https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 22:28:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/serving-sizes-of-homemade-solids#post-2566603 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 05:33:07 +0000 Hoots 2566603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd gets one cube plus finger food of whatever we are eating at 6 mos. Before finger foods, she'd usually go for 2 cubes. For breakfast she eats oatmeal mixed with a full tub of 2nd foods fruit. </p> <p>I'd just check how big the punches are at the store and get that size. You don't have to fill it all the way.</p> <p>As for food safety, just use common sense. I usually throw out the homemade cubes not because they wouldn't be fine in the fridge, but because there's not enough left to care. But I'm also pretty good about portioning out into a small bowl if I have a big portion, so I don't waste the extra. It's usually good in the fridge for 48 hours. I usually taste it just to make sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/serving-sizes-of-homemade-solids#post-2566600 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 05:06:49 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2566600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made some ice cube freezer portions of purees. At 8 months she still won't eat a full cube usually, but she doesn't like purees and only ate them for about a week. I bought a pack of multiple sizes of reusable pouches so I can use them at different stages although she isn't into those either. I'm pretty much exclusively doing chunks of my food or just little pieces of random other foods because she won't eat a lot of things and it was stressing me out. I'm trying to be more chill now about it all. I throw out a lot of stuff even though it is only a few beans or a few pieces of toast...it's still food being thrown out. :(. If your baby eats purees then I would expect them to eat two ice cubes worth once they're into the swing of eating. Test it out and see! </p> <p>I wouldn't give her food she has had a spoon in later at this point.</p> <p>ETA: the food she eats is what she self feeds so I guess she just really wanted to do BLW and self-feeding and has from a young age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/serving-sizes-of-homemade-solids#post-2566574 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:12:43 +0000 sapphire 2566574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made 2 oz freezer portions. My LO are purées from about 5-8 months and generally would just eat one. In the early days only part of one. I never reserved what she did t eat if the spoon went in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/serving-sizes-of-homemade-solids#post-2566573 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:10:50 +0000 DesertDreams88 2566573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bump... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/serving-sizes-of-homemade-solids#post-2565821 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:54:59 +0000 DesertDreams88 2565821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When was your LO regularly eating a half an cube? A full cube? 2 cubes? (per meal)</p> <p>When were they eating a full pouch? I see that you can buy reuseable food pouches in different sizes. What sizes would I get the most use out of?</p> <p>I read all the food safety information here: <a href="http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/" rel="nofollow">http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/</a><br /> But what does that actually look like in reality...? If more than half of the food wasn't finish, would you refrigerate it and re-serve within an hour, etc? </p>