Here are some of our favorites:
- Beech-Nut Baby Cereals
We got the OK that it was time to start purees pretty early. I was standing in our 4 month well visit lying through my teeth about how we were all set up with the perfect reclining high chair to get started. When in reality I didn't even know food was on our radar yet. Our first few cereal meals took place in our reclining baby tub, which in hindsight made for an easy clean up, but it wasn't a great solution.
One positive was that I didn't have a long time to mull over the positives and negatives of all the food theories out there. I knew that I wanted to provide as clean and nutritions meals, and to me that meant the least ingredients possible. So, man was I lucky to find Beech-nut at my grocery store. We started with rice, then moved on to the oatmeal, and the the multigrain.
It's a good thing I registered for this bad boy, or else I would have been really up a creek when it came time to start purees. I'll be honest though, you don't need one if you are doing big batch purees and freezing them. But it was really nice, as a new parent, to know that only my baby's food was touching this blender. And it was good in a pinch to make quick meals and for grinding up grains, which my regular blender could not do.
- Silicone Baby Food Freezer Tray
This was a purchase I made when I had high hopes of freezing my breast milk into cute little 1 to 2 ounce cubes. I had visions of popping them out and storing them perfectly in freezer safe bags. But then my child refused all bottles. (I spent a lot of time looking up bottles too - found a great one that I love, but that doesn't matter now does it?)
But, great news I was able to use this for all of my puree freezing, and it works like a dream. Definitely invest in one or more of these. The frozen food pops out so easily!
- Perfect Portions Digital Scale
I'm not even sure when this little gadget came into our lives. But I use this at all of our meals. I was able to measure out exactly how many ounces I wanted to be in each freezer cup, and in turn I was able to see how much or how little was being "consumed". I even used it to measure pumped breast milk.
- Summer Infant Bibbity Rine and Roll Portable Bib
We started out with the cotton bibs, and to be honest those were the best for us when we started eating. They could be easily tucked under the straps of the high chair and were out of sight, out of mind. But man what a game changer the Bibbity was for my poor laundry machine! Not to mention my floors once we moved to finger foods. Our clever guy has even figured out how to check the bucket for any morsels that might have missed his pie hole. (Parenting Win)
- Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder
Whatever you are doing, stop. Get these immediately. We've been using them since we stared purees. You can put whole fruits and veggies in there for teething, to help promote self feeding, and for loads of picture opportunities. We even put crushed ice in there to sooth sore gums and as a nice cool drink on hot days
- Munchkin Baby Food Grinder
This is great for transitioning from smooth purees to a little chunkier. It was also great to just keep a roasted sweet potato on hand and throw it through the grinder instead of getting out the Baby Bullet every day.
- Kidskit Tip N' Sip Toddler Cup
Bottles and pacifiers were given a hard NO from our little guy, so I knew a zippy cup would too. So I went on the search for a zippy cup that might tickle his fancy. This fit the bill. It requires a lot of hands on help, but he loves it.
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