Lessons From A New Mama

So I haven't really done any new lessons lately, not to say I haven't learned anything because oh boy is there a lot to learn when you kid refuses to crawl, wants to stand on their own, is teething and starts to learn to talk. Those lessons are soon to come! However today I'm going to talk to you all about baby food. When I was pregnant with Jackson I was so sure that I was going to be that mom and makes all her baby's baby food. Well, that really didn't happen, between working and Jason working crazy long hours and taking care of Jackson, buy food for him just seemed like the obvious choice and I became ok with that. However, I still had this feeling like I wanted to make some of his food because I want him to get exposed to a variety so that way he does not become a picky eater like so many kids I see these days. So I have finally taken the time mix up my first batch of fruit for Mr. Jackson!

I decided to start with fruit because I though I can mess that one up too badly right, plus pears were on sale and I already had blueberries in the freezer from when they were on sale at the store. So here is how I went about the process.

Since blueberries aren't that challenging for a blender I just took those out of the freezer to thaw and then washed them to get them ready for blending.

The pears I thought might pose a little bit more of challenge for my blender so I peeled the pears and cut them into slices.Then I put them in boiling water to soften them. I let them boil for about 10 minutes.

I then combine my blueberries and pears into the blender and mixed them together.

Tasted it...pretty good!

I bought OXO tots storage containers from Babies R Us (they were pretty cheap 4 of the 4oz containers for $10) Pour the blueberry/pear fruit mixture into the containers and freeze until ready for use. I read that the food can be stored for up to 6 months, I am sure Jackson will eat it before then, but it's good to know!

Ready for the freezer!

I didn't realize how easy it was to make his own food and I really wish I would have started doing it earlier, but that's ok I think it's good for him to try some new things now. I have made the decision to leave the meats up to Gerber (something about blending chicken just makes me a little uneasy), but fruits and veggies I totally can do those! If you have made some of your own baby food and have some fun combos for me to try let me know, I  would love to experiment!

I'm going to see what is on sale at the grocery store and then that's going to be Jackson next blending treat! So stick around and see what combination I come up with next!