Making baby purée

Water it down helps to swallow it - you can then after a while start watering less and make it thicker

I would just do blw instead of pureeing my own

but she’s not asking about BLW… she’s asking about purée. It’s not necessary to always interject with BLW.

I would steam and then I would add a little bit of my breast milk. You could add formula too :) then also a little water not too much. You could always start with a little and blend and then if it’s too thick add a bit more :) I have a machine and it recommends no more than 200ml of liquid

@Kendal I'm just saying that i personally wouldn't go to the extra trouble of pureeing things because if you're already steaming them then just cut them to the appropriate shape/size and then you can just feed like that instead of all the extra steps for purees. I personally feed both but I wouldn't mess with making my own purees because it's easier to just feed the food whole if you're already messing with steaming.

We just mash up a bit of whatever we’re having with a fork and add a dash of milk if it is a bit thick.

I have a food processor so I’d boil a veggie until it was really soft (carrot, butternut squash, bell pepper etc) throw it in the food processor with a splash of formula breastmilk or water and I add a bit of baby oatmeal as well for the iron and to bulk it up a tiny bit. Sometimes id add fruit to sweeten it, or some avocado. If it’s too watery add oatmeal and if it’s too thicken add liquid. I’d give some to baby and freeze the leftovers in an ice cube tray! Super easy 🥰

Before making some, I would buy a couple and see which ones baby likes and make those. My favorite purées were apple and banana. I would make applesauce in the crockpot. The banana was super easy; mash bananas, add breastmilk and cinnamon.

I’ve been adding a tiny bit of water that I cooked the veg in if it’s veg or formula for certain ‘creamy’ veg (potatoes, parsnip). With fruit it’s watery so I haven’t added any liquid x

ooooh thank you! My son is breastfed so I think he’d really like that! Is it a machine for purée? I haven’t bought a blender or anything yet, trying to figure it all out 😅 thank you lovely x

Thank you so much everyone!! Feels very daunting to me to start him on food and wanting to make sure I don’t give him anything that will upset his tummy, all the comments are so helpful thank you!!!

Steam/boil and then in to a blender, you can either use the water you boiled/steamed the veg in or use breastmilk (if breastfeeding) or formula. Get some ice cube moulds and store them for future use too. I still puree now (10 months) and use the purées as sauce for pasta etc.
Pouches are extremely handy if you do need something quick and easy too so don’t be afraid to use them if you need to and definitely no pressure to BLW 😊

so I got the baby moov nutri baby second hand from market place but good condition for £40. And it’s great! Two steaming baskets so you can do two different veg if you want or two batches. Then it’s got a blender attached and you can do three different blend sizes. So as baby grows you can blend less if that makes sense? Even if you decide further down the line to do a BLW approach you’d still get use cos you can steam finger sized pieces 😃 or even just use it for food for yourself and not the baby :)

I have just started prepping purées this weekend. There’s a really good guide you can download on the cow and gate website x