Homemade or store bought?

first of all, i would like to say that Baby food taste just so DISGUSTING!! i cannot stand the taste and smell of it so i dont recommend giving babies baby food. it looks so rotten and mashed and you dont know what exactly have been put into it, probably rotten peaches you'll never know. I would prefer to feed my children homemade food, when i was a baby, my mum used to give me milk when i was like few months old and i just refused to drink any, so they gave up and make food like porridge and added some flavor and i just loved it! =D so when i have children i think i wiould give them porridge as well... as for one im NOT going NEAR any baby food. as for two... i can have some porridge myself =D

When my children were young, I did a little of both. Some meals, I would use the store-bought baby food jars (if what I was eating didn't seem appropriate for a baby) and other times, I made their food from mine! If I had cooked for the family and had just a serving as leftovers, I would mash it or blend it and put in ice cube trays to freeze. The next day, I would thaw them and use for their meals.

When my son was a baby we bought organic baby food from Central Market. He really loved the food and we were able to give stuff that we couldn't have afforded for ourselves like butternut squash and asparagus. I had never seen those flavors in the regular stores. He is 5 and loves his veggies. I cannot say that about many 5 year olds. My son will choose broccoli and carrots over mashed potatoes and corn. He loves his potatoes and corn, but given a choice he will choose the carrots and broccoli. My son loves yellow squash and butternut squash and acorn squash. How many 5 year olds like acorn squash? Not too many that I know of. If I ever have another child, we will buy the organic baby food again.

It is a blend of both homemade as well as store bought in my case. The fruits are all store made(I was pureeing banana earlier but my son likes the store made fruits better). But the veggies and the actual full meal which is pureed rice and vegetables and curry is completely homemade. I used to give him cereal until a month ago but he didn't like it that much, although he is not very picky with food.

I fed my son jarred baby food because it was easier but I really wish I would have took the homemade route. It's cheaper and healthier and it doesn't have all of those disgusting fillers. Have you ever tasted bananas in a jar? It doesn't taste bad but it does NOT taste like bananas.

I bought store bought food. Never the meat kind though, that's just nasty! Usually just fruits and veggies. My husband and I eat a lot of dishes that a baby isn't quite ready for. Now he's at age where we can start including him a bit more in our meals. He loves people food and watches us intently if we're eating something he can't have. I can't wait until he can start eating actual meals with us, but that will be a few more months.

I bought baby food for the most part. Usually Del Monte or Gerber. When they got a little older I would mashed green beans, corn and such and feed them that instead. They liked it better and it was less expensive. Neither of my boys liked the jarred meats. They were to dry or something, I guess.

I used store bought for all my children but my son . With my son I used to make all his baby food and freeze it but found this was a lot of work and was much easier to just buy the food for the other children . The one good advantage to making your own baby food besides it being cheaper is that you are pretty much guaranteed when your child gets older they will enjoy your cooking because this is what they started on . I had read this in a book one time and it did make sence to me !!

I did a little of both. I would give them some store bought and I would make a lot of it myself. That was when I was staying home, I don't know if now I would have the time to do that.

When my first son was little I bought the store bought food because i thought I had to. This time I usually feed my youngest what we are eating. It is so much easier on the budget, and I can better control what he is eating. There are a lot of preservatives and dyes in the prepackaged baby foods that I can avoid by feeding him what we eat.

I always bought store bought baby food. I guess that it never crossed my mind to make home made baby food. I figured that the store bought food had the right amounts of vitamins ect needed for the baby.

When my son is very young i just bought from the store because i dont know much about preparing food for the little one just before 1 year old. When my son eat food just like what we eat i did not buy from store anymore. I give the food that we eat but its only a little amount. He can eat the food we eat because its all healthy. Fruits and vegetables, a little meat and only a taste of sweets. Its good that you make your own food for your children and i believe its really good for the budget.

I'm a senior male, 73 yrs old and still working every day. I've raised 4 boys and been interested in Health and nutrition all my Life. Let me say, from my experience, the Cardinal Rule of good health is, Cook your Own Food, DO NOT eat prepared Store Bought Food! The vast numbers of Obese People are all the proof thats needed. Read the labels on the prepared food. Notice the chemical preservatives added, and the Artificial Sweeteners. Can these preservatives and artificial ingredients be good for your health? Teach your kids to cook and prepare their own food, and watch them stay slender and healthy!

I think it is great that you are making your own baby food. I just didn't have the time or energy to do so when my son was that age, so we bought baby food. Maybe when we have another child I will try the same...

I did store bought with the first five but number six has only gotten homemade with the exception of a few leftover jars that number five didn't eat that hadn't expired yet. I like that he's not getting all the added "stuff" that goes into store bought and I'm not spending nearly as much on food for him...actually I haven't spent any money at all on food exclusively for him. He gets the same things the rest of us eat just in a different form.

I have two children, but they aren't babies anymore. However when I had my first child, I started out making homemade baby food for her. But that didn't last very long. Going to the store and buying the store bought jars was just so much easier and less time consuming for me. I think it's wonderful that some parents take the time to make their own homemade baby food.

I did store bought. But looking back on things I wish I had done homemade. You always learn so much from your first one that you wish you had done differently. At least now I know if I ever have another one some ways to save money on food.

I did a combination of both too. I remember cooking and pureeing but it was easier to have ready made jars if we were going out. I did everything to the letter with our first - sterilising, washing, making own food - but there was no time with the second being just under two years later and feeling guilty that I had not been able to carry my toddler as I was too pregnant. So I needed to spend what time I could playing with him afterwards and not sterilising things for baby.

I did both also. Those store bought very easy if we had to go out. And I do homemade a lot when we just stay home/ eat at home.