Baby Bullet

I'm doing a lot of baby things now because Ethan consumes much of my time. One of the things I planned on doing for him was making his food so that he does not have to eat baby food from the store that is months old. I was intimidated at first because I didn't know how to make baby food, but once I looked into it, I was surprised a how easy it is. Making baby food is much easier than my food and I don't have to season any of it which is what I tend to have problems with when cooking.

I have been making his food for about two months now. He started on just one fruit or vegetable per feeding but now I am mixing them up. I'm even giving him some meat now. The doctor said there was new information released this year that basically said six month-old children can eat almost anything that adults eat. I just can't feed him spicy food, fish, or honey.

We decided to get the Baby Bullet (same company as Magic Bullet blender) because it came with a blender specifically designed for baby food, but most of all because it came with all of the accessories that we need. I like the accessories the Baby Bullet comes with because it was a great starter kit. You could go cheaper if you know what you are doing but I wasn't prepared to buy everything piecemeal.

Recently Ethan has been eating a fruit or vegetable mix and a mix with meat daily (like a chicken soup meal). Here is what I've been doing:

Prepping each meal isn't much work but it can get tedious to prepare little amounts at at time, also wasteful because I buy adult portions but Ethan can't eat that much. I prepare the food and then freeze it. Most people on Youtube or whatever prefer to make the baby food and then freeze it. I find that after I freeze baby food it thins out too much and becomes like water. Instead, I prefer to put portions in a bag and take it out to cook later. Above is a sample of chicken, sweet potato, and apples. Since the peas were already frozen, I kept those separate in case I wanted to add a different vegetable instead.

 Here it is cooking. I am boiling the chicken and steaming the apples, peas, and sweet potatoes. 

 Once it is cooked and soft, I blend it up in the baby bullet. I use the water from the boiled chicken. If I'm making fruit or vegetable, I'll use the boiled water from the pot or his purified infant water.

 This is his food all put away in the refrigerator. The fruit is on top and the chicken soup mix is on the bottom. 

These are the baby food containers that come with the baby bullet kit. Yes, they are adorable. I had made some prunes the day before so during this cycle he was eating prunes and chicken soup. 

*No, I do not have pictures of the mess he made of the prunes when he got a hold of the baby jar full of prune puree.