Homemade baby food & formula...

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Aunt Marg

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Sometimes when I tell people that I raised my kids on homemade baby food and formula, they look at me as though I've landed from another planet.

Baby formula (in my home) consisted of a mixture of evaporated milk and Karo syrup, and when my kids were ready for solids to be introduced, I'd use a dinner fork to mash-up whatever we were having at mealtime, and voila, baby was fed.

Speaking of baby food, I always used vinyl bibs with my kids. Easy clean (quick wipe, hang to dry), waterproof, economical.
 

Aunt Marg said:
Sometimes when I tell people that I raised my kids on homemade baby food and formula, they look at me as though I've landed from another planet.

Baby formula (in my home) consisted of a mixture of evaporated milk and Karo syrup, and when my kids were ready for solids to be introduced, I'd use a dinner fork to mash-up whatever we were having at mealtime, and voila, baby was fed.

Speaking of baby food, I always used vinyl bibs with my kids. Easy clean (quick wipe, hang to dry), waterproof, economical.
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Mine had some vinyl bibs, too :)
I've heard homemade baby food is getting even more popular these days.
 
I didn't need formula (not going there) but did make most of the baby food. Have to admit, I used to buy jars of something called "Blueberry Buckle" - a baby fruit dessert. I needed the empty jars and was happy to empty them myself!
 
I started both with Gerber rice cereal in their bottles when they were around 6 weeks old, a short period of time later started them on jarred baby food (can't recall exact time), and they "graduated" to regular food/meals when they were around a year old or possibly a little younger.

There's nothing that makes me feel so old as child-raising topics because of all the changes.. did you know these days parents are told to not give their kids anything solid til they're 4-6 months old?!?
 
JaniceM said:
I started both with Gerber rice cereal in their bottles when they were around 6 weeks old, a short period of time later started them on jarred baby food (can't recall exact time), and they "graduated" to regular food/meals when they were around a year old or possibly a little younger.

There's nothing that makes me feel so old as child-raising topics because of all the changes.. did you know these days parents are told to not give their kids anything solid til they're 4-6 months old?!?
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Oh - I forgot about Gerber rice cereal - it made great thickener!
 
JaniceM said:
I started both with Gerber rice cereal in their bottles when they were around 6 weeks old, a short period of time later started them on jarred baby food (can't recall exact time), and they "graduated" to regular food/meals when they were around a year old or possibly a little younger.

There's nothing that makes me feel so old as child-raising topics because of all the changes.. did you know these days parents are told to not give their kids anything solid til they're 4-6 months old?!?
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Times definitely have changed, haven't they?

We had company visiting a number of years ago, and had all of the family photo albums out, and the Mrs., piped-up and said, wow, Marg, I can't believe you used to allow your kids to sleep on their stomachs. I just about fell out of my chair. Stomachs, backs, sides, upside-down for that matter. I could put my kids down in their cribs whatever way I wanted, and within 30 to 60 minutes, they moved to a position that worked for them. Can't say I ever concerned myself over it once.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Times definitely have changed, haven't they?

We had company visiting a number of years ago, and had all of the family photo albums out, and the Mrs., piped-up and said, wow, Marg, I can't believe you used to allow your kids to sleep on their stomachs. I just about fell out of my chair. Stomachs, backs, sides, upside-down for that matter. I could put my kids down in their cribs whatever way I wanted, and within 30 to 60 minutes, they moved to a position that worked for them. Can't say I ever concerned myself over it once.
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Mine survived infancy this way, too. Unless the infant is weak/ill, they can show incredible strength, in my opinion. All my ancestors survived this way, too!
 
My babies also slept on their stomachs. I always thought if they were to regurgitate anything it would be easier for them to expel than if they were on their backs. (Of course "the experts" will change the rules with the next generation or so. :rolleyes: )
 
Oh, I remember being told "back then" to NEVER, EVER put newborns to sleep on their backs...."they'll choke to death!" Now, it's NEVER, NEVER put them to bed on their stomachs...."they'll die of SIDS."

Now days, there is also never supposed to be anything in the crib with them. No blankets, no stuffed animals, nothing.

All the things we (and our mothers and grandmothers) did? Apparently it's a miracle our children made it past infancy.....hmmmmph.
 
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Aunt Marg said:
Times definitely have changed, haven't they?

We had company visiting a number of years ago, and had all of the family photo albums out, and the Mrs., piped-up and said, wow, Marg, I can't believe you used to allow your kids to sleep on their stomachs. I just about fell out of my chair. Stomachs, backs, sides, upside-down for that matter. I could put my kids down in their cribs whatever way I wanted, and within 30 to 60 minutes, they moved to a position that worked for them. Can't say I ever concerned myself over it once.
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When my youngest was a baby, sleeping on stomach was still said to be best- so the child wouldn't risk choking, and so their skulls would form correctly.
 
To those here that breastfed, I followed that path for just my first two. Went back to the bottle and never looked back.

Neither me, nor my baby siblings were breastfed either.
 

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