baby food making

when i first got pregnant i had all these big ideas about how i would have a "natural" home birth and only use cloth diapers and breastfeed for at least a year and make my own baby food. and well, the reality is i'm just not cut out for all that. i thank God for giving my the sense to go to birth in the hospital and demand an epidural and i changed my mind on the cloth diaper thing about 20wks into my pregnancy. just a week ago we started supplementing a couple feedings a day with formula (i'll post more about this). 

but the one thing that i've stuck to is the baby food making.

Owen just turned 4 months old, two weeks ago and i just had to see if he was ready for pureed food! he is such a big eater that i just knew he'd love "real" food. so i gave him some pureed carrots and he loved it! he slurped it down without pushing much back out at all. 

seeing how much he enjoyed carrots i couldn't wait to make all kinds of other purees for him to try and i remembered the big purchase we made while i was pregnant. 

so i pulled out the recipe book and decided on butternut squash, brown rice cereal, and sweet potatoes.

i was so surprised how easy everything was to make, and although it took some time, since i made 3 different foods, the freezer containers held it all and it will last for 3 months!

some more of his favorites are apple sauce, pear, and bananas mixed with plain yogurt.