weaning and moneysaving

Ellejmorgan

daska wrote: »

Oh gosh, yes I remember that from when DS1 was little. And, yes, I was so busy laughing that the thought that the list of things weren't sweet that I didn't consider anything else - weetabix and tinned spaghetti and baked beans are all salt laden as well.

Actually tinned spaghetti and beans can be sugar and salt free also organic..still cheaper than baby food..
Perhaps you should check your facts before slating me..

Aimless

If you did mean special salt free beans etc, maybe you should've specified that, rather than giving the impression you meant normal adult foods.

Becles

I've never really got that hung up on the salt thing. We eat a pretty low salt diet - I never add it when cooking and it's never on the table to add to food. I wouldn't give a baby obviously salty foods like crisps etc.

I figured by the time baby gets a splash of a sauce made with a stock cube or a splash of gravy, there's probably only a tiny bit of salt in it and it's not really worth worrying about when you balance it out over their other meals.

brownbabygirl

oh gosh i just mashed some banana and mixed with milk and baby rice. sooo easy and cheap! I will not buy the baby food in jars!!! i did not know it was sooo easy. baby loved it and so do i lol

ymcas

daska wrote: »

Baby-led weaning is much more moneysaving. Not to mention a lot more fun and a lot easier.

Baby led weaning for us all the way too. Just need a big plastic tablecloth to put under the highchair and some cover all bibs from Ikea

fluffnutter

Wow, you learn something new everyday. I did not know you could get 'weaning kits'....

Don't you just make sure your own food's not too heavily seasoned, and then just squash it up for your baby?

I_try

I had every intention of doing the homemade puree thing. DD had other ideas and refused to eat anything I offered to her on a spoon. However, if she could hold something herself she'd eat it. We did baby-led weaning through her choice not ours but it worked really well. She allowed me to spoon feed her a couple of months later!

She now eats really well, is not the slightest bit fussy and is not that messy at all. When she has had enough though she does tend to start feeding the dog :-)

browneyedbazzi

My friend's little one liked eating with her hands and would try to use a spoon herself (with mixed results) from about 10 months. When she was really hungry she'd give the spoon to one of us to feed her because she knew she got more food much faster that way!

We did the baby sign language thing as well which was great as she could communicate what she wanted and when she'd had enough through the simple signs.