Any mum using a beaba or avent babycook?

onlyroz

All you need is one of these:

http://www.braun.com/global/household/food-preparation/multiquick-hand-blenders/multiquick-3.html

And one of these:

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-0050.aspx

And one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Potato-Masher/dp/B002ZHD88W/ref=sr_1_6?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1304254108&sr=1-6

And I can't see you lasting long on Special K twice a day...

pinkshoes

I just boil DS's veg, then make a puree using the water from the pan.

I have the Annabel Karmel book, and just use the recipes and suggested meals from there.

EDIT: Although I do intend giving him a mushed version of what I eat when he's a bit older (currently 5.5 months), I eat a lot of spicy food, which I'm quite sure wouldn't go down too well!

daska

Alternatively you can not bother with any equipment at all and let baby do it at the speed which suits them

http://www.babyledweaning.com/

Speaking from experience having weaned DS1 conventionally, I found that baby led weaning DS2 was a lot quicker, simpler and a d***** sight less messy than mucking about with purees and mashing etc.

delain

for lunch my 8 month old had:

Pasta spirals (just cooked, as finger food)
A sausage
sliced apple
sliced banana.

All done with the aid of a saucepan, and a knife

iamana1ias

Babies can have small amounts of salt and sugar and can certainly have spicy food. Give them everything (no need to
mash) or risk having fussy eaters later.

delain

I should say, my almost 9 year old ate jar food, I was 17 and din't have a clue. With my twins I pureed everything and this time I have done nothing maybe I'm just getting Lazy.

If it helps, my baby loves:
Cheese on toast (cooled down obviously)
Broccoli
cooked carrot sticks
Sausages
Chicken
Onion bhajis (that was Daddy:eek:)
Pasta
Cucumber slices
Tomatoes (sliced and seeds removed)
Cheese (cut into sticks)
Cooked potato (and even the odd chip)

Lots of other stuff as well, and just about anything bread based.

She is only spoon fed her breakfast (weetabix, toast doesn't seem enough on it's own!) and occasionally baked beans or peas.

The first solid food she ate was toast (at 5.5 months - she literally grabbed it off my friend's plate and rammed it in there!)

I'm not trying to be patronising I promise, just to help a bit. I know it's scary with your first, Been there and got the T shirt

Kimberley82

8 month olds do not need food blending, finger food is the best way. If your not sure on what to feed look on line, cheaper than a book. Cheese, veg, fruit, bits of bread potato etc.

brazilianwax

We're doing BLW too.

My daughter (6.5 months) is currently sleeping off her pub lunch. She had rilette of pheasant, roast pork and crackling, apple sauce, yorkshire pudding, roast potato, carrots, cabbage and cauliflower cheese followed by a fromage frais (and a couple of sips of Daddy's real ale).

Not a thing was mashed, and she lapped it up. I've not mashed or pureed anything, ever, and she only ever has a spoon for fromage frais, custard or rice pudding. She's eaten everything she's been given so far - she loved the wedding cake we gave her on Friday. She has what we're eating, except breakfast when she has either marmite on toast or fruit toast. She's had steak, fish, curry, chocolate, chips plus all manner of fruit and vegetable fingers.

I don't add salt to anything, but it's not possible (or necessary) to exclude it completely. She loves puddings, but is equally happy with cheese and crackers!

Kimberley82

brazilianwax wrote: »

We're doing BLW too.

My daughter (6.5 months) is currently sleeping off her pub lunch. She had rilette of pheasant, roast pork and crackling, apple sauce, yorkshire pudding, roast potato, carrots, cabbage and cauliflower cheese followed by a fromage frais (and a couple of sips of Daddy's real ale).

Not a thing was mashed, and she lapped it up. I've not mashed or pureed anything, ever, and she only ever has a spoon for fromage frais, custard or rice pudding. She's eaten everything she's been given so far - she loved the wedding cake we gave her on Friday. She has what we're eating, except breakfast when she has either marmite on toast or fruit toast. She's had steak, fish, curry, chocolate, chips plus all manner of fruit and vegetable fingers.

I don't add salt to anything, but it's not possible (or necessary) to exclude it completely. She loves puddings, but is equally happy with cheese and crackers!

Just out of interest is this your first?

brazilianwax

Kimberley82 wrote: »

Just out of interest is this your first?

And last!