Homemade Baby Food

I have gotten a lot of questions regarding how I made homemade baby food so I thought I would just write a blog post with all my resources. Baby food is so so easy to make and super cheap as well. Anything to save a penny I’m on it!

I used this website for looking up how to puree any type of foods. Sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, peaches, you name it. I would reference this website for how long and at what temperature you bake your sweet potatoes before pureeing or what foods Grady could eat at what age.

For the foods that do not need to be baked before pureeing I would steam them in this handy piece of equipment. For example I would put Green beans or peas in here and cover it with water until they felt soft enough to puree.

Next I used this small food processor that I had around the house. Any blender or food processor will work and there is no need to go out and buy one!

For storage I used these trays and then would store them in freezer bags in the freezer. When I laid them out I used these containers (they also come in 4 oz containers). 

I also made my own baby food pouches and used these and made my own baby cereal with red quinoa and used this coffee grinder.

Just a side note and things that I learned while introducing baby foods. Always keep prunes around- this was the only store bought baby food that I bought. Grady would get and still gets constipated and prunes help amazingly. At one time we were giving him prunes once a day. Also, with new food could cause allergies, stock up on some children’s benedryl and call your doctor before use for dosage information just to be on the safe side. Also, have fun with it I would make enough during nap time to last us a good month. It was rewarding and satisfying knowing how much I was saving. I would browse the baby food aisle when we went grocery shopping, to do research on what to combine and I couldn’t believe how much fun you could save just by making your own.

All things Nutella

This weekend was awful!! I started coughing about a week ago now with this weekend being the worst. I would get these coughing spells that would last a good hour. I tried everything to get rid of it and nothing was working. Grady was also not feeling too well either so my AMAZING husband got up with him every single time. I asked him several times if he wanted to go sleep in the guest bedroom and he declined every time(Did you pick up that I asked him instead of me going in there myself, Ha)

One monumental thing that happened this weekend is that we used the very last bag of breastmilk! This was hard for me, I worked so hard and it has finally come to an end. Although part of me is glad it’s over another part of me misses those bonding moments with my son.

I also got around to making Grady a shadow box with his hospital items, we started cleaning out our guest bedroom because if we are being honest it has become a storage room and I really need to get organized (one of my new year resolutions).

I'm pretty sure Chad and I are the only 2 people on the universe that actually enjoy grocery shopping. I love to look at what they have available and especially love tasting samples! During Thanksgiving we went to Whole Foods and picked up frozen filets of Cod, that they were sampling. Literally the employee cooked them on a skillet with coconut oil and they are to die for! A must have in your freezer for a quick dinner.

The best part of the weekend was trying Nutella out on Grady… He LOVED it!! It was so good that he would get it on his finger and suck it off. Now we can actually have another breakfast item instead of waffles every morning.

Our not so exciting NYE

We went into New Years with no plans and feeling really good about it, I mean after a crazy Christmas we needed a relaxing night at home. Well the time was ticking and I got to thinking, is this really how we are going to spend our new years? With left overs and no champagne? I think not, so I ran to go grab some champagne and some pizza and even though Grady wasn’t going to stay up until midnight Chad and I were going to gosh dangit. Well during dinner I had some Champagne and a piece of pizza and just was not feeling to good so I went to go take a bath while Chad put Grady to bed. After getting out of the bath I still was not feeling too great and started getting a headache so I just went to bed, so much for staying up right. Grady ended up waking up several times that night due to not feeling too good and sure enough after going to the doctor a few days later it was an ear infection.

On Sunday we actually made it to church and I’m so glad their Christmas decorations were still up. Isn’t it beautiful?

Chad and I both had Monday off. I treasure my days off to spend with my family and my baby even if he was fussy all day. Oh and can I just say that I am so proud of myself for getting our 2015 family album done! Now I just have 2 more books to make and I’ll be all caught up. 

 Starting good habits early

 It's the little things!!