Question by YumYum: What do you prefer Gerber Organic Baby food or just the regular stuff?
Want to know which is best to buy
Best answer:
Answer by mamabean
If I had to choose one, I would go Organic. But, it is so easy to make your own baby food!!
http://www.happybabyproducts.com/kidcofoodmill1.html
You can get these online or at Babies R Us:)
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I’m with mamabean. When my kids were babies, I would take a portion of what I would cook without spices and put it in the blender. That was their baby food. Liver and rice, red beans and rice, veggies, all sorts of stuff.
I think all the jarred baby food in the market must be having some sort of a preservative even if it is organic….I buy organic fruit/veggies and make my own baby food….
I prefer the regular stuff. The idea of organic is nice, and I have bought it before. Not because it was organic, but because there was a larger variety.
I’ve posted a link below to an excellent article re: the pros and cons of buying organic. Apparently organic farmers DO use pesticides. Interesting…
At any rate, I don’t buy organic foods for my sons unless it’s something that just looks good and is different. (Stonyfield Farms makes the BEST yogurt, and my two boys are nuts about it.)
I prefer the cheaper one. To me its all the same. Your baby is gonna be healthy as long as it eats good food and Gerber isnt gonna put stuff in there thats not good.
Buy what you like.
With my daughter (now 1) I did a combo of organic, jarred and homemade. However the best organic baby food I came across was called SweetPea Baby Food. It is frozen in little cubes so you just pop out what you need, no waste and the frozen fruit was great for when my daughter was teething. Check out http://www.sweetpeababyfood.com for a retailer near you.
All you really need to do though is to ensure your child is getting a well balanced and healthy diet.