sent them in frozen cubes and they kept them in the freezer at school. Then they took one cube out at a time and microwaved it. And they mixed it with cereal. I didn't thin them out with breastmilk except at home sometimes when I was with him so I am not sure about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-sent-homemade-purees-to-daycare#post-1773511 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:36:05 +0000 artsyfartsy 1773511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did they keep them in the fridge? How do they reheat them? I thinned T's carrots out with breastmilk and I want the milk to stay good, hence, no microwaving. I don't know what to tell his babysitter. </p>