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I had no desire and no time! We used a lot of the organic pouches. I really liked plum organics and ellas kitchen!

we did a mix of BLW and purees. at first i naively thought that i would be making all his purees, but that was a pain and he didn't like them. we bought earth's best jarred purees, as well as plum and earth's best puree pouches (i'd mix either the jarred or pouch purees with oatmeal cereal). i don't think there's a big difference between the brands--i chose based on flavors and packaging (i'm a sucker).

I tried to but DD hated what I made. I gave up after a few days and bought pouches!

I'm planning to do mostly blw, but I'm on the fence about making purees or buying them. I figure I'll try makin ten and if it's a pain, I'll buy them. I don't have very strong feelings either way. I'm hoping te blw works out and we don't do a whole lot of purees anyway but we shall see!

I made 95% of her purees, but I also gave her Ella's Kitchen pouches. To be honest, I actually found it way easier to make her food. I didn't buy anything special or any of that and I didn't bother to follow any recipes. I just used my food processor and froze her portions in take and toss containers.

I did pears and avocado, banana and avocado, sweet potato and broccoli, blueberries and avocaodo..you see a theme?:)
The nanny would bust a different one out for her to eat everyday, easy as pie. Took 10-15 mins prep on a Sunday and cost barely anything:)

I didn't make anything. I didn't have the time. We used Gerber purees. We did the plastic containers but pouches when we went out, and I would just squeeze onto the spoon.

Now R is eating our leftovers, or I will roast her a sweet potato, cut it up and she will eat it all week. I have time for that but the purees, heck no.

I also think the containers are great for figuring out what they like. I mean they are $1 and you can figure out what they like and don't like without making a whole sweet potato.

She usually eats whatever veggie we eat at dinner but I buy purees for daycare....usually Earth's Best jars at BRU.

I use jars of baby food! I just thought that if I wanted to give her a new taste every day or so then jarred food was the best way to go. I have given her mashed up fruit (that I've mashed up myself) but after accidentally feeding her something she shouldn't have until she is 12 months old (fresh strawberries) and freaking out, I've stuck to the shop bought stuff, which is clearly labelled for her age group!!!

We use Cow and Gate, Heinz and HIPP Organic jars. I also buy pouches of Ella's Kitchen fruit and vegetable purees. you probably don't have any of those makes where you are though so I'm not sure how helpful that will be!

We did store bought. I didn't have time to make the purees. I did Earth's Best, Gerber organic for when she was little. Sometimes I'd add in an Ella's kitchen or Sprout Organics pouch. Now that she's a toddler and a really picky eater, we still use the pouches (she thinks it's really cool to eat them herself) to make sure she's getting fruit and veggies. Sprout are my favorite because they're the lowest in sodium.

I buy Gerber. There's nothing in it but the vegetable. And E preferred the super silky texture vs. what i made at home. She gagged and barfed up what I made, so I said screw it. I do enough whole food cooking at home without adding baby food to it. We've been doing purees plus BLW

Plus she got flavors like chicken and vegetable...i would have NEVER made chicken and veggie puree. My blender can't do that! So she gets more savory food than she would have if I had made them. Plus, one squash would've made a whole tray of purees. She gets FAR more variety with the Gerber. Every lunch and dinner is something new.

There is nothing easier than just twisting a lid off.

I originally had plans to make my own purees, but I found it too time consuming and she didn't like half of what I made! She liked the earths best pouches and gerber jars best. There is nothing wrong with jarred baby food! She didnt eat it for that long anyways before she was on table food.

Nope! Not even considering it over here.

Heck no! R loves Earth's Best jars and pouches.

Nope! We made squash once and that was enough to say...nah! Pouches are easier haha

I had no desire! We did earths best jars and, later on, pouches. But the jars are a lot cheaper.

I feel like I might be missing something but so far I just mash or steam then mash a new fruit or veg every three days. Easy as pie. I guess I want her to eat fresh and whole.

Haha I had big plans to make my own but I haven't made a thing! We use gerber, Earth's Best pouches and Ella's kitchen pouches. He has experienced way more flavors through store bought foods than he ever could with me. Pumpkin, eggplant, rutabaga... I wouldn't even know how to cook a rutabaga!