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a time until your baby is eating a
wide variety of foods. (Check with
your pediatrician if you have ques-
tions about when your baby is
ready for solid foods and how to
introduce them).
Make your own by buying fresh
produce (when possible) or frozen
and cook it, puree it, freeze it in
cubes and store the cubes in
labeled freezer bags. You can com-
bine the cube mixtures once you've
introduced baby to each and made
sure he has no allergies. Thin foods
with formula or breast milk (note:
breast milk is parve, and so may
be mixed with meat) and thicken
with rice cereal.
Once your baby wants to feed
himself, puree the same foods into
chunkier bits or freeze as is. You
also can begin to make combina-
tion, or "all-in-one" meals, to ensure
that baby is getting a variety and to
introduce her to family meals. The
frozen cubes travel well in plastic
storage containers. Other items
make quick meals and are low cost
alternatives to commercial baby
foods (see table 4).
Until you get used to cooking dif-
ferently, it may seem like whole
foods require more preparation than
you are used to. Although this is
true, the more you do it the more
short cuts you will find. Don't forget
how good you will feel knowing
your family is eating healthy foods.
TABLE 1:
'Internet resources to help
you get started:
• http://earth.vol.com/–teri//
http://superbabyfood.com/
ParentsPlace.com
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/pre
schoolnutr/348-012/348-
012.html
http://www.vrg.org/
http://yahoo.com (then do a
search: homemade+baby food)
http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pa
ges/families/nncc/Nutrition/make.
babyfd.html
Books with recipes and tips:
The Super Baby Food Book (F
Roberts Publications)
The Complete New Guide To
Preparing Baby Foods by Sue
Castle
Baby Let's Eat! by Rena Coyle
La Leche League International
Publications — (order on-line:
http://www.lalecheleague.org ):
* Whole Foods For The Whole
Family Cookbook
* The Natural Baby Food
Cookbook by Margaret Kenda and
Phyllis Williams
* Sugar Free Toddlers by Susan
Watson
* Feed Me, I'm Yours! by Vicki
Lansky
TABLE 2:
0 A food processor, blender or
food mill
0 Two to four extra ice-cube
trays. (Colored ones are best. That
way, you can tell them apart from
your regular ice-cube trays. You
don't want your ice cubes to taste
like spaghetti).
0 Four small, storage containers
with tight-fitting lids (used only for
baby)
0 A toothbrush holder and an
extra baby spoon (for the diaper
bag)
Freezer bags (gallon size)
n A food steamer or rice steamer
(this is a non-essential but handy
item)
0 A crock pot
n
TABLE 3:
Some of the following guidelines,
taken from Virginia Cooperative
Extension on the Internet, will help
you make a grocery list and start
cooking for baby.
* Do not season baby food —
even if it seems tasteless. Baby food
should not have added sugar, salt,
fat back or seasonings such as
monosodium glutamate. Sodium is
found naturally in foods, so addi-
tional salt is not needed. Do not use
• Professional instructions
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