Best way to heat up (sometimes defrost) baby food when out

freda

I never bothered warming up the food, to be honest. I only take out veg if we are going out (as you do have to heat up meat and let it cool or you run the risk of bugs) and I just defrost it in advance, take it from the fridge out in a little cool bag to keep it cool. As adults, we eat cold lunches and cold veg, so why should babies mind?

Neither of my two have ever minded taking cold veg as a meal. I take a little yoghurt in the cool bag too, and a banana, bread sticks, rice cake, raisins etc.

As far as I'm aware, you only HAVE to heat food that contains meat. Veg dishes are fine just defrosted and consumed.

Savvy_Sue

The easiest solution is if baby doesn't mind cold food. DS1 never did. MIL used to get really quite anxious at me feeding him food straight from the fridge, "don't you think he'd like the chill taken off that?" But if I did warm it up, he just played with it until it was cold.

If you've forgotten to take something out of the freezer, you could perhaps zap it on defrost in your own microwave before you leave, then give it a good stir before serving. Keeping it in your pocket sounds like a good idea too.

Maybe interchange cold and warm food at home to see if baby will take it cold. Remember too that this is only a passing phase, and before long baby will be sharing your meals anyway, stealing your chips etc, and you won't be able to take your own food into places!

flutterbymum

hi, i agree with above posters,I never heated up baby food and all my kids seemed to be very happy with that,eating up the lot every time:D.

tiamai_d

Heat it up and put it in a thermos flask or insulated bag of some sort. If it is warmed to a high temperatue and then placed in a sealed container then it will stay germ free for a good few hours after it has went cold. It's perfectly safe. You do it with your own lunch after all (well I do).

nadnad

just found this if it helps at all - a food flask

http://www.kiddieskitchen.co.uk/store/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=50&cat=Children%27s+food+flasks

squidge60

no idea if this would be any good but thought i would post anyway http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heat-Click-Instant-Re-Useable-Bottle/dp/B000ESN6KE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=drugstore&qid=1234649406&sr=1-5

Savvy_Sue

the only disadvantage to that heat in a click thing (apart from the price :eek:) is that the handwarmers which work on the same principle can be accidentally activated, so you don't have it when you need it.

It might be worth starting with a couple of handwarmers to use for emergency defrosting and see how you get on with those, IF those of us serving cold food all these years haven't convinced you not to worry.

lynnexxxo

Most places will not warm home made food for you incase you little one gets food poisoning but will happily heat an unopened jar of baby food. Would it not be easier to just have a couple of jars that you could take out with you? Some of them are organic etc and although not on a par with home made, would be fine once in a while.

shirlgirl2004

I'm another that used to take a cold meal for my DD. A few cooked veg, a breadstick, satsuma, yoghurt. Anything like that. It doesn't matter if you don't cover all the food groups in that one meal as you can always make up for it in the next meal. Cool veg etc can be soothing for teething babies anyway so you can feed and sooth at the same time.

Tiggergirl

I'm another vote for taking ready to eat food out with you. My 9 month old will mainly have finger food - banana, fingers of cheese sandwich etc. You'd be surprised what they can handle eating by themselves even at 7 months.

Even if your baby is used to being spoon-fed, how about taking a banana out with you plus a fork and bowl so you can mash it when needed? Bananas come in their own ready-made packaging too - the ultimate convenience food.

Yoghurt is always a good bet too. It's one of the few things my daughter will actually tolerate being spoon-fed.