Anyone know how to puree food for weaning baby....like you get in pouches etc?

olliesmummy06

Hi all, I am currently weaning my dd but she just does not like the texture I make the food but will eat tons if it is plum baby food or ellas kitchen due it being quite runny/thin. I have tried a baby food grinder and it is def too lumpy for her, I have also blended and added lots of water the veggies were cooked in but still it isnt the same. I really don't want her to be fed from jars/pouches for the next couple of months til she gets used to more lumpy food. I have tried all i can think of and really need some help, thanks in advance.xx

powershopper

try a Baby Mouli food mill, after dd has finished weaning it makes super soups/apple sauce.........

helyg

What sort of thing have you been blending for her? Different things blend to different consistencies. I always used a stick blender, and found that things like pears, apples and peaches would blend to a very thin consistency whereas other things like carrots or squashes or broccoli would be thicker/lumpier. I used to mix a lot of things with pureed apple, or just mix some breastmilk (or formula if you bottle feed) in so that it is runnier.

kazzys51

hi there, sweet potatoe is fab for blending and lentils what stage are u at is it just things like carrot and apple n stuff or are u trying meat yet? kx

chrisico

When my babies were at this stage I bought a small nylon tea strainer and pushed the food through that. The mesh is very fine and the amounts babies eat is really small so the job was quickly done. I mixed a tiny amount of milk into the puree after it was through to make it creamy and had no trouble.

Hope this helps. If not, well tea strainers are cheap!!

Chris

jinky67

I used a stick blender and never had any problems

olliesmummy06

We are at the first stage of weaning and if she has the foods she loves will eat a great amount for such a little lady-ie a full plum baby food tub followed by puree'd fruit or yoghurt.

I have tried-carrot, butternut squash, sweet po, brocolli, cauliflower, pots and fruit (which she loves) but no matter what i do it just doesnt come out the same. I presumed using a stick blender would be no different from the blender i have but as a couple of you have put that you used that i may have to iunvest in 1.

It is def not the flavours i am cooking for her as if she has a pouch will eat anything-she espically loves spinach, parsnip and basil or carrot, apple + prune. I have tried them mixed with baby rice and some milk but it doesn't make a massive difference-its just the consistency which is different-i need to get mine thinner but cannot seem to.

My ds was a dream to wean and went from baby rice to food from a grinder in a few days and loved it so this is a real shock. I just feel quite crappy as she won't eat what i make but will eat pouches etc iykwim.

LilacPixie

are you adding a little of the cooking liquid as you puree?? Failing that some formula/breastmilk

olliesmummy06

LilacPixie wrote: »

are you adding a little of the cooking liquid as you puree?? Failing that some formula/breastmilk

Yep-i have tried both and it still doesnt work. I made broc and cauli the other dasy and added quite a lot of water from the cooking but it still wasn't the same.

ubamother

Please don't feel crappy - my daughter went through a short phase when she would only eat babyfood if the savoury and sweet were mixed together! As she grew she was never a picky child after that. She's now 24 and very healthy indeed.

What may be worth a try is mixing the pouch food you buy half and half with your homemade equivalent - that way the slight changes in taste/texture. If that goes down well you could then go a third/two thirds etc. etc. I have found over the years that the phases babies and children go through tend to last only until you're beginning to get really worried, then the phase will stop and be replaced by another worrying phase.

Feeding your baby only homemade baby food does not make you a better mum - regardless of what the baby-police might tell you.

ubamother

sorry, another thought - their baby food is probably pressure cooked in vast vats - unless you home pressure cook something to death you are unlikely to match the consistency