If you are a concerned parent who is worried about the health of your baby, then you may be wondering about how to make your own baby food? The main advantage of doing this is that you know exactly what is going into your child’s food, instead of being left in the dark about all of the added preservatives that go into baby food found in the supermarkets.
Then there is the factor of cost. If you are on a tight budget, buying expensive pre-made baby food can quickly start to put a big hole in your wallet. In this kind of situation every penny counts, and once you learn how to make your own baby food, you can very quickly save a nice amount of money that can be used for other expenses.
Fostering a sharing and caring environment at home is nothing short of difficult. Especially for twins, who are often times expected to be each other’s best friends, expectations can be overwhelming. Bunk beds for your twins can grant them individual spaces while still learning valuable lessons about compromise and cooperation. The bunk bed helps save space in the kids’ room while your twins work together toward a common goal, whether it be making the bed or deciding who gets to sleep on the top bunk. Comfortable, secure, stylish, and a space saver, bunk beds can also be a vital learning tool for teaching your kids an important lesson in cohabitation.
When you suddenly add multiple children into your family, you assume that your spending will skyrocket. If you’re paying for clothes, daycare, and hundreds of other necessities, it can get overwhelming and your budget can really suffer. If you’re looking for a few ways to ease the pain and spend a little less, there are several things you can do. Continue reading “Guest Post: Spend less even when you have more mouths to feed” »
Thanks to Plum Organics for sponsoring my post about tips for baby feeding magic. What if you let baby choose what’s for dinner? Check out their cute “Quest for Yum!” video and see what happens!
When is the appropriate time to introduce foods to a baby? Well, all babies are different, and regardless of what your pediatrician says or recommends, your baby will let you know for sure when he/she is ready.
I introduced rice cereal to my son (my first born) when he was only six (6) weeks old by mixing it with Similac formula in his bedtime bottle. I had a special nipple with a slightly bigger hole in it since the mixture was obviously thicker and wouldn’t fit through a regular sized nipple hole. My mother taught me that trick, as my youngest sibling is only one year older than my son, so everything “baby” was still fresh in her mama mind mode as well.
When introducing my children to jarred baby food, my mother also always told me to introduce the “yucky” foods first, you know the orange baby foods, like squash and carrots. Her reasoning was if you introduce the “good” tasting baby food first, like apples or pears, that they won’t ever eat the vegetables and only like the fruit. I wish I could find the pictures I have of my son eating carrots for the first time to share with you – there was ORANGE everywhere!
Since my twins were premature, they obviously didn’t follow the same schedule, thus why I say every child is different. We had a hard enough getting them to even keep down or digest formulas, and I think we tried every known brand of formula made, from prescription only formulas to tube feeding to IV nutrition. The girls even used different kinds of nipples for their bottles. Oh, those were the days… I’m surprised I don’t have any gray hairs by now!
With my youngest child, the best investment I ever made was this mesh popicle-looking thing that you could fill with any foods (I used a lot of canned fruits and/or vegetables) that they baby sucks on to get the food in itty-bitty tiny pieces so they don’t choke.
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