The Bite:
While you are making the airplane noises to get them to open wide, be sure to start baby on a nutritious diet. Choose organic baby food, or consider preparing your own to save a bundle of cash on what your bundle of joy eats.
Do you want to avoid herbicides and pesticides since you want your tot to grow like a weed?
07.12.2006
Submitted by idealbite on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 5:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Limit baby’s exposure to pesticides. Pound for pound, babies and children eat more than adults, thus consuming more toxins from conventionally grown food.
- Preparing your own baby food can save hundreds of dollars. On average, households spend $300 on baby food during an infant’s first year compared to $55 on homemade food.
- Avoid starting baby on a junk food diet. The leading baby food producer uses only about 50% real fruit; the rest is sugar, modified food starch, water and sometimes sodium.
Personally Speaking:
Excited by the prospect of do-it-yourself baby food, Jen has been practicing on Cricket (who really prefers bison treats to the vegetable popsicles Jen tried to make her eat).
Wanna Try:
- Kidco Food Mill - this baby food grinder is great for both home and on the go ($16).
- Earth’s Best Baby Food - organic baby food made specifically for the different stages of a developing baby ($4/6-pack).
- Happy Baby - made for a baby, but good enough for a mommy. Available nationally by August 1.
- Little Dish Fresh Baby Food - UK Biters can get it at Waitrose or online (£3).
- Simply Natural Baby Food - features over 150 age-appropriate recipes ($11).
- Wholesomebabyfood.com - a great resource for baby food recipes, news, products and more.
- If you are DIY-ing: blend your own organic foods and freeze in ice cube trays. 1-2 cubes are the perfect size for a little one’s meal.
Krista Stephenson.
Cocktail Fact
Celebs are making sure nobody’s got the same name as their baby: Audio Science (Shannon Sossamon); Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee); and Kal-el (Nicholas Cage).
Bang For The Bite
Organic baby food’s available in most supermarkets nowadays, and making your own can save you a chunk of change. Bottom line: you can’t put a price on baby’s health.
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