https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:05:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-994702 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:47:41 +0000 Katrocap 994702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smurfette: Good luck! We really haven't done much with solids yet except for some oatmeal which DS did NOT like. I tried to make my own sweet potato puree tonight and my food processor broke! I hope that's not some sign from the universe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-994588 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:56:19 +0000 dolphin 994588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I have those munchkin spoons too! I guess you're not suppose to sterilize them. I didn't know and threw them in a Medela steam bag when I first got them and they got all warped. I only have two good ones out of the bunch. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-993582 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:31:27 +0000 LaineysMom 993582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: we have the Sprout too! One of the best gear investments for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-993099 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:18:56 +0000 Smurfette 993099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I wrote everything down in my phone, so whenever I hit up BRU, I will be prepared. </p> <p>We have a high chair, just in the box still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-993082 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:15:15 +0000 MsLipGloss 993082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaineysMom: LO loves her highchair! We have the OXO Tot Sprout. We started out with a booster seat, but LO much prefers her new highchair. (I also don't mind that it looks great in our dining room!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-993073 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:11:36 +0000 LaineysMom 993073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: we use earths best purees and earths best and plum pouches. I didn't start using the pouches until recently bc DD wouldn't finish them in 1 day and I hate throwing them out.. So expensive! I bought a bunch of EB purees at the beginning of the year from BRU for 50 cents each. Check ther ads, they periodically have sales on food and pouches.</p> <p>As for other supplies, I really like the beaba spoons. They're much shallower and softer than the munchkin ones. We use the munchkin silicone feeding cups and oxo Tupperware since DD still doesn't finish an entire jar of food. My fave bibs are the A&amp;A ones that go all the way around her (looks like a poncho).. They protect her clothes best. Last, get a good Highchair! Feeding her before we got our highchair was such a pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992996 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:41:54 +0000 petunia354 992996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I usually just squirt the puree from the pouch onto a spoon, but I suppose I could try just giving him the pouch and seeing how he does with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992971 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:33:53 +0000 birdofafeather 992971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have 4 bamboo spoons and bumkins bibs that we can wipe down instead of having to put through the washing machine. we have skip hop cups, bowls and plates but we haven't used them yet! i've been making my own purees (just the single ingredient ones and one mix that i got the idea from a pouch!) but i have liked the plum organic pouches. we got them on sale from BRU to try them out for our camping trip we're going on.</p> <p>also, i picked up a kidsme silicone pouch and that's really fun for R! i put in plums and she loved it. that could be a good option for you too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992959 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:29:10 +0000 MsLipGloss 992959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@allison: It's softer on their gums (and no edges). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992953 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:27:11 +0000 MsLipGloss 992953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Yep! I usually just open and serve! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992951 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:26:44 +0000 allison 992951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is the advantage to using soft spoons, as opposed to metal? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992948 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:25:55 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 992948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used OXO bowls, plates and spoons and were happy with all of them, and went with either Earths Best or Gerber Organics for purées. We just loaded up whenever we found a decent sale. Other than getting the bibs that can easily be wiped clean, I don't think there are big must-haves here. More often than not, we fed LO directly from the container. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992943 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:24:20 +0000 Mrsbells 992943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>soft tip munchkin spoons<br /> fisher price deluxe booster seat<br /> Bibs that have a waterproof center or backing are the best </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992942 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:24:02 +0000 MsLipGloss 992942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: Can you just give your LO a pouch? I have shied away from them because I wasn't sure exactly how to use them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992939 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:23:36 +0000 MsLipGloss 992939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I have had a problem with staining . . . maybe one or two (that I didn't treat before washing) . . . ? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992937 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:22:54 +0000 Smurfette 992937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: good call on the pouches. I forgot I did my friend doing that with her LO when were out last. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992934 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:21:48 +0000 Smurfette 992934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: in your experience do the purées stain bibs? Do I need plastic just for feeding? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992916 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:16:42 +0000 MsLipGloss 992916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have used both Gerber purees and Earth's Best purees. I go organic when I can (some combos are not always available in organic). I don't use many bowls (for purees), I use different kinds of bibs (everything from A+A to BRU brand, but really, a bib is a bib to me, and I don't always use one) but I do use these spoons (Soft Tip Infant Spoons by Munchkin), and I have a dozen.</p> <p>[attach=2207/13/mr4ajv.600x579.Spoons024_1z.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992907 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:15:19 +0000 petunia354 992907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been using ramekins that we already own, I didn't want to buy bowls just to buy them! I bought spoons at Target, and get Ella's Kitchen, Earths Best, Gerber Organic, or Plum purees. I WOH and solo parents a few nights a week so no home made stuff here either. I actually really like the pouches since you can squeeze them right onto a spoon, no bowl needed = less dishes and a happy mama.</p> <p>DS is 7 months and not really liking solids so I am definitely no expert. Good luck!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-solids-what-supplies#post-992850 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:59:41 +0000 Smurfette 992850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am starting to do research and need to start buying supplies for starting solids next month. Side note, where is the time going. </p> <p>I don't have time with solo parenting and working to make my own purees. </p> <p>What purees do you use? Where do you find the best price? What spoons, bowls, and bibs are the best? </p>