I've been making LO purees, and have mainly been using breastmilk. However, I don't always have fresh breastmilk on hand, and I don't want to defrost a bag of frozen just to use a small amount in a puree. I asked the pedi if I could use water and the NP said I should use breastmilk or formula...but if I were using jarred baby food, it would have water in it, right? So I don't really see why I can't use water. What do you use?
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I don't think a tad of water would be an issue, but breast milk would be the best option.
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I use tap water in mine.
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I use brita water! I only mixed breastmilk in with oatmeal
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I just used the steam water to thin it out. I thought that was what everyone did!
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I use the steamed water or filtered water to thin mine out.
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I use the water that it's cooked in. If I need to thin it out more when I'm feeding it, I will mix a little breast milk in.
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@Honeybee: @cascademom: @Weagle: is it the same thing if I boil the veggies and use the water that they've been boiled in?
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@hilsy85: yes, though I think you're not supposed to use carrot water (steamed or booked) because of the nitrates.
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Can you just hand express off a bit breastmilk to mix in or maybe freeze some into an ice cube tray just for purée purposes?
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If you use water, I don't recommend you use any water as it can cause an infection to your baby. Make sure you get the high quality water. Buy one. I use the best quality bottle water with purees.
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i always used breastmilk (hand expressed if i just needed a little bit) or water.
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In the very beginning i used breastmilk, but afterwards i just used brita water.
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I will hand express a bit if I need some. I also try to keep about 10ml on hand for purées. I just store it in one of the tiny colostrum bottles after I pump.
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They make pediatric water that's specifically to use with babies.
I'm stealing the idea to put some breastmilk in an ice cube tray - genius!!! -
I used breastmilk or the cooking water if it wasn't a root veggie. Your not supposed to use the cooking water with any root veggie (carrots, beets, parsnips, etc) because of the nitrates. If I didn' have breastmilk in those cases I would use bottle spring water. We didn't use purees much though.
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I've always used tap water (county water). I can't stand to see my good breastmilk go to mixing food. I feel like I'm wasting it. LOL.
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@anbanan15: ahh ok, I thought it was just carrots. Good to know it's other veggies too!
@mediagirl: ha I know, if he doesn't finish the puree I'm like, darn it! There was a good quarter oz of BM in there!
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we use water or BM, if I happen to have some in the fridge. LO seems to like the water mix better. We have a filter on our tap that we use for him.
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