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5 reasons to make your own baby food

Many parents feed their babies store bought baby food, and why not? They are convenient, inexpensive, and come in a variety of flavors for a baby to enjoy.

When I was pregnant with our first child, I decided to do a little research on the food I would put in her mouth when the time came. I drew some interesting conclusions.

For a mother who is exhausted from frequent feedings and diaper changes, it is easy to seek options that are quick and convenient. While we definitely deserve quality rest and ‘me time’, a few extra minutes to shred will not only save money and time in the long run, but will also help our babies grow up healthy and strong and develop a pallet for the foods that they will. You will soon be eating solid food.

Best health choice

Our babies deserve a great quality of life, but it is difficult to control what we are putting into their bodies when the food has passed through a few hands before reaching the shopping basket. When you make your own baby food with fresh fruits, vegetables and more, you know exactly what you are putting in them.

Unfortunately, store-bought baby foods contain less than a fifth of the recommended amount of calcium, zinc, and magnesium. Packaged foods are cooked at high temperatures to kill bacteria. In part, this is how they make it possible to store them on the shelves for so long. Some see this as a negative, because many of the nutrients in food are lost as a result.

Important money savings

While small jars of baby food seem cheap at first glance, the money really does add up. The amounts babies eat can vary each day, and the jars that come in standard sizes cannot accommodate that. With homemade baby food, you decide how much to store and serve. If the ingredients are for sale, you can buy them in bulk, prepare them, and freeze them to serve weeks later.

environmental friendly

Whether you’re reusing plastic bags, containers, or glass jars, you can easily store your own food without having a stack of containers from the store with every purchase. If you’re used to throwing out the jars once the baby is fed, consider how much better homemade baby food is for the environment. You can easily prepare food and store it in reusable containers. Once they are empty, the next batch is ready.

More authentic flavors

If you have the time, it’s fun to see the difference in taste for yourself. Packaged fruits, vegetables, and meats are different in texture and flavor from the real thing. Most of the brands cannot be compared to the real business and the manufacturers cannot be blamed. There’s a reason such foods can last a long time without being refrigerated!

Easier to transition to solids

If a baby is used to eating packaged foods, it will be a big transition to get him to switch to the foods you eat on a regular basis. At ten months, our son was able to eat chunks of meat and vegetables from our plates because he had already tried them pureed.